CORAL REEFS - A CHALLENGING ECOSYSTEM FOR HUMAN SOCIETIES

被引：30
作者：
SALVAT, B
机构：
[1] The author is with the Centre de Biologie et d'Ecologie Tropicale, EPHE, URA 1453 (Récifs coralliens)
[2] Centre de l'Environnement de Moorea, BP 1013 Papetoai, Moorea, Polynésie française
来源：
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS | 1992年 / 2卷 / 01期
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D O I：
10.1016/0959-3780(92)90032-3
中图分类号：
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号：
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要：
Coral reefs are exploited for subsistence and local market uses in 100 of the 160 states that are members of the United Nations. Reefs are stressed by natural events and demographic pressures. In some places they have been seriously degraded by a combination of global market demands and tourism. During the last three decades coral reefs have been affected by two major ecological disturbances: Crown-of-Thorns starfish outbreaks and coral bleaching. This article discusses the controversy over natural and human-induced impacts in the context of predicted greenhouse effects and other global changes.
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