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Abstract
The U .S . National Park Service NPS began a Regional Assessment Program for coral reefs in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Florida in 1988. Scientists from NPS and six other institutions have now established longterm monitoring sites at Virgin Islands National Park St. John, USVI, Buck Island Reef National Monument St. Croix, USVI, Biscayne National Park Florida and Fort Jefferson National Monument Florida. Hurricane Hugo passed through the USVI in 1989, causing severe destruction in some reef areas while leaving others untouched. Patchy damage to reefs in Florida was also noted after Hurricane Andrew; damage from this August 1992 storm is still being assessed. Fort Jefferson National Monument escaped the onslaught of Andrew. No significant recovery in live coral cover has been evident at the Buck Island or Virgin Islands National Park VINP study sites 3.5 years after Hurricane Hugo. Similarly, no recovery was evident at another site in St. John which was destroyed by a large anchor 4.5 years ago.
| Publication type | Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Title | Hurricanes and anchors: preliminary results from the National Park Service regional reef assessment program |
| Year Published | 1994 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami |
| Publisher location | Miami, FL |
| Description | 7 p. |
| First page | C26 |
| Last page | C31 |
| Conference Title | Proceedings of the Colloquium on Global Aspects of Coral Reefs: Health, Hazards and History |
| Conference Location | Miami, FL |
| Conference Date | 06/10/1993 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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