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Assessment of Hurricane Impacts to Coral Reefs in Florida and Puerto Rico

assessments, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, coral, coral reef, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, hurricanes, Marine Spatial Ecology, Natural and Nature-based Features, Protected Species, Puerto Rico, Regional Ecosystem Science, restoration, Restoration, shay.viehman@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Waterbodies
In 2017, major hurricanes impacted coral reefs in both Florida and Puerto Rico. We quantified these impacts using diver-based surveys, and our information was used ...
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Coral Restoration: Developing Scientific Guidance to Support Coral Restoration Design, Implementation, and Monitoring

Atlantic Ocean, Coastal Change, Coral, Coral Reefs, coral restoration, ecosystem monitoring, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Marine Spatial Ecology, Puerto Rico, Restoration, shay.viehman@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
As coral restoration efforts continue to increase in size and number, there is an overwhelming need for information for scientific input into restoration spatial planning ...
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Developing and Scaling Up Emerging Image-based Technology for Evaluating Mission: Iconic Reefs Large-scale Coral Restoration in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Coastal Change, Coral, Florida, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Regional Ecosystem Science, Restoration, shay.viehman@noaa.gov, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories
Mission: Iconic Reefs in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) is the largest coral restoration project in the U.S. to date. Evaluation of the ...
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Evaluating Nature-Based Solution Performance

Atlantic Ocean, avery.paxton@noaa.gov, brandon.puckett@noaa.gov, christine.addison@noaa.gov, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, jenny.davis@noaa.gov, Natural and Nature-based Features, Pacific Ocean, Restoration, shay.viehman@noaa.gov
We are evaluating the performance of three types of nature-based solutions: oyster reefs, coral reefs, and wetlands created from dredged sediments. We will examine project ...
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Evaluation of Coral Reef Restoration Success at Mission: Iconic Reefs Using Photogrammetry

Coastal Change, Coral, Florida, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Natural and Nature-based Features, Regional Ecosystem Science, Restoration, shay.viehman@noaa.gov, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories
Diver James Emm (FKNMS-FIU) collects photographs of Eastern Dry Rocks reef near Key West, Florida, as part of a joint FKNMS-NCCOS field mission. The area ...
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Evidence on the Use of Built Structures for Coral Reef-Related Applications

Atlantic Ocean, avery.paxton@noaa.gov, Caribbean Sea, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Gulf of Mexico, Marine Spatial Ecology, Natural and Nature-based Features, Pacific Ocean, Regional Ecosystem Science, Restoration, shay.viehman@noaa.gov
Amidst global declines in coral reefs, restoration practitioners and managers are increasingly considering incorporating built structures in restoration. However, information on how built structures have ...
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National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Implementation: Biological and Socioeconomic Monitoring

American Samoa, Assessing Human Use, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, chloe.fleming@noaa.gov, CNMI, coral, Coral, coral reef, CRCP, CRMP, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Florida, Guam, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, kimberly.edwards@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, monitoring, Puerto Rico, shay.viehman@noaa.gov, Social Science, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Waterbodies
The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) is a framework for conducting sustained observations of biological, climate, and socioeconomic indicators at 10 priority coral reefs ...
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Recovery Horizon Projections for Ship Groundings on Coral Reefs

Coral, coral reef, coral reef restoration, Marine Spatial Ecology, Puerto Rico, shay.viehman@noaa.gov, ship grounding, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories
Ship groundings cause extensive physical destruction to coral reefs, and subsequent recovery can be complicated and prolonged. In this project, we specifically address how coral ...
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Spatial Predictive Modeling of Threatened ESA Corals in the U.S. Atlantic and Caribbean

Coastal Change, coral, Coral, Florida, Marine Spatial Ecology, modeling, Puerto Rico, shay.viehman@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands
We are using predictive mapping to predict Threatened coral species distributions in the U.S. Atlantic and Caribbean and provide interactive maps of predicted distributions. Outputs ...
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Threatened Resources: Bank Systems of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Florida, Marine Spatial Ecology, shay.viehman@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories
We undertook an ecological assessment of bank systems in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) to determine what will be lost if these systems ...
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U.S. Virgin Islands Coral Reef Resilience Prioritization

chris.jeffrey@noaa.gov, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Coastal Change, coral, Coral, coral reef, john.tomczuk@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Marine Spatial Ecology, ruben.van.hooidonk@noaa.gov, sarah.groves@noaa.gov, shay.viehman@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands
We are identifying coral reefs and underwater habitats in the U.S. Virgin Islands that have high resilience properties and potential to withstand current and forecasted ...
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