The Flower Gardens : a compendium of information / by Thomas J. Bright ... [et al.] ; prepared for United States Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.
Reef research rendezvous : a report on science in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary / compiled by Stephen R. Gittings, Derek K. Hagman.
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary : a rapid assessment of coral, fish, and algae using the AGRRA protocol / Christy Pattengill-Semmens, Stephen R. Gittings, and Thomas Shyka.
Biogeographic assessment to support management of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
"The Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGNMS) is located in the northwest Gulf of Mexico, about 97 nautical miles southeast of Galveston, Texas. One of the most pristine coral reefs in the tropical western Atlantic, the Sanctuary's coral comm...
"NOAA National Ocean Service recently released a report detailing a comprehensive study of the fish communities and habitats of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, located off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana. Researchers from the National...
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, located 68.35 km off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana, harbors the northernmost coral reefs in the United States and serves as a regional reservoir of shallow water Caribbean reef fishes and invertebrates.
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Final Management Plan
"The sanctuary's 2012 Management Plan serves as a framework for addressing issues facing the sanctuary over the next five to ten years. It lays the foundation for protecting, conserving, and enhancing Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS)...
"Coral Reef News is a monthly e-newsletter established by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) to provide information on the activities of the CRCP and other relevant NOAA programs. The CRCP supports effective management and sound science to pr...
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary: Antimicrobial properties of bacteria associated with the Boulder Star Coral, Motastrea faveolata and a plague-like disease outbreak in 2005
Addresses the antimicrobial properties of bacteria associated with Boulder Star Coral, in relation to a plaque-like disease outbreak in 2005 in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Provides an overview of a study, and describes methods, prel...
Post-hurricane assessment at the East Flower Garden Bank long-term monitoring site, November 2005 [electronic resource] / William F. Precht ... [et al.].
Draft environmental impact statement : sanctuary expansion / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA, 16 U.S.C. 1434), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONM...
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary [videorecording].
Discusses Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, its species diversity and conservation, and NOAA's management of marine sanctuaries; includes interviews with Steve Gittings, Sanctuary manager and Jeff Childs, researcher.
Final report of investigations and sampling on lower slopes of East and West Flower Gardens coral reef bank using submersible vehicles (FGORC Mission 72-0605-X) / submitted by: the Flower Garden Ocean Research Center, a program of the Marine Biomedical Institute of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, to: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Manned Undersea Science and Technology Office.
Montastraea cavernosa corallite structure demonstrates distinct morphotypes across shallow and mesophotic depth zones in the Gulf of Mexico
This study assessed morphological variation of the depth-generalist coral Montastraea cavernosa across shallow and mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) using thirteen corallite metrics. While corallite structure differed significantly a...
Long-term monitoring at East and West Flower Garden Banks: 2020 and 2021 annual report
This report summarizes benthic community observations and water quality data collected from East Flower Garden Bank (EFGB) and West Flower Garden Bank (WFGB) coral reefs in 2020 and 2021, as part of a program that has generated nearly 32 years of monitori...
Stetson Bank long-term monitoring: 2020 and 2021 annual report
This document contains descriptions of the methods used, analyses of field data collected, summaries of field notes, details of challenges faced, and significant observations made during 2020–2021 annual long-term monitoring of fish and benthic communitie...
Coral disease outbreak at the remote Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico
East and West Flower Garden Bank (FGB) are part of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) in the northwest Gulf of Mexico. This geographically-isolated reef system contains extensive coral communities with the highest coral cover (>50%) in...
Marine debris on reefs and banks in the vicinity of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
This report assesses marine debris in and around the recently expanded Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary by determining the spatial distribution, abundance, and composition of litter. Data were primarily compiled from exploratory dives in meso...
Climate Change Impacts on Coral Reefs in the Gulf of Mexico
"Similar to other coral reefs around the world, Gulf of Mexico coral reefs are subject to an increased threat from anthropogenic causes, including overfishing, pollution, and climate change. Although some reefs, such as the Flower Garden Banks, have maint...
Conventional and technical diving surveys reveal elevated biomass and differing fish community composition from shallow and upper mesophotic zones of a remote United States coral reef
The world's coral reefs appear to be in a global decline, yet most previous research on coral reefs has taken place at depths shallower than 30 m. Mesophotic coral ecosystem (depths deeper than similar to 30 m) studies have revealed extensive, productive ...
The Flower Gardens : a compendium of information / by Thomas J. Bright ... [et al.] ; prepared for United States Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.
"The sanctuary's 2012 Management Plan serves as a framework for addressing issues facing the sanctuary over the next five to ten years. It lays the foundation for protecting, conserving, and enhancing Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS)...