1) Ongoing*
Diadema and algae on the forereef
Depth distribution
Density
Macroalgae community
Freshwater springs and nutrients
Flow rates
Nutrient inputs
Mapping
2) Organism Focused (Behavior / Physiology)
Urchins: covering behavior, movements, environmental pref
Sea cucumber: behavior, feeding?
Sea hare: movements; density
Conch age and growth
Zooxanthellae densities in anemones
3) Population Focused (Habitat abundance / Spatial Dist. / Size structure)
Urchin: density
Sea cucumber: density
Fish: mangrove usage
Sponge: depth distribution; diversity
Anemone: tip color distribution, disk size
Corallivorous snails: feeding ecology, density
Acroporid mapping: GPS
Lionfish: abundance, stomach contents, age/growth
| 4) Community Focus (Locations / Assemblages) Fore-reef Reef crest Mangrove prop roots Blue Hole FW Springs Plankton Meiofauna Macroalgae Coral 5) Environmental Water quality Disease and coral bleaching 6. Process Focus (Time integrated) Predation Grazing Production/respiration 7. New Ideas (2011) Caribbean hermit crabs, density, shell choice, behavior? Gastropods of the supralittoral Bioturbation Crater Lake zooplankton Video sizing of coral reef fishes (Pfister & Goulet 1999) |
