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Territorial Coral Reef Monitoring Program (TCRMP)

Gain insights into the TCRMP's annual surveys on coral reefs, fish, and more in the Virgin Islands, showcasing management strategies and future directions.

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Territorial Coral Reef Monitoring Program (TCRMP)

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  1. Territorial Coral Reef Monitoring Program (TCRMP) Caribbean Fishery Management Council Meeting St. Thomas USVI December 15-16, 2015 Leslie Marie Henderson Department of Planning and Natural Resources Division of Coastal Zone Management

  2. Who am I? • From Lewisville, North Carolina • B.S. Degree in Marine Biology from UNC Wilmington • M.S. Degree in Marine and Environmental Science from University of the Virgin Islands • Research Analyst for UVI • Coral Reef Initiative Coordinator for DPNR Coastal Zone Management • Contact email: leslie.henderson@dpnr.vi.gov

  3. What is TCRMP? • Vision – “To provide critical information on the status and threats to all Virgin Islands coral reef ecosystems in order to increase management effectiveness and improve basic and applied coral reef research” • What does that mean?....

  4. What is TCRMP? • Once a year surveys at 33 permanent sites • Corals • Fish • Algae • Black Spiny Urchin • Temperature • (collected year-round)

  5. So… How are the reefs doing?

  6. Coral Cover • Higher is better = more corals • Calculated from pictures looking straight down at the reef.

  7. Coral Cover

  8. Fish Biomass • Underwater visual survey • 25 x 4m • 15 mins

  9. STX STT/STJ Fish Biomass

  10. Invasive Lionfish

  11. Invasive Lionfish

  12. Black Spiny Sea Urchin

  13. Black Spiny Sea Urchin

  14. And so much more! • Possible future directions • Coral recruitment • Fish recruitment • Reef accretion/erosion • Coral larval connectivity modeling • Suggestions? • Other data we have upon request • Coral disease • Temperature • Currents • Site specific profiles • Species specific profiles • Sedimentation levels • NCRMP blitz surveys

  15. Contact information • Leslie Marie Henderson • leslie.henderson@dpnr.vi.gov • 340-774-3320 ext. 5175 • TCRMP website • https://sites.google.com/a/myuvi.net/tyler-b-smith-lab/ • Access to data and reports!

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