Mote sunshade validation and coral restoration collaboration
Purpose
1) To collect coral-reef carbonate budget monitoring data at Mote Marine Laboratory's coral restoration locations-this information will provide Mote partners with data needed to optimize their restoration efforts and test hypotheses about the efficacy of different restoration strategies. 2) Collect data on relative light regimes of different locations of coral reefs to validate SfM-based sunshade models being developed for coral-restoration partners.
Location
Florida Keys nearshore coral reef habitats
Info derived
Reef imagery for SfM analysis (collected and owned by Mote), census of coral reef bioeroders (collected by USGS/Mote), coral reef light data from sensors (collected and owned by USGS).
Comments
PI Toth will work off Mote Marine Laboratory vessels and will not require USGS vehicles or vessels
