Grantee Research Project Results
2001 Progress Report: National Center for Caribbean Coral Reef Research (NCORE) - Administrative
EPA Grant Number: R828020Center: Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Center - Dartmouth College
Center Director: Karagas, Margaret Rita
Title: National Center for Caribbean Coral Reef Research (NCORE) - Administrative
Investigators: McManus, John W.
Institution: University of Miami
EPA Project Officer: Packard, Benjamin H
Project Period: December 15, 1999 through December 14, 2003
Project Period Covered by this Report: December 15, 2000 through December 14, 2001
Project Amount: $4,870,500
RFA: National Center for Caribbean Coral Reef Research (1999) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Congressionally Mandated Center , Targeted Research
Objective:
The QA/QC Officer has conducted interviews and lab visits with the Principle Investigators of the current research project to ensure that Quality Assurance protocols are being followed. The QA/QC Officer has scheduled ship time to conduct field site visits.Progress Summary:
Preliminary results are still emerging from the various aspects of the current research project. See attached reports. A goal for year two is to compare all the data from years one and two to look for trends and any challenges to comparison between components. The results of the current study will help us understand the dynamics underlying the shift from stony coral to macro algal dominance in the Florida Keys and, by extension, coral reefs throughout the world.Future Activities:
Year two of the award will be spent pursuing the approved current research project in the Florida Keys. The Center will be moving into its permanent facility on the Rosenstiel campus within the next month. The focal point of which is a small conference room specifically designed to facilitate cooperative data analysis and collaborative document preparation; furthering the Center's mission to bring together scientific and management experts to identify critical scientific questions and approaches, develop research initiatives, facilitate acquisition of research funds and efforts, and communicate findings to the relevant agencies and public interest groups. A new web site, www.ncoremiami.org, is currently under construction. The site will serve as a means of disseminating information about NCORE's research and activities to a broad audience.NCORE is focused on advancing coral reef science to the degree that we can
predict the consequences of a given disturbance or change in management strategy
on the ecology of a coral reef and on reef-dependent people. In addition to our
current project in the Florida Keys, the Center is dedicated to expanding its
research efforts. The Center's primary approach is to organize interdisciplinary
research projects, pulling together highly effective teams of scientists from
the biological, physical, social and economic sciences. These teams will tackle
key issues through tightly integrated field, laboratory and modeling
investigations. NCORE has two main programs of future research: 1) Reef
Recruitment and Connectivity (RECONNECT), and 2) Comparative Analyses of Reef
Resilience Under Stress (CARRUS).
The RECONNECT Program arises from the
fact that most coral reef species undergo periods in early development of days
or weeks in which they drift or swim freely amid ocean currents before settling
in as "recruits" to a particular reef. The research integrates physical
oceanog
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Szmant AM. Introduction to the special issue of Coral Reefs on "Coral Reef Algal Community Dynamics"—Why are coral reefs world-wide becoming overgrown by algae? 'Algae, algae everywhere, and nowhere a bite to eat!' Coral Reefs 2001;19(4):299-302. |
R828020 (2006) R828020C002 (2001) |
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Szmant AM. Nutrient enrichment on coral reefs: is it a major cause of coral reef decline? Estuaries and Coasts 2002;25(4):743-766. |
R828020 (2006) R828020C002 (2001) |
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Supplemental Keywords:
RFA, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, Scientific Discipline, Geographic Area, Water, algal blooms, Aquatic Ecosystem, Aquatic Ecosystems & Estuarine Research, Ecological Risk Assessment, State, estuarine research, Ecology, Watersheds, Water & Watershed, Ecology and Ecosystems, Environmental Monitoring, estuarine integrity, marine biology, coastal resources, environmental indicators, coastal watershed, FLA, Florida, water quality, coastal ecosystem, estuaries, watershed assessment, watershed restoration, coral reefs, coastal ecosystems, coastal environments, ecosystem response, environmental stress, bloom dynamics, wetlands, Florida Keys, ecological indicators, ecological research, aquatic ecosystems, coral reef ecosystem integrity, coral reef communities, marine ecosystem, esturarine eutrophicationProgress and Final Reports:
Original Abstract Subprojects under this Center: (EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
R828020C002 Nutrient Cycling and Algal Productivity in the Florida Keys
R828020C003 Top-Down Trophodynamics
R828020C004 Physical Oceanographic Studies
R828020C005 Impacts of Nutrients on Reefs in the Florida Keys
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