Jackson2013-Status and Trendsof Caribbean Coral Reefs
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TABLE 9. Average secchi disk depths; degree heating weeks in 1998, 2005, <strong>and</strong> 2010; changes in coral cover in the two years following the extreme heating events of 1998, 2005, <strong>and</strong> 2010; <strong>and</strong> parrotfish abundance <strong>and</strong> coral<br />
cover since 1998 for 88 <strong>Caribbean</strong> reef locations (numbers same as in Table 2). See the text for the different drivers sections for further details.<br />
Label Country Location DHW 1998 DHW2005 DHW2010 Change after<br />
1998<br />
Change after<br />
2005<br />
Change after<br />
2010<br />
Prop. change<br />
overall<br />
Seechi disk<br />
depth (m)<br />
Parrot fish bio<br />
mass<br />
1 Antigua & Barbuda Antigua & Barbuda 7.1 14.7 9.1 19.4 3.8<br />
2 Aruba Aruba 8.3 12.1 13.7<br />
3 Bahamas Cay Sal Bank 7.6 7.4 5.2 14.8 7.1<br />
4 Bahamas Exuma L<strong>and</strong> Sea Park 10.8 9.9 8.1 9.8 7.8<br />
5 Bahamas Other 16.8 11.5 9 7.8 -0.1 0.2 0.9 27.7 11.7<br />
6 Barbados Barbados Leeward 14.6 15.7 21.4 1.8 -5<br />
7 Barbados South 11.5 15.7 21.4<br />
9 Belize Atoll Leeward 11.1 6.7 8.2 0.4 -13 6 20.7<br />
10 Belize Atoll Windward 11.1 6.7 8.2 -12 -3.4 4.2 -0.1 6.3 20.9<br />
11 Belize Belize Central Barrier 17.9 8.4 8.2 0.3 -5.3 -0.8 0.3 16.0 7.2 15.9<br />
12 Belize Gulf Honduras 17.9 8.4 6 4.5 7.6<br />
13 Belize Inner Barrier 17.9 8.4 8.2 -40.2 10.7 16.2<br />
14 Belize Northern Barrier 11.1 6.7 4.5 -21.3 -5.3 -3.7 -0.5 8.9 16.9<br />
15 Belize Southern Barrier 17.9 8.5 8.2 -15.7 -0.9 -0.4 6.4 13.5<br />
16 Bermuda Bermuda 7.3 0.5 3.6 -3.3 5.9 -12.7 0.4 36.8 21.9 38.6<br />
17 British Virgin Isl<strong>and</strong>s British Virgin Isl<strong>and</strong>s 5.4 15.9 10.7 -7.6 -9.2 1.3 -0.5 13.8 14.3<br />
18 Cayman Isl<strong>and</strong>s Gr<strong>and</strong> Cayman 6.5 4.8 6.2 -2.8 12.7 30.7<br />
19 Cayman Isl<strong>and</strong>s Little <strong>and</strong> Brac 9 5.6 6 -2.1 8.1 15.7 24.6<br />
20 Colombia Providencia 5.9 4.1 3.7<br />
21 Colombia San Andrés 8.8 8 2.7<br />
22 Colombia Santa Marta Region 5 13.8 12.6 -1.8<br />
23 Costa Rica Costa Rica Cahuita 2.1 5.3 3.6 -3 -0.1 39.8 18<br />
24 Cuba Jardines de la Reina 6.2 8.9 8.8 20.4 30.1<br />
25 Cuba North 9.4 10.3 5.8 6.9<br />
26 Cuba Southwest 5.5 4.9 8.5 8.4 25.2<br />
27 Curacao Curacao Northwest 10.1 14 15.5 -0.2 -0.8 -16 -0.7 31.6 13.3<br />
28 Curacao Curacao Southwest 10.2 14.4 15.5 9.2 14.2 -0.6 -0.2 15.2 31.5<br />
30 Dominica Dominica 7.9 12 11.1<br />
<strong>Coral</strong> Cover<br />
since 2005<br />
58 STATUS AND TRENDS OF CARIBBEAN CORAL REEFS: 1969-2012
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