NOAA'sNational Centers for Coastal Ocean Sciencealong with the University of the Virgin Islands and the NOAA Integrated Ocean Observing System organized a day-long session at the American Society of Limnology ...

Staghorn Coral Staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis, a former dominant reef building species in the Caribbean, provides habitat to thousands of invertebrate and fish species. Due to its dramatic decline throughout ...

Participating in the 2011 Aquatic Sciences Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico (February 13 -18, 2011), NCCOS leads two special sessions, sponsors an additional seven special sessions plus a workshop ...

NOAA-funded scientists found extensive and biologically diverse coral ecosystems occurring at depths between 100–330 feet within a 12-mile span off the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico. With the overall health ...