Capacity Building and Planning for Coral Reef Restoration
This project will have 32 main objectives which are outlined below (1) Support capacity building workshops for US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Coral Restoration Planning groups.Funds will be used to host workshops in Years 1 and 3 in the USVI, and ...
Modeling contribution to IPCC 6th Assessment Report WG II
To project reef futures using the new generation of GCMs and present these results in the WG II report I will:1) Confer with lead authors to design and plan analysis.2) Acquire new model data (OA and SST for what will be available (this will not be the fu...
North-East Ecological Corridor Great Reserve Integrated Management Plan
FY15 funds will build on FY2014 activities and complete the project: (1) Ecological characterization through deployment of drop cameras, analysis of videos and still photos collected during accuracy assessment (AA) of the draft benthic habitat map, and co...
Integrating Climate Adaptation into Coral Restoration Planning - developing material for coral restoration planning workshop
This project will work with partners to: 1) Develop a draft of a manual of the guide to be published, finalize manual with approval from NOAA CRCP, EPA, TNC; 2) Complete Trainers Guide and design planning workshop curriculum, including pre workshop and in...
Refinement of Benthic Habitat Map for South Florida Reef Tract with habitat use patterns of reef fish species
The project goal is to develop a refined benthic habitat map for the southern Florida reef tract based on quantitative habitat metrics at a spatial scale of 50 x 50 m map units. The objectives are: (1) to compile and synthesize multibeam and LIDAR high-re...
A creel survey of the recreational (non-commercial), boat-ramp-based fisheries in St. Croix and St. Thomas
Recreational reef fish fisheries play an important cultural and social role on the USVI and represent a significant source of protein. Without critical data, it is impossible to develop required management plans that incorporate stock status and productiv...
Characterizing interactions between LBSP, coral growth, and herbivory to set targets for coastal runoff
Sediment laden runoff inhibits coral growth through smothering and light reduction and is a primary cause of reef decline and shifts from coral- to algal- dominance. Surprisingly however, there are no guidelines for sediment runoff in Hawaii or globally. ...
Development of Water Quality Monitoring Plan for USVI
This project was specifically request by the jurisdiction in the priorities document ("Develop a water quality sampling plan for major ghuts in the USVI with recommendations on how to incorporate or add this sampling plan to existing Division of Environme...
Supporting FL Iconic Reefs restoration with photogrammetry
Evaluation of the success of coral reef restoration requires monitoring of changes over time. Effective monitoring data and analyses allows for detection of change and implementation of mid-course corrections as needed. Mission: Iconic Reefs (M:IR) is a l...
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...
Capacity Building and Planning for Coral Reef Restoration