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Article: Coral disease and monitoring in the Florida Keys. (Marine Matters).
- Article from:
- Endangered Species Update
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
- Author:
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Introduction
In 1943, Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau invented the "aqua lung," which for the first time gave divers freedom of movement beneath the sea. It is astonishing to realize that the first generation to SCUBA dive and interact with the world beneath the sea may be the last to experience coral reefs unaffected by modern civilization's pollution. A study on coral reefs released in 2001 by the United Nations Environment Program's World Conservation Monitoring Center reported that the world's coral reefs cover a much smaller area than once thought and that coral reefs around the world are disappearing at alarming rates. Globally, coral reefs cover 113,720 ...
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Transcript: PROTECTOING CORAL REEFS: JACK A. SOBEL
Congressional Testimony;
June 27, 2002 ;
700+ words
... ... remarkable living systems we call coral reefs, but also for those who most ... introduction to and love for coral reefs dates back nearly four decades ... fishing with my father in the Florida Keys. Coral Reefs: Diverse, Complex, Valuable ...
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