Coral assessment and restoration in the U.S. Caribbean after 2017 hurricanes

Details

• Personal Author:
  Viehman, T. Shay ; Nemeth, Michael ; Groves, Sarah H. ; Buckel, Christine A. ; Griffin, Sean ; Field, Don ; Moore, Thomas D. ; Moore, Jennifer
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Ocean Service. National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.) ; United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Southeast Region
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NOS (National Ocean Service) ; NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science) ; NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SER (Southeast Region)
• Description:
  In September 2017, major Hurricanes Irma and Maria impacted Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) and caused considerable damage to shallow coral reefs. In February 2018, at the request of the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (PRDNER), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assigned the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to conduct coral reef assessments and emergency coral stabilization activities in Puerto Rico as part of the Hurricane Maria response under the National Disaster Recovery Framework Natural and Cultural Resources Recovery Support Function. A total of 414,354 m2 of coral reef area, including over 87,000 corals, were assessed at 150 sites across Puerto Rico between February 27 and May 7, 2018. More than 8,700 corals were reattached at 35 reef sites in Puerto Rico. Prior to the FEMA effort, coral stabilization efforts were supported by NOAA and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) in Puerto Rico and St. Thomas, USVI and reattached more than 7,500 corals at 28 additional sites. In total, coral stabilization efforts in PR and the USVI reattached 16,000 corals at 63 sites.
• Source:
  Restoration Demonstration Project: Experimental input into designing coral restoration for coastal protection
• Series:
  NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS 278
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/7r0b-wc52
• CoRIS Project ID:
  CRCP Project 31231
• Document Type:
  Technical Memorandum
• Place as Subject:
  Caribbean Sea ; North Atlantic Ocean ; Puerto Rico ; United States Virgin Islands
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/28657/noaa_28657_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 19.21 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) ; Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:95eed164d486c414ad90a80f444c1298dbee8e046658e0625a99688166a0af5b