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Guidelines for sustainable destination stewardship for cruise lines and other cruise-industry stakeholders (e.g.,

shore operators, government, civil society) are not yet fully developed, but see these resources for work to-date:

a) Best Practices and Codes of Conduct for Cruise Tourism in the MBRS Region. 2006. 30 pp. www.mbrs.org.

bz/dbdocs/tech/Proposal.pdf

Also see Policy Proposal for Sustainable Cruise Tourism in the MBRS Region. 2006. 23 pp. www.mbrs.org.bz/

dbdocs/tech/Cruise.pdf

b) Conservation International. 2007. From Ship to Shore: Sustainable Stewardship in Cruise Destinations. CI's

Center for Environmental Leadership in Business. www.celb.org

www.csc.noaa.gov/crs/cwq/nspect.html

Also available on WRI / ICRAN Watershed Analysis for the Mesoamerican Reef CD. December 2006.

10 The World Bank. 2006. The Little Green Databook. Washington, DC: The World

Bank. web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/ENVIRONMENT/EXTEEI/

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11 a) Vásquez J., F. Gómez, E. Ramírez, and N. Meneses. 2006. Linking Ridges to Reef: Promoting Better

Management Practices Among Oil Palm Producers in the Aguán Valley. WWF. Honduras.

b) Vásquez J., F. Gómez, and N. Meneses. 2007. Linking Ridges to Reef: Promoting Better Management Practices

Among Oil Palm Producer in the Sula Valley. WWF. Honduras.

c) Vásquez J., F. Gómez, and N. Meneses. 2007. Linking Ridges to Reef: Promoting Better Management Practices

Among Oil Palm Producers in the Coastal Plains of the Atlántida Department. WWF. Honduras.

d) Vásquez J., F. Gómez, and N. Meneses. 2007. Linking Ridges to Reef: Promoting Better Management Practices

Among Citrus Producers in the Aguán Valley. WWF. Honduras.

All available at www.wwf-mar.org (after June 2007).

12 Burke, L. and Z. Sugg. 2006. Hydrologic Modeling of Watersheds Discharging Adjacent to the Mesoamerican Reef.

Washington, DC: World Resources Institute.

Available at pdf.wri.org/mar_hydrologic_model_results_english.pdf

13 Crevison, H.L. and P. Hallock. Foraminifers as Bioindicators: Key Subtropical Western Atlantic And Caribbean Taxa.

Available at www.marine.usf.edu/reefslab/foramcd/html_files/titlepage.htm

14 Hallock, P., B.H. Lidz, E.M. Cockey-Burkhard, and K.B. Donnelly. 2003. Foraminifera as bioindicators in coral reef

assessment and monitoring: The FORAM Index. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 81(1-3):221-238.

Abstract available at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12620018&d

opt=Abstract

15 Jacukiewicz, J.A. 2002. Foraminiferal Assemblages in Lagoonal Sediments of Glovers Reef Atoll, Belize. MSc.

Thesis. College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, USA. 55 pp.

16 Mumby, P.J. 1999. Preliminary results of nutrient analysis at Glovers Atoll. Unpublished report to the Belize

Fisheries Department. October 1998. 11 pp.

17 Andréfouet, S., P.J. Mumby, M.D. McField, C. Hu, and F.E. Muller-Karger. 2002. Revisiting coral reef

connectivity. Coral Reefs. 21:43-48. Abstract available at www.springerlink.com/content/y6t1lgnkeljrf6ua/

?p=af8082850690474cbabc056b701c3f66&pi=8

18 Wallace, R.J. 1975. A reconnaissance of the sedimentology and ecology of Glovers Reef Atoll, Belize (British

Honduras). PhD Dissertation (Geology), Princeton University Princeton, NJ.

19 Downs, C.A. and A.G. Downs. 2007. Preliminary examination of cellular toxicological responses of the coral

Madracis mirabilis to acute Irgarol 1051 exposure: application of cellular diagnostics. Archives of Toxicology and

Contaminant Chemistry 52:47-57.

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