Dry Tortugas Show Positive Trends: Protected Area Slowly Rebounding
Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 21:21
in Earth & Climate
Thirty-eight research divers recently completed a successful 20-day biennial census to measure how the protected status of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary's Tortugas Ecological Reserve and Dry Tortugas National Park's Research Natural Area are helping the regional ecosystem rebound from decades of overfishing and environmental changes.