Characterizing Shallow-water Benthic Habitats In Select Areas Around Saipan, Tinian, and Rota (CNMI)
The goal of this project is to characterize high-priority areas of interest between 0 - 40m identified during the Mapping Gap Analysis Project (FY 21-23) in coordination with CNMI jurisdictional leadership. NCCOS will develop high-quality benthic habitat ...
Novel watershed restoration techniques for the Mariana Islands
Southern Guam reefs have been severely impacted by sedimentation. Much of this sedimentation is the result of denuded hillsides, where heavy rainfall events create massive erosion problems that send tons of soil onto fringing reef systems. Reforestation f...
Sediment on reefs and adjacent coastal areas: information tools for managers in American Samoa, South Florida, CNMI
Needs: Managers from the three CRCP priority jurisdictions of American Samoa, Florida, and CNMI all identify management of sediment on coral reefs and adjacent coastal waters as a priority objective to NOAA CRCP (ASLAS, CNMILAS/CAPS, Florida-priorities). ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Analysis for US Pacific Reefs - Integrating Exposure, Resilience, and Social Adaptive Capacity
Overarching Goal: Building on ongoing efforts in Hawaii, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, and American Samoa to document the potential for coral reef ecosystems to resist or recover from anthropogenic stress, we will synthesi...