NOAA Coral Reef Watch Larval Connectivity, Florida Reef Tract

Description

Climate change threatens even the best-protected and most remote reefs. Reef recovery following catastrophic disturbance usually requires disturbed sites be reseeded from upstream reefs. Recent research (McClanahan et al., 2012) assessed connectivity as an important resilience factor, which although difficult to measure, is a high priority for management of coral reef ecosystems. The products discussed herein identify reefs that act as “sources” and/or “sinks” along the Florida Reef Tract to inform reef management strategies. Tools developed provide information on connectivity among reefs, thereby advancing the capacity for reef connectivity assessment.

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Tags

  • florida reef tract
  • past
  • united states of america
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • marine ecosystem
  • corals
  • larval connectivity
  • larval dispersal
  • biosphere
  • regional
  • biological oceanography
  • western hemisphere
  • 914
  • climate change resilience tools for coral reef managers - connectivity
  • oceans
  • reproduction
  • hybrid ocean coordinate model (hycom)
  • sexual reproduction
  • noaa
  • numeric data sets
  • coris
  • coral reef watch
  • oceanography
  • atlantic ocean
  • gulf of mexico
  • earth science
  • physical oceanography
  • ocean
  • florida reef tract (26n080w0007)
  • florida
  • ocean basin
  • coastal processes
  • ocean circulation
  • zoology
  • coral reefs
  • coris_metadata
  • ocean currents
  • north atlantic ocean
  • gulf of america
  • country/territory

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