Caribbean Marine Biodiversity: The Known and Unknown

Edited by:
Patricia Miloslavich and Eduardo Klein
Universidad Simón Bolívar
Departamento de Estudios Ambientales and INTECMAR
Caracas, Venezuela

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword (p. ix)

Preface (p. xi)

PART I: MARINE BIODIVERSITY REVIEWS

I.1. Linking Marine Biodiversity Research and Conservation in the Caribbean (p. 3)
PATRICIA MILOSLAVICH and EDUARDO KLEIN

I.2. Bermuda (p. 19)
JAMES B. WOOD and KELSIE J. JACKSON

I.3. Cuba (p. 37)
MANUEL ORTIZ and ROGELIO LALANA

I.4. Jamaica (p. 57)
GEORGE F. WARNER and IVAN GOODBODY

I.5. Dominican Republic (p.71)
FRANCISCO X. GERALDES and MÓNICA B. VEGA

I.6. Puerto Rico (p. 85)
ERNESTO WEIL

I.7. Venezuela (p. 109)
PATRICIA MILOSLAVICH, EDUARDO KLEIN, ALBERTO MARTIN, CAROLINA BASTIDAS, BAUMAR MARIN and PAULA SPINIELLO

I.8. Colombia (p. 137)
JUAN MANUEL DÍAZ, LUZ STELLA MEJÍA and JULIO BOHÓRQUEZ

I.9. Panama (p. 157)
JUAN A. GÓMEZ, JANZEL R. VILLALAZ and LUIS D’CROZ

I.10. Costa Rica (p. 169)
JORGE CORTÉS and INGO S. WEHRTMANN

I.11. Mexico (p. 181)
ELVA ESCOBAR BRIONES and MARIA LUISA MACHAIN

I.12. Pre-Hispanic Fishery of the Queen Conch, Strombus gigas, on the Islands off the Coast of Venezuela (p. 213)
ANDRZEJ ANTCZAK and MARIA MAGDALENA MACKOWIAK DE ANTCZAK

PART II: THE CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE PROGRAMME AND PROJECTS

II.1. Census of Marine Life: A Biodiversity Program for the Caribbean (p. 247)
VICTOR ARIEL GALLARDO, RON O’DOR and KRISTEN YARINCIK

II.2. History of Marine Animal Populations (p. 249)
POUL HOLM

II.3. An Introduction to OBIS – http://www.iobis.org/ (p. 253)
JAMES B. WOOD, PHOEBE Y. ZHANG, MARK J. COSTELLO and J. FREDERICK GRASSLE

II.4. An Introduction to the Natural Geography in Shore Areas (NaGISA) Project (p. 255)
P. ROBIN RIGBY, TETSUYA KATO and YOSHIHISA SHIRAYAMA

II.5. Biodiversity of Caribbean Coral Reefs (p. 259)
MARJORIE L. REAKA-KUDLA

PART III: RESEARCH INITIATIVES IN THE CARIBBEAN AND THE GULF OF MEXICO

III.1. The Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity Program (CARICOMP) (p. 279)
GEORGE F. WARNER and DULCIE M. LINTON

III.2. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (p. 281)
JUAN L. MATÉ

III.3. Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Project (p. 285)
JOHN W. TUNNELL, JR.

III.4. Census and Conservation of Marine Life in the Caribbean—A Solution using the FishBase Model (p. 287)
BORIS FABRES

III.5. International Oceanic Commission (IOC)—Caribbean (p. 289)
LORNA INNISS

PART IV: CONSERVATION INITIATIVES IN THE CARIBBEAN

IV.1. The Greater Caribbean Marine Ecoregional Assessment (p. 293)
ANTHONY CHATWIN, ANNETTE HUGGINS, PHILLIP KRAMER, STEPHANIE WEAR, NATHALIE ZENNY and RICHARD JEO

IV.2. The Caribbean Biodiversity Initiative at Conservation International (p. 299)
LUIS A. SOLÓRZANO, SHEILA MCKENNA and KRISTEN WALKER

IV.3. ChevronTexaco’s Marine Biodiversity Activities (p. 303)
JONATHAN LILIEN

IV.4. Sustainable Development and Biodiversity: ConocoPhillips Vision and Actions in the Gulf of Paria (p. 305)
IRENE PETKOFF

IV.5. Gas Development Offshore Venezuela: Energetic Diversification and Environmental Planning (p. 307)
RUBÉN D. FIGUERA

Author Index (p. 309)

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