Stuart Sandin, author of the article, along with his team, is in the middle of a monthlong research cruise through the Line Islands in the central pacific. The team chose the islands because they are isolated and the inhabitants are not at all abusive of their environment, leaving the reefs in pristine condition to be studied. The article also discusses some of the problems that have led to the destruction of coral reefs in other locations in the world. This article is biased toward the protection of coral reefs. The author clearly is very interested in the protection of reefs, and would perhaps be critical of anyone who might cause destruction of the reefs. The article is definitely pro environmentalist, simply because Sandin is interested in preserving reefs and studying the ways to do so.
I-->C-->water resources (fishing)
II-->A-->aquatic biomes, species diversity, interactions among species
C-->biodiversity
VI-->A-->3-->pollution harming and killing reefs
New York Times
Author: Stuart Sandin
November 12, 2010
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