Download or read book A Baseline Assessment of Coral and Fish Bays St John USVI in Support of ARRA Watershed Restoration Activities written by David R. Whitall and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report provides a baseline environmental assessment of Coral Bay and Fish Bay in St. John, USVI in support of watershed restoration activities on the island. This project was funded by the Caribbean Coral Reef Institute (CCRI), NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR), the National Park Service Natural Resource Preservation Program at Virgin Islands National Park, and NPS's South Florida/Caribbean Inventory and Monitoring Program. The historical data synthesized for this work was collected as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring (CREM) project; a partnership effort between NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC), US Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources - Division of Fish and Wildlife, US Geological Survey, National Park Service (NPS), the University of the Virgin Islands, and the University of Hawaii"--About this document.
Download or read book Baseline Assessment of Fish and Coral Bays St John U S Virgin Islands in Support of Watershed Restoration Activities written by Charles William Menza and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Seascape Ecology written by Simon J. Pittman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-10-09 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seascape Ecology provides a comprehensive look at the state-of-the-science in the application of landscape ecology to the seas and provides guidance for future research priorities. The first book devoted exclusively to this rapidly emerging and increasingly important discipline, it is comprised of contributions from researchers at the forefront of seascape ecology working around the world. It presents the principles, concepts, methodology, and techniques informing seascape ecology and reports on the latest developments in the application of the approach to marine ecology and management. A growing number of marine scientists, geographers, and marine managers are asking questions about the marine environment that are best addressed with a landscape ecology perspective. Seascape Ecology represents the first serious effort to fill the gap in the literature on the subject. Key topics and features of interest include: The origins and history of seascape ecology and various approaches to spatial patterning in the sea The links between seascape patterns and ecological processes, with special attention paid to the roles played by seagrasses and salt marshes and animal movements through seascapes Human influences on seascape ecology—includes models for assessing human-seascape interactions A special epilogue in which three eminent scientists who have been instrumental in shaping the course of landscape ecology offer their insights and perspectives Seascape Ecology is a must-read for researchers and professionals in an array of disciplines, including marine biology, environmental science, geosciences, marine and coastal management, and environmental protection. It is also an excellent supplementary text for university courses in those fields.
Download or read book Baseline Assessment of Faga alu Watershed written by S. Holst Rice and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The primary purpose of this document is to provide local and federal partners with baseline information and survey methods to allow for continued monitoring efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of management actions taken at the Samoa Maritime quarry in Faga'alu, American Samoa. This document summarizes work completed between 2012 and 2014, and was coordinated and funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) to gather baseline data and information before management interventions such as drainage systems, alternative ground cover, and retention ponds were installed at the quarry to reduce land-based sources of pollution inputs to the coral reefs in Fagaʻalu Bay. The work was funded through direct investments made by the NOAA CRCP, through a Cooperative Agreement with American Samoa to the Coral Reef Advisory Group (CRAG), and through a domestic grant awarded to San Diego State University (SDSU) titled, 'Monitoring and analysis of sediment accumulation and composition on coral reefs in Faga'alu Bay, American Samoa' which extended previous efforts supported by the Department of Interior – Insular Affairs Office through the CRAG. To carry out these baseline assessments, technical and scientific experts from NOAA and SDSU collaborated to gather baseline information to share with local management authorities in American Samoa. These 2012-2014 activities describe the pre-intervention baseline data collection, analysis, and interpretation needed to evaluate the effectiveness of subsequently planned interventions over time. To quantify effectiveness of these interventions, additional long-term monitoring of sediment loads in Faga'alu Stream and coral community structure will be needed for comparison with the baselines presented here. The overall effort required to evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions is large, and requires a close coordination between local and federal efforts"--Page 2. [doi:10.7289/V5BK19C3 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5BK19C3)]
Download or read book Coral Bay Watershed Management Plan written by Center for Watershed Protection and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report presents a frame work for managing the Coral Bay Watershed, St. John, USVI based on a pilot watershed planning study conducted primarily by the Center for Watershed Protection (CWP) and the USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources Division of Coastal Zone Management (DPNR CZM) under a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coral Program funding NCNC3000-6-00007. CWP and a number of agency and non-government partners have worked together on this project to identify priority management recommendations and implementation strategy for the Coral Bay Watershed based on a review of existing studies, input from stakeholder meetings, and observations from on-the-ground assessments"--Introduction.
