Grimsditsch et al Pemba Resilience Survey 2009 low res

Contents
NOTE - This report follows a format to facilitate communication of the main findings of the report to managers
and non-technical readers. The executive summary (section 1) and main discussion and findings (section
3) contain the primary findings. The detailed methods and results are presented in subsequent sections
(sections 2 and 4)
Contents ........................................................................................................................................................... 3
1 Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................... 1
2 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 4
2.1 The study ............................................................................................................................................ 4
2.2 Reef resilience .................................................................................................................................... 4
2.3 The Pemba area ................................................................................................................................. 6
2.4 Overview of methods .......................................................................................................................... 8
2.5 Analysis .............................................................................................................................................. 9
3 Major findings .......................................................................................................................................... 10
4 Detailed Results....................................................................................................................................... 17
4.1 Benthic cover .................................................................................................................................... 17
4.2 Coral community structure ................................................................................................................ 21
4.3 Coral population structure ................................................................................................................. 23
4.4 Crown-of-thorns starfish predation .................................................................................................... 27
4.5 Fish community structure .................................................................................................................. 28
4.6 Resilience indicators ......................................................................................................................... 31
5 References .............................................................................................................................................. 36