This project will provide scientific basis for advice to managers on the scope for and limitations of herbivore management to increase persistence of US Pacific coral reefs. We are ultimately concerned with maintaining functioning coral reef systems, rath...

The Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area (KHFMA) was established to reverse downward trends in coral reef condition and to test the effectiveness of herbivore management as means to promote coral reef resilience. Surveys conducted by the NOAA Cora...