Integration of NCRMP and FGBNMS Coral Reef Monitoring Programs
Objectives: The objectives of this proposed work include: FY21 - analysis and calibration of field data scheduled to be collected jointly in FY20; FY22 - conducting a workshop to discuss data, methods and results, and develop a data sharing...
Restoration and Monitoring of the East Flower Garden Bank Localized Mortality Site
In response to the localized mortality event at East Flower Garden Bank (2016), a long-term monitoring site will be established with permanent stations to monitor the natural recovery of the benthic community and recruitment success of corals for restorat...
NCRMP/OAP provides unprecedented sustained and long-term measurement of 1) the spatial and temporal progression of OA, as well as, 2) the ecosystem impact of OA on US coral reefs. NCRMP/OAP will provide for the physical monitoring of carbonate chemistry, ...
Creation of National Coral Reef Monitoring Program summary report reproducible template (benthics; Atlantic)
In this project, we will create reproducible research templates to automate the creation of NCRMP Benthic Atlantic data summaries. Benthic data for summary reports will be created for each of the four jurisdictions. The report template will contain reprod...
NCRMP Atlantic Benthics publication on status report scoring
The NCRMP Benthics section of the NCRMP Atlantic jurisdictions' status reports may be one of the first, if not the first effort, that has tried to objectively "score" an ecosystem. i.e., we know that coral cover has declined. But we have never attempted a...
Reef persistence evaluator: a decision-support tool for management interventions to preserve essential habitat
Background:Due to large losses in coral cover over the past 40 years, coupled with increasing erosion rates, most Caribbean coral reefs are in accretionary stasis or are net erosional. Over time, the complex three-dimensional habitat that forms healthy re...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coral Reef Conservation Program (NOAA-CRCP) is investing significant funding to support a National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan (NCRMP) throughout the U.S. Pacific, Atlantic, and Caribbean coral reef areas...
The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) is planning to develop Caribbean jurisdictional status reports for a 2019 rollout. This project will assist in developing and executing NCRMP-Caribbean benthic analytics and methodology. As part of the pr...
Modeling reef futures using a high resolution modular ocean model
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...
Integration of NCRMP and FGBNMS Coral Reef Monitoring Programs