Download or read book Factors Affecting Terrigenous Sedimentation in Coastal Bays with Coral Reefs written by Whitney Taylor Sears and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Caribbean, sedimentation has been identified as a serious threat to coral reef communities. Although land-based sediment delivery to coastal waters harboring coral reefs occurs under natural conditions, human activities in the watersheds above reefs increases the erosion and delivery of terrigenous sediment to the reefs. Delivery of terrigenous sediment into marine areas below developed watersheds affects sedimentation rates, alters the composition and texture of sediments that are suspended in the water column, and/or sediments that are deposited on the sea floor and on corals. St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands is an ideal location to study the effects of rainfall and human development on sedimentation on coral reefs. From a management perspective, there is a need on St. John for studies that examine how watershed development and watershed restoration activities affect marine sedimentation. The outcomes of this study have shown that sediment traps are an effective way to monitor general temporal and spatial patterns in terrigenous sedimentation. This study is the first marine sediment trap study to capture the natural variability in storms, rainfall, and wave activity over a study period longer than two years that also monitored distinct near shore and offshore areas below both developed and minimally developed watersheds simultaneously. Monitoring simultaneously across distinct areas over a long, 5-year study period made it possible to examine the relationship between terrigenous sedimentation, rainfall and wave activity statistically, and identify areas most likely to be subjected to the greatest sediment-related coral stress. The results of this study have generated potentially useful data related to watershed land management in tropical, coastal areas and will help inform future studies that will assess the effect of watershed restoration efforts on terrigenous sediment delivery to marine areas harboring coral reefs.
Download or read book Benthic Habitats of Fish Bay Coral Bay and the St Thomas East End Reserve written by Bryan Costa and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report describes the development and assessment of shallow (0 ≤40 m) benthic habitat maps for Fish Bay, Coral Bay and the St. Thomas East End Reserve (STEER) in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The objective of this effort, conducted by NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science in partnership with the Nature Conservancy (TNC), the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) and the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR), was to provide spatially-explicit information describing the benthic habitat types and live coral cover present in these three locations. This habitat information will support the development of local action strategies for coral reef conservation in each of these places, providing roadmaps to address key issues and remedy specific threats to coral reefs. The three habitat maps, generated using a combination of semi-automated classification and visual interpretation techniques, represent the first digital maps that describe nearly 100% of the seafloor in these areas. This effort also marks the first time that high resolution imagery describing seafloor depth was collected in these locations"--About this document.
Download or read book Movements of Reef Fish Across the Boundary of the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument in Coral Bay St John USVI written by Matthew S. Kendall and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument (VICRNM) was created to expand the protection of the marine ecosystems around St. John. Monument boundaries were not designed using ecological criteria, but were instead the result of historical land ownership and the Territorial Submerged Lands Act of 1974. This study used acoustic telemetry to investigate movements of reef fish relative to the boundary of the Coral Bay portion of the Monument and the protection that this Marine Protected Area (MPA) could offer. In this approach, acoustic transmitters are implanted into fish and their movements are logged on battery-powered acoustic-receivers (n=38) positioned within, outside, and along the boundary of the Monument. Specifically, we quantify residence time of reef fish within VICRNM, the frequency of movements across the VICRNM boundary, and locations of concentrated fish activity. The National Park Service (NPS) manages the entire reef fish community within the Monument. Therefore, we set fish traps in various habitats throughout VICRNM to capture a diversity of species for tagging. Uniquely coded transmitters with a ~376 day battery life were implanted into 75 fish between August and December 2013. Minimum fish size was ~20 cm to accommodate tags. The fish tagged were from 17 species in 7 families with snappers (n = 38 fish) and grunts (n = 24) being the most common. Receivers were downloaded March 2015. Data were summarized to convey basic information about fish movements including: the timespan of detections, number of detections, percent of days detected, number of receivers visited, number and frequency of VICRNM boundary crossing events, proportion of detections inside versus outside VICRNM, and location of day versus night detections"--Executive Summary. [doi:10.7289/V5/TM-NOS-NCCOS-216 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-NOS-NCCOS-216)]
