Pre-construction coral survey of the M/V Wellwood grounding site April 23-24, 2002

Details

• Personal Author:
  Gittings, Stephen R.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States, National Ocean Service ; United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ; Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.) ; NOAA Restoration Center ; National Marine Protected Areas Center (U.S.) ; United States, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management., Marine Sanctuaries Division.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NOS (National Ocean Service) ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System) ; Restoration ; MPA (Marine Protected Areas)
• Description:
  "This report documents abundance and cover for selected elements of the benthic coral reef assemblage at the site of the 1984 grounding of the M/V Wellwood Molasses Reef, Florida Keys. The purpose of the effort was to establish a pre-construction baseline before the installation of reef modules at the site. The installation process is intended to stabilize fractured substrates that were recently exposed by storm impacts, and to provide three-dimensional relief in order to enhance reef community recovery. It is hoped that the restoration effort will result in a biological assemblage with the character of the transition community that would exist there had the incident not occurred (...)"
• Keywords:
  Coral Reef Conservation Corals Environmental Aspects Habitat Restoration Ecology Stranding Of Ships Coral Reef Conservation Environmental Aspects Restoration Ecology Stranding Of Ships
• Series:
  Marine sanctuaries conservation series   MSD-03-1
• Document Type:
  Miscellaneous
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d33acb824cda63bfdbb3b3004403aaf7cf2de8a1659785cd04a3856e07f22bdf5ff93fa2a01c6fa7d8a41d29eff5ad4d1158fd4c762d18f2f93cc475fbbcca87
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/441/noaa_441_DS1.pdf
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