Jackson2013-Status and Trendsof Caribbean Coral Reefs
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JAMAICA<br />
Coauthors: Karl Aiken, Robert Carpenter,<br />
Bernadette Charpentier, Marcia Creary,<br />
Rachel D’Silva, Phil Dustan, Peter Edmunds,<br />
Peter Gayle, Nakhle Hado, Marah Hardt,<br />
Terry Hughes, Joshua Idjadi, Jeremy Jackson,<br />
Stephen Jameson, Nancy Knowlton,<br />
Judy Lang, Yossi Loya, Gustavo Paredes,<br />
Nicholas Polunin, Bob Steneck, Ivor Williams,<br />
AGRRA, CPACC, CARICOMP<br />
<strong>and</strong> Reef Check<br />
Geographic Information<br />
Coastal Length: 894 km<br />
L<strong>and</strong> Area: 11,000 km 2<br />
Maritime Area: 242,311 km 2<br />
Population: 2,798,580<br />
Reef Area: 763 km 2<br />
Number of hurricanes<br />
in the past 20 years: 3<br />
Fig. 21.1 Jamaica, codes represent studies listed in Table 21.1. Missing map code(s) due to unavailable coordinates. AGGRA locations<br />
are omitted for clarity.<br />
Map<br />
Code<br />
Contributor Location Time Period Year<br />
Count<br />
<strong>Coral</strong> Diadema<br />
antillarum<br />
Macroalgae<br />
1 Andres & North Central 1992 1 X X<br />
Witman 1995 1 Jamaica<br />
2 Aronson & Montego 1993-1996, 6 X X X<br />
Precht 2000 2 Bay 1998-1999<br />
3 Cho & Woodley Montego 1994, 1997 2 X X<br />
2000 3 Bay, North<br />
Central<br />
Jamaica<br />
4 CPACC* Isl<strong>and</strong>wide 2001-2003 3 X X<br />
Fish<br />
Table 21.1 Data sources for<br />
Jamaica used in current study.<br />
Map codes represent individual<br />
studies. For exact location of study,<br />
refer to Fig. 21.1; * 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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