Long-term monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 2002-2003 [electronic resource] : final report / William F. Precht ... [et al.].
"Monitoring results for 2002-2003 highlighted the continued health of these reefs, expressed as consistently high coral cover, with a mean of 56.43% 2.36 at the East Bank in 2002, 53.20% 3.01 in 2003, 49.67% 3.35 at the West Bank in 2002 and 57.13% 3.81 i...
Linkages between habitats are essential for reef fishes
"In coral reef ecosystems, numerous habitat types support key life stages of juvenile fishery species and other nekton (mobile fishes, shrimps, crabs, and lobsters). Seagrass beds, mangroves, sand and mud bottoms, algal plains, and coral reefs are connect...
Coral disease dynamics at a subtropical location, Solitary Islands Marine Park, eastern Australia.
"Recent observations suggest that a spreading disease is increasingly contributing to hard coral mortality in the Solitary Islands Marine Park, NSW, Australia. This study determined coral disease prevalence and rate-of-spread through individual affected c...
The Octocoral Fishery in the Southeastern U.S. and Gulf of Mexico
"Octocorals, also known as gorgonians and soft corals, were previously managed by the U.S. South Atlantic (SAFMC) and Gulf of Mexico (GMFMC) Fishery Management Councils through a joint Coral Fishery Management Plan (FMP). Because octocorals are mostly col...