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Baseline Assessment of Bkullengriil Conservation Area
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2015
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Description:Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have become a widely used tool worldwide, including Palau and Micronesia. In 2003, the Palau Protected Areas Network (PAN) was created to protect and conserve Palau's biodiversity. Today, the PAN is Palau's mechanism to achieving the goals of the Micronesia Challenge (MC), a regional initiative to conserve at least 30% of near-shore marine resources and 20% of terrestrial resources by the year 2020. Although the PAN is a network of numerous MPAs within Palau, little information has been collected on the baseline status of existing and new MPAs in Palau. To determine the baseline status of marine resources in Palau, the Palau International Coral Reef Center conducted baseline ecological surveys of all MPAs in Palau. This report presents the baseline monitoring results of Bkullengriil Conservation Area (CA), a legislated protected area in Ngeremlengui State in Palau. Although the protected area is relatively small in size and was recently created in 2012, coral coverage was high in the lagoon habitat with an average coral cover of 44%. Fish densities and biomass appeared in lower numbers including invertebrate densities and coral recruitment. Further monitoring of the biological indicators presented in this report, is needed in order to track changes and trends to the marine resources of Bkullengriil CA over time
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