The coral reef ecosystems of Culebra are some of the more pristine habitats within the northeastern Caribbean marine biodiversity (Hernández-Delgado et al., 2000). However, long-term monitoring has shown an alarming 5-11% annual decline in coral cover in ...

This project provides supplies to assemble coral disease response kits to be distributed to key participants in the SCTLD response effort across Puerto Rico. The response kits include all materials and supplies needed to apply permitted treatments to cora...

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...

Active population enhancement of corals in the US Caribbean has focused on Acropora spp. propagation techniques for aiding their recovery and restoring coral reefs. The recent listing of an additional 5 species as threatened under the ESA due to sharp dec...

Both Acropora cervicornis and A. palmata have suffered dramatic declines throughout the entire Caribbean over the last few decades (Bruckner, 2002) which led to the inclusion of these species as "Threatened" under the Endangered Species Act in 2006. As a ...

US coral reefs are impacted by hundreds of grounding incidents annually. In the aftermath of groundings, impacted corals are often broken, dislodged, or flipped over. These fragments are subject to abrasion, scour, and sedimentation, which ultimately resu...