Predicting Heat Stress to Inform Reef Management: NOAA Coral Reef Watch's 4-Month Coral Bleaching Outlook
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Coral Reef Watch (CRW) operates a global Four-Month Coral Bleaching Outlook system for shallow-water coral reefs in collaboration with NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction (...
Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary Final Environmental Impact Statement: Volume II
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is proposing to designate the Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary to recognize the national significance of the area’s biological, cultural, and historical resources and to continue to man...
Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary Final Environmental Impact Statement: Volume I
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is proposing to designate the Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary to recognize the national significance of the area’s biological, cultural, and historical resources and to continue to man...
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: Restoration Blueprint Final Environmental Impact Statement: Volume 2
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) proposes to expand the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) boundary, update sanctuary-wide regulations, modify and establish new marine zo...
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: Restoration Blueprint Final Environmental Impact Statement: Volume 1
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) proposes to expand the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) boundary, update sanctuary-wide regulations, modify and establish new marine zo...
Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary Final Environmental Impact Statement: Volume II
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is proposing to designate a national marine sanctuary to manage nationally significant resources off the coast of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, California. In accordance with the Nat...
Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary Final Environmental Impact Statement: Volume I
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is proposing to designate a national marine sanctuary to manage nationally significant resources off the coast of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, California. In accordance with the Nat...
Growth-predation risk tradeoffs constrain the local distribution of a thicket-forming Staghorn coral to marginal reef habitats
On tropical reefs, environmental conditions and biological interactions are fundamental drivers of the spatial distribution of corals, which in turn influences community attributes and ecosystem rate processes. Here we focus on a major habitat-providing s...
Success of restoration strategies in preventing extirpation of 2 critically endangered coral species
An unprecedented marine heatwave in 2023 caused widespread coral bleaching and mortality throughout the Caribbean. In the Florida Keys (USA), 2 foundation species, elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) and staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis), were severely a...
Mapping Coral Reef Habitats with ICESat-2 and Satellite Imagery: A Novel Spectral Unmixing Approach Compared to Machine Learning
Accurate, scalable mapping of coral reef habitats is essential for monitoring ecosystem health and detecting change over time. In this study, we introduce a novel mathematically based nonlinear spectral unmixing method for benthic habitat classification, ...
Predicting Heat Stress to Inform Reef Management: NOAA Coral Reef Watch's 4-Month Coral Bleaching Outlook