National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP): Who, what, where, when
"Survey information presented about National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). The survey wasoriginally designed to standardize reef and coral monitoring across all US coral reef jurisdictions. Prior to NCRMP monitoring in Puerto Rico was established...
Control of Crown of Thorns Starfish at the National Park of America Samoa
"Outbreak levels of COTs were detected in American Samoa in November 2011.From 2011 to 2013 the outbreak was sporadically tracked and some removal efforts were conducted by NPSA and other resource managers from the local Coral Reef Advisory Group (CRAG) a...
Where Do The Fish Go? Incorporating Home Range Size In Marine Protected Area Design
"This project is to investigate the movement patterns and home range of reef fish species that are caught for local consumption (approximately 12 species) in American Samoa. Of the twelve proposed target species, only Variola louti and Lutjanus bohar were...
Marine and coastal protected areas : a guide for planners and managers / Rodney V. Salm and John R. Clark with Erkki Siirila.
Updated edition of earlier book based on World Parks Congress in Bali in 1982. Emphasizes practical aspects of establishing and managing marine protected areas (MPAs), especially in tropical marine ecosystems. Discusses protected area creation issues, pro...
Rhodobacterales and Rhizobiales Are Associated With Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease and Its Suspected Sources of Transmission
In 2014, Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) was first detected off the coast of Miami, FL, United States, and continues to persist and spread along the Florida Reef Tractr (FRT) and into the Caribbean. SCTLD can have up to a 61% prevalence in reefs a...
The design of this field mission is three fold: (1) to spatially characterize the distribution, abundance and size of both reef fishes and macro invertebrates within and around the waters of the Flower Gardens National Marine Sanctuary using, (2) to relat...
Bacterial Metabolic Potential and Micro-Eukaryotes Enriched in Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Lesions
The epizootic disease outbreak known as stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is arguably the most devastating coral disease in recorded history. SCTLD emerged off the coast of South Florida in 2014 and has since moved into the Caribbean, resulting in c...
Land-based sediment sources and transport to southwest Puerto Rico coral reefs after Hurricane Maria, May 2017 to June 2018
The effects of runoff from land on nearshore ecosystems, including coral reef communities, are influenced by both sediment supply and removal by coastal processes. Integrated studies across the land-sea interface describing sources and transport of terres...
Hawaii's state of the reefs, 1998 / Athline M. Clark, Dave Gulko.
Benthic habitat map for West Flower Garden Bank