NOAA Lists 20 Coral Species as Threatened
Abstract
Twenty coral species have been listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on 27 August. This is NOAA's largest ESA rule making. The coral species include 15 found in the Indo-Pacific region and 5 that are located in the Caribbean. They join two other Caribbean coral species that NOAA listed as threatened in 2006.
- Publication:
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EOS Transactions
- Pub Date:
- September 2014
- DOI:
- 10.1002/2014EO360004
- Bibcode:
- 2014EOSTr..95R.327S
- Keywords:
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- Coral species;
- U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA);
- NOAA