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Coral Reef Biological Condition Gradient Benthic Model
Citation:
Santavy, D. AND C. Horstmann. Coral Reef Biological Condition Gradient Benthic Model. Biological Condition Gradient (BCG) Working Group Experts, Gulf Breeze, FL, July 16, 2019.
Impact/Purpose:
Update presentation to ORD/OW coral reef BCG benthic model.
Description:
Gulf Ecology Division research ecologist Dr. Deborah Santavy, along with Susan Jackson from the Office of Water’s Office of Science and Technology (OW-OST), presented a webinar on July 16, 2019 to update our NOAA partners in the Coral Reef Conservation Program on the fish and benthic models for the Biological Condition Gradient (BCG). The webinar was attended by our partners in EPA OW, Region 2 and NOAA who have participated as subject experts and collaborators with EPA’s biocriteria efforts and NOAA’s NCRMP (National Coral Reef Monitoring Program). Discussions followed on how to coordinate efforts and science to leverage and support both Agencies missions in relation to the Clean Water Act, watershed and fisheries management, the Endangered Species Act and coral restoration.