NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Fiji AB Coral d18O, PAGES Australasia 2k Version
This Paleoclimatology Study is archived at and available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The NOAA Paleoclimatology Study Type is Coral. The data include paramete...
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef benthic communities in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary from 2022-08-25 to 2022-09-02 (NCEI Accession 0277838)
The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) assessed coral reef communities in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) using two benthic surveys: the Benthic Assessment (includes Line Point-Intercept) and the Coral Demographic method...
NCCOS Assessment: Investigating the effects of chronic turbidity exposure to priority Florida coral species, Orbicella faveolata 2023-09-19 to 2023-12-12 (NCEI Accession 0303582)
This dataset is comprised of many biochemical analyses performed throughout the course of a 90-day laboratory exposure experiments to determine the chronic effects of fine-sediment generated turbidity on the health of Orbicella faveolata coral nubbins. Bi...
Near real-time environmental monitoring in support of Port Everglades dredging projects, Fort Lauderdale, FL (NCEI Accession 0303581)
The system records in-situ water quality data at a depth of 26 feet, including temperature, salinity, turbidity, backscatter, PAR (Photosynthetically Active Radiation), and currents, among other parameters. Additionally, climate data is collected at the s...
Coral nursery outplant data collected by compiling information from permit reports and coral nursery operators in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands from 1993 to 2023 (NCEI Accession 0303361)
These data include the location, coordinates, species, and number of colonies for corals outplanted from coral nurseries for population enhancement in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands between 1993 and 2023. These data were compiled from pe...
Dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, pH, nutrients, and other variables collected from discrete profile observations in the southwest coast of Puerto Rico from 2009-01-16 to 2024-04-04 (NCEI Accession 0188506)
This time series dataset includes weekly and bi-weekly discrete seawater samples of pH and total alkalinity, dissolved inorganic carbon, phosphates and profile measurements of temperature and salinity from 2009 to 2024. These are used to track the dynami...
Marine Conservation Institute: Saving Wild Ocean Pleaces, for us and Future Generations
The Marine Conservation Biology Institute (MCBI) began in 1996 (which became Marine Conservation Institute in 2011) with a new approach to encourage scientists who want to safeguard the oceans' web of life. Since then, MCBI has become one of the worlds mo...
The National Benthic Inventory (NBI) is a dynamic quantitative database on benthic species distributions obtained from studies conducted by NOAA and partnering institutions in estuarine and other coastal areas of the United States.
Coral Reef Conservation Program management priority setting
This page provides background and information on the CRCP's management priority setting process, as well as the management priorities established by each of the seven US state and territorial coral reef jurisdictions. This assessment came out of recommend...
Tides and Currents: Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS)
CO-OPS provides the national infrastructure, science, and technical expertise to monitor, assess, and distribute tide, current, water level, and other coastal oceanographic products and services that support NOAA's mission of environmental stewardship and...
NOAA's National Ocean Service Management and Budget Office (MBO)
The Management and Budget Office (MBO) of NOAA's National Ocean Service is the focal point for all planning, management, budget, internal and external communication, and education activities at NOS Headquarters. In this role, MBO supports the NOS Assistan...
The CARIBSAVE Partnership: Protecting and enhancing the livelihoods, environments and economies of the Caribbean Basin
"CARIBSAVE is a regional climate change and sustainable development not-for-profit organisation with its Headquarters in Barbados, an office in Jamaica and operational staff across the Caribbean. It is part of the INTASAVE-CARIBSAVE Group, which has opera...
Benthic Habitat Mapping of Florida Coral Reef Ecosystems
Southern Florida's coral ecosystems are extensive. They extend from the Dry Tortugas in the Florida Keys as far north as St Lucie Inlet on the Atlantic Ocean coast and Tarpon Springs on the Gulf of Mexico coast. Working with state, local, university, and ...
Climate change is a problem that is affecting people and the environment. Greater energy efficiency and new technologies hold promise for reducing greenhouse gases and solving this global challenge. EPA's website provides information on climate change for...
Nature, both above as below the water, has been intensively studied on Curacao for more than five decades resulting in a large number of studies and publications. To facilitate this research, CARMABI, short for the Caribbean Marine Biological Institute wa...
This network is a platform for scientists working with or interested in octocoral research to share their ideas, questions and published works. It is designed to encourage communication among this community and act as a support network for students pursui...
NOAA's Integrated Coral Observing Network (ICON) Web site provides a central location for integrated near real-time or recent data relating to coral reefs, and also provides ecological forecasts (through artificial intelligence technology) as to the occur...
Information from NOAA's remote sensing and in-situ monitoring projects are reviewed routinely and summarized along with BleachWatch volunteer observations in the field to provide a comprehensive overview of current conditions throughout the Florida Keys N...
Coral reef monitoring and assessment: Quick look reports
This website provides access to all of the Coral Reef Monitoring and Assessment Quick Look Reports written by the University of North Carolina at Wilmington Center for Marine Science from 2000 to the present.
Threatened elkhorn and staghorn corals (Acropora sp.)
Elkhorn and staghorn corals were listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on May 9, 2006. This website, designed by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Southeast Regional Office in Saint Petersburg, Florida, identifies rules is...
Comprehensive U.S. Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Project (C-CCREMP) Database
The C-CCREMP Database is an online searchable project database linked to a GIS to display in space and time the characteristics of individual monitoring projects across the region. Access to the database requires log-in permissions, which can be obtained ...
Comprehensive U.S. Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Project (C-CCREMP)
The purpose of this project is to support territorial and Federal partners by developing an integrated system for monitoring coral reef ecosystem health in the U.S. Caribbean. C-CCREMP is funded by the Coral Reef Conservation Program and is focused on eva...
The St. John Biogeography Integrated Online Mapper (or BIOMapper) is a fully interactive, online feature designed to let users explore data from Benthic Habitat Mapping off St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands National Park, and Virgin Islands Reef National Monu...
The Mexico and U.S. Secretariat Action Plan 2007-2009
"As the joint Secretariat of the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) from July 2007 to June 2009, Mexico and the United States proposed a plan of action to ensure the long-term survival, productivity, and recovery of coral reefs and related ecosyst...
Valuing recreational benefits in coral reef marine protected areas: An application to the Bonaire National Marine Park
Coral reefs, among the most spectacular of all the world's ecosystems, are increasingly threatened by human activity. Many have advocated marine protected areas (MPAs), a spatially explicit form of resource management, as a mechanism to preserve threatene...
NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Fiji AB Coral d18O, PAGES Australasia 2k Version
This Paleoclimatology Study is archived at and available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The NOAA Paleoclimatology Study Type is Coral. The data include paramete...
NCCOS Assessment: Investigating the effects of chronic turbidity exposure to priority Florida coral species, Orbicella faveolata 2023-09-19 to 2023-12-12 (NCEI Accession 0303582)