Leveraging Automated Image Analysis Tools to Transform Our Capacity to Assess Status and Trends of Coral Reefs
Digital photography is widely used by coral reef monitoring programs to assess benthic status and trends. In addition to creating a permanent archive, photographic surveys can be rapidly conducted, which is important in environments where bottom-time is f...
Analysis of Benthic Survey Images via CoralNet: A Summary of Standard Operating Procedures and Guidelines (2022 update) Public Version
This is a reference document that provides guidelines for training and the analysis of images on CoralNet from surveys conducted by the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD), formerly known as the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), of the NOAA Pacific Isla...
Baseline Surveys for Coral Reef Community Structure and Demographics in Vatia Bay and Faga'alu Bay, American Samoa
"This report describes the results of baseline assessment surveys for coral reef benthic structure, coral community demographics, and health condition conducted in Vatia Bay and Fagaalu Bay, American Samoa, by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) of NO...
Analysis of Benthic Survey Images via CoralNet: A Summary of Standard Operating Procedures and Guidelines
"This document is intended as a reference and provides guidelines for training and the analysis of images on CoralNet from surveys conducted by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP), Ecosystem Sciences Division of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Scie...
Managing marine disease emergencies in an era of rapid change
Infectious marine diseases can decimate populations and are increasing among some taxa due to global change and our increasing reliance on marine environments. Marine diseases become emergencies when significant ecological, economic or social impacts occu...
Findings of the SEFSC Commercial Electronic Logbook Pilot Program
The Fisheries Statistics Division (FSD) of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) ran a pilot between April-November of 2015 to test the feasibility electronic reporting (e-logbooks) in the Southeast for federal commercially permitted coastal and ...
Reefs for the future: Resilience of coral reefs in the main Hawaiian Islands
Declining health of coral reef ecosystems led scientists to search for factors that support reef resilience: the ability of reefs to resist and recover from environmental disturbance. Scientists recently identified 11 measurable factors that affect the re...
Population assessments for target coral reef fisheries species of Guam
"While much research has been conducted on Guams coastal fisheries over the years, there has been less work dedicated to conducting fish population assessment that can be used to generate species-based management policies. The present project aims to prov...
Identifying coral reef resilience potential in Tutuila, American Samoa based on NOAA coral reef monitoring data from 2010 to 2016 (NCEI Accession 0169632)
Declines in the health of coral reef ecosystems lead scientists to search for factors that support reef resilience: the ability of reefs to resist environmental stress and recover when they have been impacted, and to maintain key ecosystem functions throu...
Bottom-up processes mediated by social systems drive demographic traits of coral-reef fishes
Reefs for the future: Resilience of coral reefs in the main Hawaiian Islands
Declining health of coral reef ecosystems led scientists to search for factors that support reef resilience: the ability of reefs to resist and recover from environmental disturbance. Scientists recently identified 11 measurable factors that affect the re...