Resident Perceptions of Ecosystem Services Provided by U.S. Coral Reefs: Highlights from the First Cycle of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program’s Socioeconomic Survey
Despite being among the most valuable ecosystems on Earth, coral reefs face ongoing threats that could negatively impact the human populations who depend on them. The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) collects and monitors data on various aspects of U.S. coral reefs to provide a holisti...
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| author | Mary E. Allen Chloe S. Fleming Sarah B. Gonyo Erica K. Towle Maria K. Dillard Arielle Levine Matt Gorstein Jarrod Loerzel Seann D. Regan Ben M. Zito Peter E. T. Edwards |
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| description | Despite being among the most valuable ecosystems on Earth, coral reefs face ongoing threats that could negatively impact the human populations who depend on them. The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) collects and monitors data on various aspects of U.S. coral reefs to provide a holistic understanding of the status of the reefs and adjacent human communities. This paper explores results from the NCRMP’s first socioeconomic monitoring cycle using an ecosystem services framework and examines how these results can be used to improve coral reef management in the following U.S. coral reef jurisdictions: American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Florida, Guam, Hawai’i, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Results suggest that residents in the U.S. Pacific coral reef basin may hold stronger cultural and provisioning values, whereas residents in the U.S. Atlantic coral reef basin may hold stronger regulating values. These findings suggest that outreach efforts have been successful in communicating benefits provided by coral reef ecosystems to the public. They also provide insight into which ecosystem services are valued in each jurisdiction, allowing resource managers to make science-based decisions about how to communicate conservation and management initiatives. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e1490f713fd249448d2124c00eaeec512023-11-22T06:20:06ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412021-07-011315208110.3390/w13152081Resident Perceptions of Ecosystem Services Provided by U.S. Coral Reefs: Highlights from the First Cycle of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program’s Socioeconomic SurveyMary E. Allen0Chloe S. Fleming1Sarah B. Gonyo2Erica K. Towle3Maria K. Dillard4Arielle Levine5Matt Gorstein6Jarrod Loerzel7Seann D. Regan8Ben M. Zito9Peter E. T. Edwards10Lynker, Inc. under National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coral Reef Conservation Program Contract No. 1305M218FNCNP0157, 202 Church Street SE, #536, Leesburg, VA 20175, USACSS, Inc. under National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Contract No. EA133C-14-NC-1384, 2750 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 220, Fairfax, VA 22031, USANational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Building SSMC4, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USALynker, Inc. under National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coral Reef Conservation Program Contract No. 1305M218FNCNP0157, 202 Church Street SE, #536, Leesburg, VA 20175, USANational Institute for Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USADepartment of Geography, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, USASouth Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, 287 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29401, USANational Institute for Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USACSS, Inc. under National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Contract No. EA133C-14-NC-1384, 2750 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 220, Fairfax, VA 22031, USACSS, Inc. under National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Contract No. EA133C-14-NC-1384, 2750 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 220, Fairfax, VA 22031, USAPew Charitable Trusts, 901 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 20004, USADespite being among the most valuable ecosystems on Earth, coral reefs face ongoing threats that could negatively impact the human populations who depend on them. The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) collects and monitors data on various aspects of U.S. coral reefs to provide a holistic understanding of the status of the reefs and adjacent human communities. This paper explores results from the NCRMP’s first socioeconomic monitoring cycle using an ecosystem services framework and examines how these results can be used to improve coral reef management in the following U.S. coral reef jurisdictions: American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Florida, Guam, Hawai’i, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Results suggest that residents in the U.S. Pacific coral reef basin may hold stronger cultural and provisioning values, whereas residents in the U.S. Atlantic coral reef basin may hold stronger regulating values. These findings suggest that outreach efforts have been successful in communicating benefits provided by coral reef ecosystems to the public. They also provide insight into which ecosystem services are valued in each jurisdiction, allowing resource managers to make science-based decisions about how to communicate conservation and management initiatives.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/15/2081coral reefsecosystem servicessocioeconomic monitoringhuman dimensionssocial-ecological systemsecosystem-based management |
| spellingShingle | Mary E. Allen Chloe S. Fleming Sarah B. Gonyo Erica K. Towle Maria K. Dillard Arielle Levine Matt Gorstein Jarrod Loerzel Seann D. Regan Ben M. Zito Peter E. T. Edwards Resident Perceptions of Ecosystem Services Provided by U.S. Coral Reefs: Highlights from the First Cycle of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program’s Socioeconomic Survey Water coral reefs ecosystem services socioeconomic monitoring human dimensions social-ecological systems ecosystem-based management |
| title | Resident Perceptions of Ecosystem Services Provided by U.S. Coral Reefs: Highlights from the First Cycle of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program’s Socioeconomic Survey |
| title_full | Resident Perceptions of Ecosystem Services Provided by U.S. Coral Reefs: Highlights from the First Cycle of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program’s Socioeconomic Survey |
| title_fullStr | Resident Perceptions of Ecosystem Services Provided by U.S. Coral Reefs: Highlights from the First Cycle of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program’s Socioeconomic Survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Resident Perceptions of Ecosystem Services Provided by U.S. Coral Reefs: Highlights from the First Cycle of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program’s Socioeconomic Survey |
| title_short | Resident Perceptions of Ecosystem Services Provided by U.S. Coral Reefs: Highlights from the First Cycle of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program’s Socioeconomic Survey |
| title_sort | resident perceptions of ecosystem services provided by u s coral reefs highlights from the first cycle of the national coral reef monitoring program s socioeconomic survey |
| topic | coral reefs ecosystem services socioeconomic monitoring human dimensions social-ecological systems ecosystem-based management |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/15/2081 |
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