ResourceDetermining a Protective Turbidity Criterion for Coral
This project is a continuation building on FY21-23 studies and developed with input from state and federal end-users. Project objectives incorporate additional information needs expressed by Florida DEP and NMFS SERO to support permitting guidelines and E...
ResourceClimate and resilience-based decision-support tools to maximize coral transplant survivorship and reef recovery in Florida
Purpose/need –Out-planting is the very last part of the significant investment in growing corals in nurseries. This last step carries a low cost relative to nursery maintenance but is the most important step for achieving nursery goals. The overarching go...
ResourceAssessing reef fish population recovery, SPAGs and lionfish impacts on prey and predator communities in the TER.
We continue monitoring (since 2003) of snapper grouper populations in the TER for a final two years. While we have observed recovery of spawning aggregations (SPAGs) of mutton snapper, knowledge of site fidelity of SPAGs is limited and continued data coll...