Species richness of motile cryptofauna across a gradient of reef framework erosion
"Abstract Coral reef ecosystems contain exceptionally high concentrations of marine biodiversity, potentially encompassing millions of species. Similar to tropical rainforests and their insects, the majority of reef animal species are small and cryptic, l...
Effects of modeled tropical sea surface temperature variability on coral reef bleaching predictions
"Future widespread coral bleaching and subsequent mortality has been projected using sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from global, coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation models (GCMs). While these models possess fidelity in reproducing man...
Coral bleaching at Little Cayman, Cayman Islands 2009
"The global rise in sea temperature through anthropogenic climate change is affecting coral reef ecosystems through a phenomenon known as coral bleaching; that is, the whitening of corals due to the loss of the symbiotic zooxanthellae which impart corals ...
Building an automated integrated observing system to detect sea surface temperature anomaly events in the Florida Keys
"Satellite-derived sea surface temperature (SST) images have had limited applications in near-shore and coastal environments due to inadequate spatial resolution, incorrect geocorrection, or cloud contamination. We have developed a practical approach to r...
Remote monitoring of chlorophyll fluorescence in two reef corals during the 2005 bleaching event at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas
"Zooxanthellae fluorescence was measured in situ, remotely, and in near real-time with a pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometer for a colony of Siderastrea siderea and Agaricia tenuifolia at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas during the Caribbean-wide 2005...
Environmental determinants of motile cryptofauna on an eastern Pacific coral reef
"Coral reef cryptofauna, which live hidden within reef framework structures, are considered to be the most diverse group of coral reef metazoans. They likely comprise more biomass than all surface fauna, providing food sources for fishes and playing impor...
Responses of cryptofaunal species richness and trophic potential to coral reef habitat degradation
"Coral reefs are declining worldwide as a result of many anthropogenic disturbances. This trend is alarming because coral reefs are hotspots of marine biodiversity and considered the 'rainforests of the sea. As in the rainforest, much of the diversity on ...
The Atlantic Ocean Acidification Test-bed, La Parguera, PR
Changes in surface ocean chemistry in direct response to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration may pose considerable challenges to a broad range of marine organisms in coming decades. Monitoring this ocean acidification (OA) at regional and loca...
Characterization of biologically significant hydrodynamic anomalies on the Florida Reef Tract
The U. S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Integrated Coral Observing Network (ICON) Project uses artificial-intelligence software to implement heuristic models of coral reef ecosystem response to physical conditions. These models us...
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program and the Integrated Coral Observing Network (ICON) project: Current Capabilities and Vision for the Future
This oral presentation, entitled "NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program and the Integrated Coral Observing Network (ICON) project: Current Capabilities and Vision for the Future", was given by Lew Gramer at the the CREON I-CREOS Workshop in Melbourne, Aust...
Species richness of motile cryptofauna across a gradient of reef framework erosion