Status and Trends of Caribbean Coral Reefs: 1970-2012.
Jackson JBC, Donovan MK, Cramer KL, Lam VV (editors). (2014) Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. Download
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COPIED FROM THE SECTION ON BARBADOS
Coauthors: Caroline Bissada-Gooding, Angelique Brathwaite, Hazel Oxenford, Nicholas Polunin, Richard Suckoo, Ivor Williams, CARICOMP and Reef Check
Geographic Information
Coastal Length: 96 km
Land Area: 443 km2
Maritime Area: 186,827 km2
Population: 282,819
Reef Area: 62 km2
Number of hurricanes
in the past 20 years: 0
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