The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coral Reef Conservation Program (NOAA-CRCP) is investing significant funding to support a National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan (NCRMP) throughout the U.S. Pacific, Atlantic, and Caribbean coral reef areas...
Reef persistence evaluator: a decision-support tool for management interventions to preserve essential habitat
Background:Due to large losses in coral cover over the past 40 years, coupled with increasing erosion rates, most Caribbean coral reefs are in accretionary stasis or are net erosional. Over time, the complex three-dimensional habitat that forms healthy re...
Status and trends of Caribbean coral reefs: 1970-2012
"The overarching objective is to understand why some reefs are much healthier than others, to identify what kinds of actions have been particularly beneficial or harmful, and to vigorously communicate results in simple and straightforward terms to foster ...
Scientists within the ACCRETE (Acidification, Climate, and Coral Reef Ecosystems Team) Lab of AOML_s Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division (OCED) have constructed a tool to monitor ocean acidification over the wider Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. This to...
Assessment of heat stress exposure in the wider Caribbean coral reefs through the regional delineation of degree heating week data from 1985-01-01 to 2017-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0205786)
This data package presents a three-decade (1985-2017) assessment of heat stress exposure in the wider Caribbean coral reefs at the ecoregional and local scales.
The main heat stress indicator used was the Degree Heating Weeks (DHW) calculated from daily ...
Depth and coral cover drive the distribution of a coral macroborer across two reef systems
Bioerosion, the removal of calcium carbonate from coral frameworks by living organisms, influences a variety of reef features, from their topographic complexity to the net balance of carbonate budgets. Little is known, however, about how macroborers, whic...
NCCOS Assessment: Biogeographic Surveys of Benthic and Fish Communities in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico from 2001-01-09 to 2012-11-02 (NCEI Accession 0206670)
This data compilation includes benthic and fish survey data collected in St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI); La Parguera, Guanica, Jobos Bay, and Vieques, Puerto Rico; and Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) in...
ESA Candidate Species Active Population Enhancement: Targeted Research to Develop Optimal Methods.
Active population enhancement of corals in the US Caribbean has focused on Acropora spp. propagation techniques for aiding their recovery and restoring coral reefs. The recent listing of an additional 5 species as threatened under the ESA due to sharp dec...
NOAA in the Caribbean Newsletter, volume 1, issue 2
"NOAAs Southeast and Caribbean Regional Collaboration Team (SECART) initiated NOAA in the Caribbean (NOAA Carib) newsletters as a forum to improve communication and coordination among NOAA and its partners working in the Caribbean. NOAA Carib fosters more...
NOAA in the Caribbean Newsletter, volume 1, issue 1
"NOAAs Southeast and Caribbean Regional Collaboration Team (SECART) initiated NOAA in the Caribbean (NOAA Carib) newsletters as a forum to improve communication and coordination among NOAA and its partners working in the Caribbean. NOAA Carib fosters more...
Coral Reef Condition Status Reports
"The overarching objective is to understand why some reefs are much healthier than others, to identify what kinds of actions have been particularly beneficial or harmful, and to vigorously communicate results in simple and straightforward terms to foster ...
Ocean Acidification Product Suite