Management of key fish taxa to promote the resiliency of coral reefs stems from the assumption that enhancing the abundance of these fishes, such as algal-grazing parrotfishes and surgeonfishes, ultimately increases the ecosystem functions they provide th...
The Division of Aquatic Resources' outreach and education team and PIRO HCD staff have determined that fisheries workshops are an excellent tool to engage the fishing community, introduce fishers to data collection, and incorporate local ecological knowle...
Little is known about the life history parameters of redtail parrotfish and hogfish from the Caribbean. Reproductive biology, age, and growth research is crucial for these specific stocks because these data are missing completely for redtail parrotfish an...
North-East Ecological Corridor Great Reserve Integrated Management Plan
FY15 funds will build on FY2014 activities and complete the project: (1) Ecological characterization through deployment of drop cameras, analysis of videos and still photos collected during accuracy assessment (AA) of the draft benthic habitat map, and co...
The Florida Reef tract is experiencing a prolonged outbreak of coral disease (Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease; SCTLD) that affects nearly half the coral species found here. Concurrently, restoration practitioners are scaling up their efforts. This include...
Evaluate changes to Acropora spp population distribution following Hurricane Irma in FKNMS
The Acropora palmata population at numerous upper Florida Keys reef sites were mapped in 2006. A subset of these were re-mapped in 2014 to document long term (8 year) changes to the population, and then again in 2015 to assess the short term (1 year) impa...
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...
Support for implementation of socioeconomic monitoring in Community-based Subsistence Fishing Area sites and proposed sites
In 1994, the Hawaiian legislature passed legislation which allowed for designation of Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Areas (CBSFAs) where communities could work with Hawai‘i’s Division of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to establish management meas...
Synergistic effects of eutrophication and elevated SST in the early life stages of two Caribbean corals
Whereas thermal stress has been proposed as the main physiological driver behind mass coral bleaching events, new evidence is emerging that suggests that poor water quality may have a strong synergistic effect, to the extent that corals which regularly ex...
Enhancing Management Tools: Molecular Genetic Tracking to Target Microbial Pollution Sources in South Florida Coral Reefs
Both coastal inlets and treated wastewater outfalls are recognized as major pathways for microbial contaminants from Land-Based Sources of Pollution (LBSP) to enter Florida’s Southeastern coastal marine ecosystems (CRCP FY12 RFP, p.15), including an area ...
Determining whether herbivore-focused management strategies enhance critical ecosystem functions provided by fishes