A Decision Framework for Interventions to Increase the Persistence and Resilience of Coral Reefs

by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Committee on Interventions to Increase the Resilience of Coral Reefs, Board on Life Sciences, et al.

Coral reefs are critical to ocean and human life because they provide food, living area, storm protection, tourism income, and more. However, human-induced stressors, such as overfishing, sediment, pollution, and habitat destruction have threatened ocean ecosystems globally for decades. In the face of climate change, these ecosystems now face an array of unfamiliar challenges due to destructive rises in ocean temperature, acidity and sea level. These...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309491843
• ISBN13: 9780309491846
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"