Estimating functional diversity and redundancy of reef communities to inform resilience-based management in the Marianas
Functional diversity represents the range of things that organisms "do" in communities that provide key ecosystem processes (e.g., herbivory, habitat provisioning), necessary to maintain healthy reef and sustainable nearshore fisheries. Species withi...
AOML capacity for coral propagation and technology development
Problems:NOAA does not have a dedicated facility for the settlement and grow out of ESA-listed corals, critical for restoration and restoration researchState-of-the-art stress-testing facilities at AOML lack a source of coral critical for research Coral p...
Evaluating the efficacy of two MPAs in the USVI: St. Thomas East End Reserves and St. Croix East End Marine Park
PROJECT OBJECTIVESThe objectives of this MPA efficacy project are to: (1) evaluate sample size requirements for coral target reef fish species to obtain a desired level of survey precision (e.g. 15% CV) to compare MPAs and open areas; (2) develop an optim...
Use of 'Omics for Coral Restoration and Disease Investigations
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...
Implementing Nature Based Solutions in the Achugao, CNMI Watershed
A comprehensive watershed management plan (WMP) meeting the Environmental Protection Agency’s A – I Criteria was recently developed for Achugao, CNMI. Stormwater management issues were identified as key concerns by community members, local stakeholders, a...
Reef Restoration Capacity Building in American Samoa
This project supports reef restoration capacity building in American Samoa. National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS) will continue to support territorial restoration activities. This project will track ongoing restoration efforts and continue t...
Southeast Florida Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations – Addressing Ecosystem Management Information Needs
Assessing and monitoring reef fish spawning aggregations (FSAs) continue to be one of the highest priority fisheries ecosystem management topics in Florida’s Coral Reefs. The phenomena are recognized as critical components of fish population dynamics and ...
Forecast modeling coral populations to inform restoration planning
One of the challenges of restoration planning is forecasting how many outplants will be needed to meet restoration goals at a given site. Additional challenge are that restoration goals are often defined in terms of percent cover rather than number of cor...
Mapping Reef Fish Patterns Across the Marianas Archipelago from Continuous, High-Coverage Reef Structural Data Products
Structural habitat is an important determinant for coral reef fish biomass and diversity, but until recently, it was difficult to generate and replicate accurate, robust estimates of structure at regional scales.In our most recent survey years, the Pacifi...
NOAA has emerged as the lead for Mission: Iconic Reefs, as requested by the MIR partners. Thus, we must provide foundational elements of the program to allow for success of the implementing partners in their areas of expertise (e.g., coral and grazer rest...
Estimating functional diversity and redundancy of reef communities to inform resilience-based management in the Marianas