Status and Trends of Bonaire’s Reefs in 2013: Causes for Optimism

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

• Chapter 1: Patterns and trends in corals, seaweeds
• Chapter 2: Trends in Bonaire’s herbivorous fish: change over time 
• Chapter 3: Fish bite rates of herbivorous fishes
• Chapter 4: Status and trends in sea urchins Diadema and Echinometra 
• Chapter 5: Patterns of distribution, abundance and temporal trends of the sea urchins Diadema antillarum and Echinometra lucunter in the shallow reef zones of Bonaire
• Chapter 6: Damselfish density and abundance: distribution and predator impacts 
• Chapter 7: Patterns of predatory fish biomass and density within and around Fish Protection Areas of the Bonaire Marine Park
• Chapter 8: Juvenile Corals