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CURAÇAO<br />

Coauthors: Rolf Bak, Dolfi Debrot, Paul<br />

Hoetjes, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Erik<br />

Meesters, Ivan Nagelkerken, Gerard<br />

Nieuwl<strong>and</strong>, Maggy Nugues, Leon Pors,<br />

Stuart S<strong>and</strong>in, Mark JA Vermeij, Ernesto Weil,<br />

AGRRA, CARMABI, CARICOMP, Reef Care<br />

<strong>and</strong> Reef Check<br />

Geographic Information<br />

Coastal Length: 175 km<br />

L<strong>and</strong> Area: 444 km 2<br />

Maritime Area: 4,915 km 2<br />

Population: 168,801<br />

Reef Area: 103 km 2<br />

Number of hurricanes<br />

in the past 20 years: 0<br />

Fig. 12.1 Map of Curaçao, codes represent studies listed in Table 12.1. Missing map code(s) due to unavailable coordinates.<br />

Map<br />

Code<br />

Contributor Location Time Period Year<br />

Count<br />

SW 1973, 1979,<br />

1 Bak, Rolf; Nugues,<br />

Maggy; Nieuwl<strong>and</strong>,<br />

Gerard; Meesters,<br />

Erik* 1,2,3,4,5,6 1983, 1989,<br />

1991-1993,<br />

1997-1998,<br />

2002, 2006,<br />

2008-2009<br />

<strong>Coral</strong><br />

Diadema<br />

antillarum<br />

Macroalgae<br />

13 X X<br />

SW 1994-1995 2 X X X<br />

SW, NW 1974, 1981,<br />

2 Nagelkerken,<br />

CARICOMP* 7<br />

Ivan; Pors, Leon/<br />

3 CARMABI<br />

4 X X<br />

report* 8,9,10,11,12,13,14 1983, 2005<br />

Fishes<br />

Table 12.1 Data sources from<br />

Curaçao. Map codes represent<br />

individual studies. For exact<br />

location of study, refer to<br />

Fig. 12.1; * denotes original<br />

data; for full references, refer to<br />

published literature sources in the<br />

last section.<br />

STATUS AND TRENDS OF CARIBBEAN CORAL REEFS: 1969-2012<br />

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