Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (CRAMP) Final Report 1999-2000
Jokiel PL, Brown EK, Friedlander A, Rodgers SK, Smith WR. 2001. Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (CRAMP) Final Report 1999-2000. Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative. Honolulu, HI
This report covers progress made during the second year of the Hawaii Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (CRAMP). The first six months of year two were devoted to establishing permanent transects at 30 sites throughout the Hawaiian Islands. The remaining six months were focused on data analysis. In addition, a major study on the effects of trampling on reef corals was undertaken at the request of the Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) and completed by the end of the funding year. CRAMP experimental design allows detection of changes that can be attributed to various factors such as overuse (overfishing, anchor damage, aquarium trade collection, etc.), sedimentation, nutrient loading, catastrophic natural events, coastal construction, urbanization, global warming (bleaching), introduced species, algal invasions, and fish and invertebrate diseases.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Jokiel, Paul; Brown, Eric; Friedlander, Alan; Rodgers, S; Smith, William
- Date of Issue
- 2001-01-29
- Publisher
- Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative
- Units
- PACN
- Keywords
- ALKA, benthic monitoring, Coral Reef, Hawaii, Human Activity, Kaapuna, Laaloa, Marine, Methodology, Monitoring, Nenue Pt, photoquadrats, Reef fish, Trampling, video transect