Mote <i>Protect Our Reefs</i> Grant Reports: Recent submissions

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Conservation of Florida's coral reefs through controlled propagation - year 3 progress report ( April 1 - September 30, 2008).

Main, Kevan L.; Ritchie, Kimberly B.; Vaughan, David (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2008-10-03)

The focus of this project is to develop culture techniques; and produce Florida hard corals for reef restoration research.
Final report on use of coral reef specialty license proceeds for Reef Relief's Florida Keys programs: coral reef conservation program and marine projects.

Von Quirolo, Dee (Reef Relief, Key West, FL, 2007)

Reef Relief's goal was to provide environmental education on the value of coral reefs, and information on their conservation to enlist a broad audience in the Florida Keys and Florida, and to people all over the world. A ...
Important species of the wider Caribbean poster series: Acropora palmata - Elkhorn coral.

O'Neill, Jocelyn; Blain, Dominique; Mueller, Erich (Perry Institute for Marine Science, Jupiter, FL, 2006)

The elkhorn and staghorn coral were recently listed as "threatened" under the Endagered Species Act. This listing will allow for greater protection of reefs in general as well as specific measures to conserve these important ...
Examining the efficacy of Diadema antillarum enhancement for restoration of coral reefs in the Florida Keys: interim report 8/16/06-3/1/07.

Leber, Kenneth M.; Adams, Aaron J.; Main, Kevan L.; Vaughan, David (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2007)

This research is a continuation of an ongoing and long-term experimental, step-wise approach to understanding the ecology of D. antillarum in the Florida Keys; determining the importance of D. antillarum to recovery of ...
Applying phage therapy to coral diseases.

Kellogg, Christina A. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarosota, FL, 2007)

The project seeks to investigate the application of phage therapy to coral diseases, making it relevant to conservation. If able to use naturally-occurring marine bacteriophages to slow or stop bacterial infections on ...
Producing advanced courses for coral reef students.

Gallagher, Dan (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2006)

This project produced new courses for an advanced coral program. Courses consisted of: coral disease, coral tissue slide reading, coral succession, and a benthic sponge workshop.
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuaries' SeaTrek for middle school.

Metz, Elizabeth (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2007)

Interactive videoconference program for middle schools, featuring activities, materials, visual aids, and videoclips related to the biology and conservation of corals in the Florida Keys. Students interact in a game format ...
REEF Florida coral reef awareness campaign: final technical report 2/28/2007.

Cunningham, Leda A. (Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF), Key Largo, FL and Urban Arts Institute (UAI), Boston, Mass, 2007)

Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF), in Key Largo, and Boston-based Urban Arts Institute (UAI), collaborated to develop and implement a public outreach campaign to educate residents and visitors to South Florida ...
Seasonal changes in the protective properties of elkhorn coral surface mucus: final report acropora.

Ritchie, Kimberly B. (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2007)

The ultimate goal was to monitor coral mucus integrity and the microbial community dynamics of bacteria throughout the course of a full year.
Marine ecosystem event response and assessment (MEERA), community-based reporting and response to events in our coastal marine environment: final report (2/1/2006 - 1/31/2007).

Bartels, Erich; Walter, Cory (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2007)

An early warning and assessment program for biotic events on reefs throughout Florida marine sanctuary waters.
Marine debris location, identification, and removal from St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park coral reef, Florida : final report.

Herren, Laura; Monty, Jamie; Stokes, Merle (Florida Oceanographic Society, Stuart, FL., 2007-02-28)

The primary goal of this study was the use of a community-based approach to provide data to help the Park manager and Park biologists better understand the current status of marine debris in SLIPSP for future management ...
Library link to coral reefs : Read about reefs : an annotated coral reef bibliography.

Stover, Susan M.; Kitchens, Rhonda; Kotlewski, Peg (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 2007-01-31)

This is an annotated bibliography of coral and coral reef books and documents available in the Mote Marine Laboratory Library. The materials are listed in alphabetical order by the author's last name. The books listed ...
Discovery of new resources with pharmaceutical potential (pharmaceutical discovery)

Pomponi, Shirley; Reed, John; Widder, Edie; Russell, Craig; Frank, Tammy (U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA/Office of Ocean Exploration, 2003)

This leg of the expedition was led by two groups of scientists from Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution. The first group searched for previously undiscovered compounds in marine organisms that could help fight human ...
The state of the coral reef systems of the United States and the Pacific Freely Associated States : 2005.

Waddell, J. E. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration., 2005)

Survey of coral reef systems including threats, populations, habitats, ecology, water quality and more. Includes marine protected habitats and actions taken to protect reefs. Bibliography each chapter. Special "threats ...
Biogeography team coral reef ecosystem assessment and monitoring database.

Center for Coral Coastal Monitoring and Assessment. (United States Department of Commerce, NOAA, NCCOS, 2005)

The full list of photos and brief scientific description of coral from the Biogeography Team. The Biogeography Team evolved from a Living Marine Resource mapping program that began in NOAA in 1978. The initial focus of ...
Propagating polyps.

Slimak, Nadine (Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 2004)

Describes coral research being conducted at Mote Marine Laboratory and Mote Tropical Research Laboratory.
A manual for monitoring coral reefs with indicator species : butterflyfishes as indicators of change on Indo-Pacific reefs.

Crosby, Michael P.; Reese, Ernst (Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource, 1996)

The development of the coral reef monitoring approach described in this manual will provide the basis for a future, more comprehensive effort to provide scientific evidence of the compatibility of amphibious exercises or ...
Coral Reef Monitoring Manual for the Caribbean and Western Atlantic.

Rogers, Caroline S.; Garrison, Ginger; Grober, Rikki; Hillis, Zandy-Marie; Franke, Mary Ann (Virgin Islands National Park., 1994-06)

This manual was developed as a practical guide for scientists, students, and park managers who need to describe coral reefs or document changes in them over time. Although no book can substitute for a hands-on training ...
Report of the expert consultation on coral bleaching.

Convention on Biological Diversity. (1999)

Part I of the present document contains the conclusions and recommendations of the Expert Consultation on priority areas for action on the issue of coral bleaching, and part II contains the report of the meeting.
Impacts of the 1998 coral bleaching event on tourism in El Nido, Philippines.

Cesar, Herman (Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, Rhode Island, 2000)

Severe coral bleaching during the summer of 1998 has led to 30-50% coral mortality in the Philippine town of El Nido (Bacuit Bay) on the island of Palawan. Given the importance of tourism in this area, the logical ...

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