Socioeconomic monitoring for coastal managers of South Asia : field trials and baseline surveys Nassimo Thila and Banana Reef, North Male' Atoll, Maldives : project completion report : NA10NOS4630055

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• Alternative Title:
  Field trials and baseline surveys Nassimo Thila and Banana Reef, North Male' Atoll, Maldives : project completion report : NA10NOS4630055
• Personal Author:
  Saleem, Marie ; Alicea, Eileen
• Corporate Authors:
  United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ; Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.) ; IUCN--The World Conservation Union
• NOAA Program & Office:
  CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
• Description:
  "The Republic of Maldives is an archipelago of 26 natural atolls consisting of about 1,190 small, low-lying, coral islands distributed along an 860 km long chain from north to south in the Indian Ocean ( Figure 1 ). It is situated about 700 km southwest of Sri Lanka and 500 km south of India's Lakshadweep Islands ( Figure 1 ). It is the largest reef system in the Indian Ocean and has a total reef area of over 21,000 km 2 . The land area of the Maldives accounts for only about 1% of the total area of the Maldives and thus creates a huge dependency on the marine environment. The land and sea area of the Maldives is about 115,400 km 2 with an exclusive economic zone of 859,000 km 2 . Naseer and Hatcher (2004) classified the archipelago into 16 atolls, 5 oceanic faros and 4 oceanic platform reefs comprising of 21,372.72 +/- 1,068.64 km 2 , which is 20% of the Maldivian Territorial Sea"--Introduction.
• Document Type:
  Professional Paper
• Place as Subject:
  Maldives ; Male Atoll
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/882/noaa_882_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.81 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a3838d40d2033e4144d6f282cf0eb0b86a45fa37e0b10c0478c8b231a085d19d