The proposed funding will be used to acquire 2019 imagery for western Puerto Rico. This imagery will be used as the basis for updating the existing, but out-of-date 2010 land cover data. The new date of land cover will provide current conditions for the w...
Adaptive Management Planning for Large-scale Port Dredging in Florida
NOAA is working with the US Army Corps of Engineers on an Adaptive Monitoring and Management Plan (AMMP) for the Port Everglades Deepening Project. This project will provide a baseline characterization of sediment depths, in addition to observations of co...
Investigating ecological function of herbivorous fish in American Samoa
The National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS) will provide support for research that will evaluate the role of herbivorous fish in maintaining resilience in NMSAS units and other reefs in American Samoa. A team from the University of California ...
Assessing impacts of Hawaii's 2019 coral bleaching event on coral recovery and coral communities
As coral bleaching events become more frequent and severe in Hawaii and managers develop resilience-based management plans, it is crucial that we develop a statewide perspective on how reefs are responding to repeated events. The activities we are proposi...
Linking watershed management actions to reef health in American Samoa
This project was developed to address National and jurisdictional goals to reduce the impacts of land-based sources of pollution (LBSP) in coral reef ecosystems. It seeks to fulfill American Samoa's needs to assess the effectiveness of LBSP watershed mana...
Updating C-CAP for Western Puerto Rico