Publications
Caribbean Marine Biodiversity: the Known and the Unknown Miloslavich, P. and E. Klein (eds) (2005)
This publication gives and overview of what has been done in marine biodiversity research in 10 countries of the Caribbean (Bermuda, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and prehispanic fisheries of the queen conch). The book also summarizes the major initiatives carried out in research (CARICOMP, STRI, FishBASE, HRI-GoM, IOCaribe) and conservation (CI, TNC, PDVSA, Chevron Texaco, and Conoco-Phillips) in the region and it incorporates a significant amount of scientific and gray literature, surpassing 800 references including scientific papers published in both international and local journals, technical reports, undergraduate theses and dissertations.
All the reviews contain a brief description of the oceanographic features of each of the country’s ocean including the marine ecosystems that characterize it, a status of knowledge of marine biodiversity, the national initiatives to preserve marine life and the major threats against it. Each review also points out the unknown by identifying gaps for future research.
PART I: MARINE BIODIVERSITY REVIEWS
I.1. Linking Marine Biodiversity Research and Conservation in the Caribbean, PATRICIA MILOSLAVICH and EDUARDO KLEIN
I.2. Bermuda, JAMES B. WOOD and KELSIE J. JACKSON
I.3. Cuba, MANUEL ORTIZ and ROGELIO LALANA
I.4. Jamaica, GEORGE F. WARNER and IVAN GOODBODY
I.5. Dominican Republic, FRANCISCO X. GERALDES and MÓNICA B. VEGA
I.6. Puerto Rico, ERNESTO WEIL
I.7. Venezuela, PATRICIA MILOSLAVICH, EDUARDO KLEIN, ALBERTO MARTIN, CAROLINA BASTIDAS, BAUMAR MARIN and PAULA SPINIELLO
I.8. Colombia, JUAN MANUEL DÍAZ, LUZ STELLA MEJÍA and JULIO BOHÓRQUEZ
I.9. Panama, JUAN A. GÓMEZ, JANZEL R. VILLALAZ and LUIS D'CROZ
I.10. Costa Rica, JORGE CORTÉS and INGO S. WEHRTMANN
I.11. Mexico, ELVA ESCOBAR BRIONES and MARIA LUISA MACHAIN/p>
I.12. Pre-Hispanic Fishery of the Queen Conch, Strombus gigas, on the Islands Off the Coast of Venezuela, 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, VICTOR ARIEL GALLARDO, RON O'DOR and KRISTEN YARINCIK
II.2. History of Marine Animal Populations, POUL HOLM
II.3. An Introduction to OBIS. www.iobis.org, 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. ROBIN RIGBY, TETSUYA KATO and YOSHIHISA SHIRAYAMA
II.5. Biodiversity of Caribbean Coral Reefs, 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), GEORGE F. WARNER and DULCIE M. LINTON
III.2. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, JUAN L. MATÉ
III.3. Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Project, JOHN W. TUNNELL, JR.
III.4. Census and Conservation of Marine Life in the Caribbean—A Solution using the FishBase Model, BORIS FABRES
III.5. International Oceanic Commission (IOC)—Caribbean, LORNA INNISS
PART IV: CONSERVATION INITIATIVES IN THE CARIBBEAN
IV.1. The Greater Caribbean Marine Ecoregional Assessment, A. CHATWIN, A. HUGGINS, P. KRAMER, S. WEAR, N. ZENNY, G. BUSTAMANTE and R. JEO
IV.2. The Caribbean Biodiversity Initiative at Conservation International, LUIS A. SOLÓRZANO, SHEILA MCKENNA and KRISTEN WALKER
IV.3. Chevron Texaco's Marine Biodiversity Activities, JONATHAN LILIEN
IV.4. Sustainable Development and Biodiversity: ConocoPhillips Vision and Actions in the Gulf of Paria, IRENE PETKOFF
IV.5. Gas Development Offshore Venezuela: Energetic Diversification and Environmental Planning, RUBÉN D. FIGUERA
