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, ...
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...
Comprehensive Coral Reef Restoration for a Demonstration Site in St. Thomas, USVI
This project will conduct coral restoration at two important coral reef site in St. Thomas, USVI that were selected in collaboration with USVI's Department of Planning and Natural Resources, NOAA, and local stakeholders in development of the USVI Coral Re...
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...
Assessing coral reef resilience along the South Kohala Coast of Hawaii
CRCP, West Hawaii Habitat Focus Area, Sentinel Site Program, and Resilient Lands and Water’s Initiative have an overlapping Focus Area on the northwest side of the Island of Hawaii that includes the South Kohala coastline. The West Hawaii Habitat Focus Ar...
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...
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 ...
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...
Identifying LBSP management options: Quantifying the contribution of upwelling to LBSP on SE Florida reefs by sub-watershed
Background: South Florida is host to the third largest coral reef ecosystem in the world, as well as more than five million inhabitants (2010 US Census) and approximately 30 million overnight visitors per annum (Sun-Sentinel, May 09, 2012). Need: A critic...
Atlantic Ocean Acidification Test-bed