Download or read book Review of the St Johns River Water Supply Impact Study written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-02-11 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The St. Johns River Water Management District is responsible for managing water resources in the St. Johns River basin, which comprises 23 percent of Florida. Approximately 4.73 million people (one-quarter of Florida's population) live in the area served by the District, which contains the growing cities of Jacksonville, Orlando, and Gainesville. In order to meet the increasing water supply needs of the District's residents and other water users, the District is considering supplementing its historical supply of groundwater with water from the St. Johns and Ocklawaha Rivers. To better understand the potential ecological impacts of such withdrawals, in 2008 the District began a large scientific study called the Water Supply Impact Study (WSIS). In late 2008, the Water Science and Technology Board (WSTB) of the National Academies was asked to review the progress of the WSIS, including such scientific aspects as hydrologic and water quality modeling and how river withdrawals will affect wetlands, biogeochemical processes, plankton, benthos, the littoral zone, fish, and wetlands wildlife in the basin. For two and a half years, the WSTB Committee has followed the activities of eight District workgroups as they modeled the relevant river basins, determined the criteria to evaluate the environmental impacts of water withdrawals, evaluated the extent of those impacts, and coordinated with other ongoing projects. The first report of the Committee reviewed the Phase 1 hydrologic and environmental assessment tools and relevant data, and made recommendations regarding proposed work for the second phase of the WSIS. The Committee's second report focused on how the District was responding to the recommendations in its first report. The third Committee report primarily evaluated the hydrologic and hydrodynamic work being performed by the District. Review of the St. Johns River Water Supply Impact Study, the fourth and final product of the Committee focuses on the ecological impact analyses conducted by the environmental workgroups, presents final thoughts about the hydrologic and hydrodynamic studies, and provides some overall perspectives on the WSIS.
Download or read book Coral Bay Sediment Deposition and Reef Assessment Study written by Barry Devine and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study has investigated the sediment deposition history of Coral Bay, St. John, USVI, and the surrounding waters where sediment is being deposited, the rate of sedimentation and when the sediment deposition rate increase began."--P. 7.
Download or read book Sedimentation and Reef Development in Hawksnest Fish and Reef Bays St John U S Virgin Islands written by Dennis K. Hubbard and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historic Land Use in the Reef Bay Fish Bay and Hawksnest Bay Watersheds St John U S Virgin Islands 1718 1950 written by George F. Tyson (Jr) and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fish Bay Management Plan for Fish Bay Watershed St John United States Virgin Islands Department of Planning Natural Resources 2001 written by Paul Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fish Bay watershed has many features that make it a special place. It is still relatively unpolluted, it has concerned citizen groups that wish to improve its environment and quality-of-life, and there is general widespread awareness of the environmental problems facing the watershed. These features make this an excellent watershed in which to develop the Territory's model for watershed protection. The vision driving this management plan is threefold: 1) to reduce the current levels of erosion, sedimentation and other types of nonpoint source pollution caused by prior development, 2) to improve the quality of life for current residents while allowing continued smart growth and development and 3) to preserve the watershed's environment and resources for future generations"--Introduction.
Download or read book Sedimentation and Reef Development in Hawksnest Fish and Reef Bays St John USVI written by Dennis K. Hubbard and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Baseline Assessment of the Coral Reef Fish Assemblages of St Eustatius written by Tiedo van Kuijk and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Integrated Coastal Zone Management of Coral Reefs written by Kent Gustavson and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The applied research indicates that, to improve awareness, park education programs should be targeted specifically to the user groups primarily through outreach programs. Further, the Park's management programs should be highlighted, particularly the beneficial, tangible products and services (benefits) the Park provides to each user group... The closer the tie between reef conditions and business earnings, the greater the users' support for reef conservation." Coral reefs are sometimes referred to as "canaries of the sea" because of their early warning ability to show near-shore oceanic stress. Because of their biological diversity, they are also called "rainforests of the sea." Coral reefs are vital to the well being of millions of people. Coral reef managers and government officials trying to save their valuable national resources have turned to research on coral reefs for help. The research presented in this publication merits a great deal of notice because the output is useful for decision support and training tools in integrated coastal zone management (ICZM). The work on cost-effectiveness analysis has developed integrated economic and ecological models, relying extensively on fuzzy logic procedures to model impacts and effects of interventions within the reef environment. By contrast, the marine system valuation work provides economic valuations of coral reefs, demonstrating the use of different modeling methods and treating key policy issues within this context. This publication will interest coastal zone experts and managers worldwide
Download or read book Reefs at Risk Revisited written by Lauretta Marie Burke and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
