Study Design and Analytical Guidance for Assessing Restoration Success Following Vessel Groundings on Coral Reefs
January 31, 2024
This guide offers practical guidance on the survey design and analytical frameworks to implement during restoration following a vessel grounding
This guide aims to educate organizations—including natural resource agencies—on the proper study design and analytical framework to implement when a vessel runs aground on a coral reef to enable evaluating restoration success over time. It is imperative for resource management agencies who are entrusted with restoring the resource to pre- grounding conditions to understand study design considerations before taking restoration actions. This guide aims to better equip these managers to address the question: Did the restoration actions successfully meet the restoration goals?
The Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center of NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service uses the NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-PIFSC series to disseminate scientific and technical information that has been scientifically reviewed and edited. Documents within this series reflect sound professional work and may be referenced in the formal scientific and technical literature.
Huntington B, Couch CS, Morris JT, Ruseborn SL 2024. Study Design and Analytical Guidance for Assessing Restoration Success following Vessel Groundings on Coral Reefs U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-TM-NMFS-PIFSC-156, 30 p.
https://doi.org/10.25923/d38j-7c34