Report
Rapid Biological Assessment of Beqa Lagoon (Marine)
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
2025
Abstract
Coral reefs are under threat from a wide range of anthropogenic disturbances, including overfishing, habitat degradation and climate change. Beqa lagoon, Fiji, is a coral ecosystem that is currently facing a range of significant threats that will impact the structure and functioning of these coral reef communities. Changes to the catchment, river and lagoon have significantly altered the environment and resilience to further disturbance. Furthermore, decades of land degradation in the Navua Catchment results in excess sediment delivery to the river, which is impacting the coral reefs in the lagoon. Here we assessed fish community structure across inshore and offshore reefs and mangrove forests of Beqa lagoon. We used remote underwater video stations (RUVS) to sample fish communities at 40 sites throughout Beqa lagoon.
Details
- Title
- Rapid Biological Assessment of Beqa Lagoon (Marine)
- Authors
- Christopher HendersonJesse Mosman
- Publication details
- 48 pages
- Publisher
- Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
- Date published
- 2025
- ISBN
- 9789820414365
- Grant note
- The Marine BioRap was conducted by the University of Sunshine Coast with Alluvium Consulting. The work was led in partnership with the Fiji Ministry of Environment and Climate Change and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme through the By-catch and Integrated Ecosystem Management (BIEM) Initiative of the Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP) Programme funded by the European Union and the Government of Sweden.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991222618902621
- Output Type
- Report
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