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Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP)
This collection provides access to documents from the Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS) describing research conducted or sponsored by NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program, mainly in U.S. states, territories and remote areas of the Pacific Ocean. It includes data reports, technical memorandums, technical reports, training manuals, and other documents that cover coral reef management and stewardship, coral reef monitoring, and outreach and education projects and activities.
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  • Record of decision for seagrass restoration in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
    Filetype[PDF - 718.09 KB]
    Corporate Authors:
    United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,. Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.).
    Published Date:
    2004
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 718.09 KB]
  • Report of 2005 American Samoa Coral Reef Monitoring Program (ASCRMP), expanded edition
    Filetype[PDF - 1.11 MB]
    Personal Author:
    Whaylen, Leslie; Fenner, Douglas;
    Corporate Authors:
    United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,. Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.). American Samoa, Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources,. American Samoa, Coral Reef Advisory Group.
    Published Date:
    2006
    Series:
    Biological report series (American Samoa. Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources) ; no. 200601
    Description:
    "The primary intent of the ASCRMP is to collect data on a yearly basis by on-island staff in order to detect change and trends in the measured parameters over a period of years. The ASCRM was not designed primarily to compare sites to each other base...
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    Filetype[PDF - 1.11 MB]
  • Report on evaluation of conservation benefits tool, Saipan, CNMI
    Filetype[PDF - 1.51 MB]
    Corporate Authors:
    United States, National Ocean Service. United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,. Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.). Nature Conservancy (U.S.).
    Published Date:
    2015
    Description:
    "The Nature Conservancy (TNC) developed an evaluation tool for marine protected areas management effectiveness (MPAME) and has begun to implement it in all Micronesia Challenge jurisdictions. The tool has been implemented in Palau, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpe...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 1.51 MB]
  • Field guide to western Atlantic coral diseases
    Filetype[PDF - 2.92 MB]
    Personal Author:
    Bruckner, Andrew W.; Woodley, Cheryl M.;
    Corporate Authors:
    United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,. Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.). NOAA Education Council (U.S.). Coral Disease & Health Consortium. Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation.
    Published Date:
    2009
    Description:
    "Western Atlantic Coral Disease Identification Field Guide uses standardized nomenclature and diagnostic criteria for coral diseases developed by the Coral Disease and Health Consortium (CDHC). This involves a three-tiered approach to naming diseases...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 2.92 MB]
  • Canal de Luis Peña Natural Reserve, Culebra, Puerto Rico : Management Board agreement
    Filetype[PDF - 840.51 KB]
    Personal Author:
    Torres-Abreu, Alejandro
    Corporate Authors:
    United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,. Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.). National Marine Protected Areas Center (U.S.). Puerto Rico, Department of Natural and Environmental Resources.
    Published Date:
    2014
    Description:
    "The Culebra Fishers Association, founded in 1967, recommended since 1980 the establishment of small no-take fishery reserves as a tool to recover local depleted fisheries in Culebra, Puerto Rico. After a successful community effort, the Puerto Rico ...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 840.51 KB]
  • Expanding our understanding of the trade in marine aquarium animals
    Filetype[PDF - 3.11 MB]
    Personal Author:
    Rhyne​, Andrew L. ; Tlusty, Michael F. ; Szczebak, Joseph T. ; Holmberg, Robert J. ;
    Corporate Authors:
    United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,. Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.).
    Published Date:
    2017
    Source:
    PeerJ 5:e2949
    Description:
    The trade of live marine animals for home and public aquaria has grown into a major global industry. Millions of marine fishes and invertebrates are removed from coral reefs and associated habitats each year. The majority are imported into the United...
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    Filetype[PDF - 3.11 MB]
  • Informing coral reef management decisions at four U.S. National Parks in the Pacific using long‐term monitoring data
    Filetype[PDF - 5.70 MB]
    Personal Author:
    Brown, Eric K.; McKenna, Sheila A.; Beavers, Sallie C.; Clark, Tim; Gawel, Michael; Raikow, David F.;
    Corporate Authors:
    United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,. Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.).
