A high restoration priority is to develop knowledge and tools that will enable the selection of brood stock for propagation efforts that can yield the most efficient and successful offspring. A now-demonstrated factor that challenges reproductive success ...

Determining the functional shifts of coral disease such as Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) relies on a multidisciplinary approach as the causation may be a combination of abiotic, microbial or viral agents. There is a range of coral susceptibility...

We propose to test the hypothesis that known young genets of elkhorn coral have higher reproductive success, measured at successive life history stages (e.g., quantity and quality of gametes spawned, fertilization success, settlement and survivorship when...

Seven Caribbean coral species have been listed as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act of 1973. Among the major impediments to delisting these species and restoration efforts is sexual reproductive failure. We know low densities of genetically d...

This project is in the Caribbean, one of the CRCP regions of interest, and provides support for International Goals 1 and 2. The European Union, through the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center (5Cs), has contributed over $600,000 (with up to $900,00...

This project implements Priority Goal 1 of the CRCP International Strategy to support MPA networks and strengthen local MPA management capacity in the Wider Caribbean region by continuing to support MPA capacity-building initiatives, principally activitie...

The CDHC is unique in CRCP, drawing from public health and medicine to address coral conservation challenges. Activities of the CDHC cross-cut multiple Pillars because each represents important physical, chemical and biological interactions that influence...

Coral restoration actions need to be scaled up across US Caribbean jurisdictions likely including Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands to address coral reef ecosystem degradation and physical impacts from Hurricanes Irma and Maria. A best manageme...

This project will synthesize and build on existing coral monitoring for restoration, develop a guidance document, field test the methodology with post-hurricane restoration monitoring, and synthesize survey data from October 2016 coral impacts survey in F...

Purpose/Need To effectively manage coral reefs under stress from climate change, accurate projections of coral bleaching and ocean acidification are needed. Currently global climate models operate on large spatial scales, often with resolutions coarser th...