NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program. U.S. National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP): Overview
"An overview of the Coral Reef Conservation Programs National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan (NCRMP) Is presented. Included are its history, mission, methodologies, the database, and data products."
Coral mass spawning predicted by rapid seasonal rise in ocean temperature
Coral spawning times have been linked to multiple environmental factors; however, to what extent these factors act as generalized cues across multiple species and large spatial scales is unknown. We used a unique dataset of coral spawning from 34 reefs in...
Threshold Effects in Meta-Analyses With Application to Benefit Transfer for Coral Reef Valuation
Policymakers and advocates often use benefit transfers to estimate the economic value of environmental amenities when primary valuation studies are infeasible. Benefit transfers based on meta-analyses, which synthesize site and methodological characterist...
Atlantic reef corals; a handbook of the common reef and shallow-water corals of Bermuda, the Bahamas, Florida, the West Indies, and Brazil [by] F. G. Walton Smith.
Chemical contamination in southwest Puerto Rico: An assessment of trace and major elements in nearshore sediments
"Occurring in tropical and subtropical waters, coral reefs are among the most biologically rich ecosystems on earth, and provide humans with living resources and services that have been valued at $375 billion per year (Costanza et al., 1997). It has been ...
Individual and Population Level Variation in the Reproductive Potential of Deep-Sea Corals From Different Regions Within the Gulf of Maine
Deep-sea corals are of conservation concern in the North Atlantic due to prolonged disturbances associated with the exploitation of natural resources and a changing environment. As a result, two research cruises in the Gulf of Maine region during 2014 and...
Evaluating the Effects of a Deep-Water Marine Protected Area a Decade After Closure: A Multifaceted Approach Reveals Equivocal Benefits to Reef Fish Populations
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly used to rebuild fish populations. In 2009, eight MPAs were designated off the southeast United States with the goal of rebuilding populations of long-lived deep-water reef fishes. We tested whether reef fish ...
Integrated biogeographic assessments: Objective approaches for managing coastal resources and conserving biodiversity in small islands states
"Caribbean coral ecosystems have deteriorated and now exhibit reduced coral cover. Also, many reef-associated fishes and invertebrates that maintain reef productivity also support livelihoods, and they have become rare because of extractive multispecies f...
A guide to monitoring reef fish in the National Park Service's South Florida/Caribbean Network
The goal of this guide is to provide the framework for park managers and researchers to create or enhance a reef fish monitoring program within areas monitored by the SFCN. The framework is expected to be applicable to other areas as well, including the F...
Isotopic approaches to estimating the contribution of heterotrophic sources to Hawaiian corals
Corals obtain nutrition from the photosynthetic products of their algal endosymbionts and the ingestion of organic material and zooplankton from the water column. Here, we use stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopes to assess the proportionate c...
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program. U.S. National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP): Overview
"An overview of the Coral Reef Conservation Programs National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan (NCRMP) Is presented. Included are its history, mission, methodologies, the database, and data products."