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Description:
Author(s):
Otto, E., Gouezo, M., Olsudong, D., Oruetamor, J., Jonathan,R., Mereb, G.
Title:
Ngelukes Conservation Area baseline assessment
Publication Date:
2015
Institution:
Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC)
Issue:
PICRC Technical Report 16-01
Page(s):
21
Abstract:
"With the increasing demand of marine resources throughout the world, it is important to establish a foundation to determine how the use of resources is affecting the health of marine habitats. An initial assessment of Ngchesar's Ngelukes Conservation Area (CA) was conducted to determine baseline data for long term adaptive management of the protected areas in Palau. Nine randomly selected sites were chosen and surveyed on September 23, 2015. The assessment is specifically geared to establishing an initial database for the benthic community, coral recruit, commercially important invertebrates, and the abundance and biomass of commercially important fish. Of the nine sites, three were located on the fore reef, three on the reef crest, and three on the reef flat. This assessment shows that the fore reef had the highest observation of commercially important fish abundance and biomass, coral cover, and coral recruit density of the three habitats. The fish census shows that Ngelukes CA has a high abundance of parrot fish such as Melemau (Scarus spp.) and Bikism (Chlorurus sordidus) to name a few. The reef crest showed low coral cover and fish abundance and biomass, but high carbonate substrate and high density of clams. Whereas the reef flat had low fish abundance and biomass, invertebrate density, and coral recruit, but had high sand and sea grass cover (T. hemprichii and E. acroides)."
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Notes:
FY2011 CRCP Project ID 20682; Project Title: I096 International Coral Reef Conservation Grant Programs; Principal Investigator: Scot Frew. International grant NA11NOS4820011
Grant Number(s):
NA11NOS4820011
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