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Coral Reef Monitoring

Coral Reef Monitoring. What is a Coral?. Animal, vegetable or mineral?. Conservation of Coral Reefs. Monitoring is necessary to decrease the decline of reefs Coral reefs have a high biodiversity

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Coral Reef Monitoring

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  1. Coral Reef Monitoring

  2. What is a Coral? Animal, vegetable or mineral?

  3. Conservation of Coral Reefs • Monitoring is necessary to decrease the decline of reefs • Coral reefs have a high biodiversity • They provide a habitat for a wide variety of animals and plant species and are also a food source for many organisms • Protects coastlines

  4. Studying coral reefs: • Compare difference in places where fish are collected to a place where they are not; look over time. • lots of different people collect data • community effort

  5. Reef Check A volunteer, community-based coral reef monitoring and education program that promotes coral reef conservation and preservation throughout the Main Hawaiian Islands. http://www.reefcheckhawaii.org/

  6. Location: Kaneohe, HI Near the intersection of Kam. Hwy and Lulani St.

  7. Location Kaneohe, HI

  8. Transect Belt Study 5m 5m Snorkeler/diver swims down the transect line and counts abundance of orgs

  9. Transect Belt Study

  10. Quadrat 15 10 5 0 Snorkeler/diver swims down the transect line and every 5 meters counts % cover of species

  11. Quadrat

  12. Fish ID • Butterfly fish • Blueline Snapper • Jacks • Goatfish • Parrotfish • Trigger fish • Yellow Tang • Wrasses • Angelfish • Snapper • Morey eel • Orange spine unicorn fish • Peacock grouper

  13. Butterfly fish

  14. Blueline Snapper

  15. Jacks/ Trevally

  16. Goatfish

  17. Parrotfish

  18. Triggerfish

  19. Yellow Tang

  20. Wrasses

  21. Angelfish

  22. Snapper

  23. Moray eel

  24. Orange spine unicorn fish

  25. Peacock grouper

  26. Invert ID Pencil Urchin Diadema Collector Urchin Triton’s Trumpet Banded Coral Shrimp Lobster Coweries Crown-of-Thorns

  27. Pencil urchin

  28. Diadema

  29. Collector Urchin

  30. Triton’s Trumpet

  31. Banded Coral shrimp

  32. Lobster

  33. Coweries

  34. Crown-of-thorns

  35. Coral ID • Substrate Codes • HC hard coral • SC soft coral • RKC recently killed coral • NIA nutrient indicator algae • SP sponge • RC rock • RB rubble • SD sand • SI silt/clay • OT other

  36. Coral ID • Rice • Finger • Lobe • Mushroom • Cauliflower Algae Crustose, turf, invasive

  37. Montipora capitata (Rice coral)

  38. Pocillopora meandrina (Finger Coral)

  39. Porites lobata (Lobe Coral)

  40. Fungia scutaria (Mushroom Coral)

  41. Pocillopora meandrina (Cauliflower Coral)

  42. Invasive Algae

  43. Turf Algae

  44. Crustose Algae Pink and encrusting

  45. Impacts • Coral Damage • Disease • Bleaching • Trash

  46. Coral Damage Boat/Anchor/Other

  47. Coral Damage Boat/Anchor/Other

  48. Bleaching

  49. Trash • Hooks • Fishing line and gear • Plastic bags • Six pack soda holder

  50. Coral Disease Black Band White band

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