    Published Date:
    2016
    Source:
    Ecosphere 7(10): e01463
    Description:
    Effective management of coral reefs is challenging because of local and global stressors. Robust monitoring data are critical to managing these resources. Between 2006 and 2008, the Pacific Island Network Inventory and Monitoring Program of the U.S. ...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 5.70 MB]
  • Genome-wide survey of single-nucleotide polymorphisms reveals fine-scale population structure and signs of selection in the threatened Caribbean elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata
    Filetype[PDF - 400.34 KB]
    Personal Author:
    Devlin-Durante​, Meghann K. ; Baums, Iliana B. ;
    Corporate Authors:
    United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,. Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.).
    Published Date:
    2017
    Source:
    PeerJ 5:e4077
    Description:
    The advent of next-generation sequencing tools has made it possible to conduct fine-scale surveys of population differentiation and genome-wide scans for signatures of selection in non-model organisms. Such surveys are of particular importance in sha...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 400.34 KB]
  • The implementation of rare events logistic regression to predict the distribution of mesophotic hard corals across the main Hawaiian Islands
    Filetype[PDF - 676.18 KB]
    Personal Author:
    Veazey​, Lindsay M. ; Franklin, Erik C. ; Kelley, Christopher ; Rooney​, John ; Frazer, L. Neil ; Toonen, Robert J. ;
    Corporate Authors:
    United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,. Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.).
    Published Date:
    2016
    Source:
    PeerJ 4:e2189
    Description:
    Predictive habitat suitability models are powerful tools for cost-effective, statistically robust assessment of the environmental drivers of species distributions. The aim of this study was to develop predictive habitat suitability models for two gen...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 676.18 KB]
  • Mortality, recovery, and community shifts of scleractinian corals in Puerto Rico one decade after the 2005 regional bleaching event
    Filetype[PDF - 549.46 KB]
    Personal Author:
    García-Sais​​, Jorge R. ; Williams​, Stacey M. ​; Amirrezvani, Ali ;
    Corporate Authors:
    United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,. Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.).
    Published Date:
    2017
    Source:
    PeerJ 5:e3611
    Description:
    This work analyzes the mortality, recovery, and shifts in the composition of scleractinian corals from Puerto Rico one decade after the 2005 regional coral bleaching event. Temporal and spatial patterns of coral community structure were examined usin...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 549.46 KB]
  • Effective compliance and enforcement : a training manual to support development of effective compliance and enformcement programs for the Pacific Islands Managed and Protected Area Community (PIMPAC)
    Filetype[PDF - 1.26 MB]
    Corporate Authors:
    United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,. Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.). Pacific Islands Managed and Protected Area Community.
    Published Date:
    2015
    Description:
    "This manual and the associated training have been developed to help marine protected areas (MPA) managers and practitioners strengthen compliance with their MPA regulations by developing or strengthening Compliance and Enforcement Programs. This inc...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 1.26 MB]
  • Performance measures manual version 1.3 : guidance for using the new CRCP performance measures
    Filetype[PDF - 2.15 MB]
    Corporate Authors:
    United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,. Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.).
    Published Date:
    2015
    Description:
    "This document was created to help the recipients of funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) understand why the new CRCP Performance Measures matter and how their work may contrib...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 2.15 MB]
  • Nutrient criteria technical guidance manual : estuarine and coastal marine waters
    Filetype[PDF - 6.59 MB]
    Personal Author:
    Barrera, Jessica; Cantilli, Robert; Davis, Ifeyinwa; Dettmann, Edward H.; Fisher, Jen; Gardner, Tom, 1946-; Gibson, George, 1942-; Hart, Debbi; Latimer, James S.; Libby, P. Scott; Siciliano, CarolAnn; Word, Jack;
    Corporate Authors:
    United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,. Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.). United States, Environmental Protection Agency., Office of Water.
    Published Date:
    2001
    Description:
    "This manual is designed for use by State, Tribal, and Federal water resource managers as they address the cultural enrichment of their waters in conjunction with the EPA National Nutrient Criteria Program. It is intended to provide a stepwise sequen...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 6.59 MB]
  • Performance measures manual version 1.1, phase 1 subset for FY11-12 implementation guidance for using the new CRCP performance measures