Assessment of MPA boundaries and fish movements in the East End Marine Park, USVI
Acoustic telemetry will be used to track the movements of various reef fish species in the East End Marine Park (EEMP) in St. Croix, USVI. In addition, visual surveys will be used to compare to the extent practical, differences in fish communities relativ...
MPA Boundary efficacy and biotic movements in Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve
Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve is a territorial/federal MPA that is comprised of over 1000 acres of coral reef, mangrove, estuarine and terrestrial habitats. Managers at DPNR and NPS are uncertain whether the small area of...
Biogeographic assessment of the Samoan Archipelago: Creating the basis for a network of marine protected areas
This oral presentation, entitled "Biogeographic Assessment of the Samoan Archipelago: Creating the Basis for a Network of Marine Protected Areas", was conducted by NOAA/NCCOS/CCMA in August 2009.
Green morays (Gymnothorax funebris) have sedentary ways in mangrove bays, but also ontogenetic forays to reef enclaves
Surprisingly, little is known about basic life history of the largest moray eel species in the Caribbean region, the green moray eel (Gymnothorax funebris). Sixteen eels were captured from the mangrove fringe in multiple bays on St. Croix, USVI, implanted...
Benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands were created by visual interpretation of remotely sensed imagery. The objective of this effort, conducted by NOAA's Center for Coastal Monitoring and Asse...
Measuring mutual movements, mixing, and mingling among multiple mangrove bays by an important estuarine sea bream (Archosargus rhomboidalis)
Quantifying the spatial and temporal aspects of fish residency is needed to understand energy transfer, habitat function, contaminant exposure, and effective design of MPAs in estuarine systems. The spatial and temporal movements of 19 sea bream (Archosar...
Mass spawning by reef corals in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea : a report on Project Reef Spawn '94 / compiled by Stephen R. Gittings, Gregory S. Boland, Christopher R.B. Merritt, James J. Kendall, Kenneth J.P. Deslarzes, James Hart.
Potential larval sources, destinations, and self-seeding in the Mariana Archipelago documented using ocean drifters
"Identifying transport pathways and sources of reef larvae is an essential component of ecosystem science. Ocean drifters tracked by satellite around the Mariana Archipelago were used to evaluate the possible pathways of transport among islands for passiv...
Biogeographic assessment of Samoa in support of the two Samoas initiative : an evolving cooperative investigation between NOAA, Samoa, American Samoa, Conservation International, and the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme
The evolving NOAA partnership project will provide information to support marine resource management in Samoa and help identify potential areas for a network of marine protected areas (MPAs) within the Samoan archipelago (i.e., the U.S. Territory of Ameri...
NCCOS Assessment: Juvenile fish trap data from Salt River Bay, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, from 2018-05-16 to 2019-06-26 (NCEI Accession 0207791)
This tabular dataset provides all catch records for a fish trapping study conducted in Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). From May 2018 to June 2019 fish traps were deployed along the ma...
Assessment of MPA boundaries and fish movements in the East End Marine Park, USVI
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