Jackson2013-Status and Trendsof Caribbean Coral Reefs
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Timeline<br />
1960s-1970s: Mechanization of the coastal fishing boats<br />
1970s-1979s: <strong>Reefs</strong> appeared healthy, coral cover <strong>and</strong> benthic density high, few macroalgae<br />
1979: Hurricane David (Category 5) struck Dominique Isl<strong>and</strong>, relatively low damages on Martinique <strong>and</strong><br />
Guadeloupe coral reefs<br />
1980: Gale associated to hurricane Allen (Category 5) damaged the coral reefs of Martinique <strong>and</strong> Guadeloupe<br />
1983: Mass mortality of Diadema antillarum occurred chronologically in Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint-<br />
Barthélemy <strong>and</strong> Saint-Martin/St-Marteen<br />
1984s-1985s: White b<strong>and</strong> disease massively destroyed the Acropora palmata <strong>and</strong> A. cervicornis communities<br />
1986: <strong>Coral</strong> macro-algae phase shift evident on the reefs of the French Antilles<br />
1989: Hurricane Hugo (Category 5), important damage on the Guadeloupe’s reefs to 20m deep. Remaining<br />
Acropora palmata <strong>and</strong> A. cervicornis assemblages were further destroyed<br />
1995: Hurricanes Luis (Category 4) <strong>and</strong> Marilyn (Category 3) damaged the coral reefs of Saint-Barthélemy <strong>and</strong><br />
Saint-Martin/St-Marteen<br />
1996: Bleaching event in the French Antilles, with moderate consequences (most of the bleached colonies<br />
recovered).<br />
1998: Bleaching event in the French Antilles, with moderate consequences (most of the bleached colonies<br />
recovered). Unexplained massive coral reef fishes mortality in Martinique <strong>and</strong> Guadeloupe<br />
1999: Hurricane Luis <strong>and</strong> Lenny (category 4) damaged the coral reefs of the leeward coast of Guadeloupe<br />
2005: Massive bleaching event of the corals of the French Antilles, ~40 % of the coral cover of the reefs<br />
disappeared<br />
2005-2010s: No sign of evident heath recovery of the coral communities. Increasing organic pollution continues to<br />
favor algal coral phase shift<br />
2010: Lionfish Pterois volitans reached Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy <strong>and</strong> Saint-Martin/St-<br />
Marteen<br />
2010: Invading seagrass species Halophila stipulacea reached Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy <strong>and</strong> Saint-<br />
Martin/St-Marteen<br />
2011: Massive Sargassum l<strong>and</strong>ing of the beaches of the French Antilles<br />
General Literature<br />
Adey WH, Adey PJ, Burke R, Kaufman L (1977) The holocene reef systems of eastern Martinique, French West Indies.<br />
Atoll Research Bulletin: 1-41.<br />
Adey WH, Burke R (1976) Holocene bioherms (algal ridges <strong>and</strong> bank-barrier reefs) of the eastern <strong>Caribbean</strong>. Geological<br />
Society of America Bulletin 87: 95-109.<br />
Beliaeff B (1987) Etude d’un engine de pêche: le casier en fleche Guadeloupéen. Mémoire d’ingéniorat. Montpellier:<br />
Institut des Sciences de l’ingénieur de Montpellier. 71 p.<br />
Blancher G, Gobert B, Guérerédrat JA (2002) La pêche aux Antilles (Martinique et Guadeloupe). Paris: IRD Editions. 299 p.<br />
Bouchon C, Bouchon-Navaro Y, Delavigne S, Diaz N, Louis M (1999) La pratique de la senne en Guadeloupe : la senne<br />
à “coulirous” et la senne à “colas”. Rapport CEMINAG. Université des Antilles et de la Guyane. 61 p.<br />
Bouchon C, Bouchon-Navaro Y, Imbert D, Louis M (1991) Effets de l’ouragan hugo sur les communautés côtières de<br />
Guadeloupe (Antilles Français). Annales de l’Institut Océanographique 67: 5-33.<br />
Bouchon C, Bouchon-Navaro Y, Louis M (1988) A first record of a Sargassum (Phaeophyta, Algae) outbreak in a<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> coral reef ecosystem. Proceedings of the 41st Gulf <strong>and</strong> <strong>Caribbean</strong> Fisheries Institute. St. Thomas,<br />
USVI. pp. 171-188.<br />
Bouchon C, Bouchon-Navaro Y, Louis M (2004) Critères d’évaluation de la dégradation des communautés coralliennes<br />
dans la Caraïbe. Revue d’Ecologie (la Terre et la Vie): 113-121.<br />
Bouchon C, Bouchon-Navaro Y, Louis M, Laborel J (1987) Influence of the degradation of the coral assemblages on<br />
the fish communities of Martinique. Proceedings of the 38th Gulf <strong>and</strong> <strong>Caribbean</strong> Fisheries Institute Congress.<br />
Martinique. pp. 452-468.<br />
Bouchon C, Laborel J (1986) Les peuplements coralliens des côtes de la Martinique. Annales de l’Institut<br />
Océanographique 62: 199-237.<br />
Bouchon C, Laborel J (1990) Les peuplements coralliens du gr<strong>and</strong> cul-de-sac marin de Guadeloupe (Antilles<br />
Françaises). Annales de l’Institut Océanographique 66: 19-36.<br />
Bouchon-Navaro Y (1997) Les peuplements ichtyologiques récifaux des Antilles. Distribution spatiale et dynamique<br />
temporelle. PhD Thesis.: Université des Antilles et de la Guyane. 242 p.<br />
Bouchon-Navaro Y, Louis M (1986) Les poissons des formations coralliennes de la Martinique. Annales de l’Institut<br />
Océanographique 62: 251-270.<br />
Bouchon-Navaro Y, Louis M, Bouchon C (1997) Trends in fish species distribution in the West Indies. Proceedings of<br />
the 8th International <strong>Coral</strong> Reef Symposium. Panama. pp. 987-992.<br />
Chauvaud S, Bouchon C, Maniere R (2001) Cartographie des biocénoses marines de Guadeloupe à partir de données<br />
SPOT (Récifs coralliens, phanérogames marines, mangroves). Oceanologica Acta 24: 1-14.<br />
182 STATUS AND TRENDS OF CARIBBEAN CORAL REEFS: 1969-2012