This project consolidates two FY21-23 projects and integrates omic technologies into coral health and disease investigations related to the CRCP Restoration Pillar priorities R2.2, R3.1 and R3.2. This project also addresses Jurisdictional Priorities FL, U...

Currently, 60% of the world's reefs are degraded or destroyed; by 2050, reefs are predicted to be functionally extinct, without intervention. Substantial investments have been made in conventional management strategies; however, they are proving insuffici...

In 2018, the Florida Keys NMS issued a Decision Memo and Environmental Compliance for activities to address the South Florida coral disease emergency response. Antibiotic treatments were addressed in the emergency permitting decision memo based on informa...

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...

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...

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...

Watershed managers in Hawaii have identified the need for data that can quickly lead to management actions/results "on the ground." One of the necessary pieces of information to aid coastal managers in key decision making are stressor thresholds, i.e. amb...

Reproductive failure in Caribbean corals has been identified as a critical factor contributing to the threatened status of the Acropora spp. and 5 new species and preventing their recovery and delisting from ESA. This proposal is based on findings that as...

The goals of this project are to provide information as to whether 1) the depth of nursery stock genotypes and their subsequent outplanting location affects their performance (growth, survivorship, photophysiology); 2) compare survivorship pre-and post-hu...

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...