Ecological and Socioeconomic Impacts of Cyclone Winston to Coral Reef Ecosystems and Coastal Communities in Fiji

This research investigated the ecological and socioeconomic impacts of cyclone Winston to coral reef ecosystems and coastal communities in Fiji. Coastal communities are heavily reliant on coral reef resources for food and income, which were not severely impacted from the cyclone. Cyclone damage to l...

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Main Author: Price, Brae Andrew
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2020
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/83709
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description This research investigated the ecological and socioeconomic impacts of cyclone Winston to coral reef ecosystems and coastal communities in Fiji. Coastal communities are heavily reliant on coral reef resources for food and income, which were not severely impacted from the cyclone. Cyclone damage to live coral was significant and highly correlated with wave exposure, height and duration. Fish assemblages had high temporal variability throughout the surveys with limited cyclone impacts observed.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-837092021-05-21T01:53:06Z Ecological and Socioeconomic Impacts of Cyclone Winston to Coral Reef Ecosystems and Coastal Communities in Fiji Price, Brae Andrew This research investigated the ecological and socioeconomic impacts of cyclone Winston to coral reef ecosystems and coastal communities in Fiji. Coastal communities are heavily reliant on coral reef resources for food and income, which were not severely impacted from the cyclone. Cyclone damage to live coral was significant and highly correlated with wave exposure, height and duration. Fish assemblages had high temporal variability throughout the surveys with limited cyclone impacts observed. 2020 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/83709 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Price, Brae Andrew
Ecological and Socioeconomic Impacts of Cyclone Winston to Coral Reef Ecosystems and Coastal Communities in Fiji
title Ecological and Socioeconomic Impacts of Cyclone Winston to Coral Reef Ecosystems and Coastal Communities in Fiji
title_full Ecological and Socioeconomic Impacts of Cyclone Winston to Coral Reef Ecosystems and Coastal Communities in Fiji
title_fullStr Ecological and Socioeconomic Impacts of Cyclone Winston to Coral Reef Ecosystems and Coastal Communities in Fiji
title_full_unstemmed Ecological and Socioeconomic Impacts of Cyclone Winston to Coral Reef Ecosystems and Coastal Communities in Fiji
title_short Ecological and Socioeconomic Impacts of Cyclone Winston to Coral Reef Ecosystems and Coastal Communities in Fiji
title_sort ecological and socioeconomic impacts of cyclone winston to coral reef ecosystems and coastal communities in fiji
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/83709