Caribbean Community

In Central America and the Caribbean, a regional and sub-regional focus is showing results, to the point that only one State not Party remains in Central America (Honduras) and a handful of island states in the Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominican Repubhc and Haiti). Recent universality-related activities in the region have been held with the involvement of representatives from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Netherlands Antilles and the Secretariat of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), as well as the UN Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development, based in Lima, Peru. 

Johnson C. 1999. Elemental mercury use in religious and ethnic practices in Latin American and Caribbean communities in New York City. Population and Environment (in press). 

Deputy Director, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Belmopan... 

Lewis SM (1986) The role of herbivorous fishes in the organization of a Caribbean reef community. Ecol Monogr 56 183-200... 

Wulff, J. L. (2006). Rapid diversity and abundance decline in a Caribbean coral reef sponge community. Biol. Conserv. 127, 167—176. 

Glynn, P.W., 1973. Ecology of a Caribbean coral reef, the Porites reef flat biotype Part II. Plankton community with evidence for depletion. Mar. Biol., 22 1—21. 

Right now, no island in the Caribbean is looking at so many new resorts and condo communities as St. Lucia. And yet this mostly quiet, hilly land has managed to contain runaway development because, with the exception of the Rodney Bay hotel zone, most of its resorts are tucked away in secluded coves. 

Coral reefs occupy a large part of the seas in the tropics of the Pacific and the Caribbean. They are the most diverse and complex marine communities, supporting thousands of fish, algae, and invertebrate species. Studies and actual spills have shown that moderate concentrations of dissolved or dispersed hydrocarbons can kill both the coral and its occupants. Damage depends on the depth, with coral that is near the surface (down to about 6 m) being particularly vulnerable to oil. Many of the animals can repopulate the area rapidly, but since the coral is their primary support, full recovery depends largely on the recovery or recolonization of the coral. Once dead, the coral itself can be very slow to recover. Oil also has several sublethal effects on coral, such as slowed growth or respiration and unnatural coloration. 

Attaway, D.H. and Ciereszko, L.S., Isolation and partial characterization of Caribbean palytoxin. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium for Coral Reefs /, Great Barrier Reef Community, Brisbane, 1974, 497. 

In this section, I will examine endemism within the cactus stem necrosis commimity, which has been sampled far more extensively than either the cactus flower or cactus fruit necrosis communities. The first evidence for endemism I present is the taxonomic makeup of the community. The basis for this overview is a compilation of data from two sources 3451 strains isolated by me (with the help acknowledged below) and 5159 strains isolated by Dr William T. Starmer and his co-workers (Starmer et al., 1990). The total of 8610 strains includes only strains that belong to described taxa (species and varieties) or to known taxa that have not been published as ofyet. Almost all come from North and South America, the Caribbean Islands and Austraha. 

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