NCRI Past and Present Research Projects
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Overview of NCRI sponsored projects



MAPPING & ASSESSMENT

Mapping of Holocene reefs in Southeast Florida (USA) by remote sensed optical and acoustic data together with in situ techniques
Richard. E. Dodge, Brian K. Walker, Bernhard Riegl, Ryan P. Moyer, David S. Gilliam
Coral Reef Habitat Mapping in Broward County Florida
Bernhard Riegl, Ryan P. Moyer, Brian K. Walker, and Richard. E. Dodge
3D Visualization of Coral Reef Habitat
Brian K. Walker and Richard. E. Dodge
Remote Sensing Coastal Bathymetry Using Multibeam Sonar
Brian K. Walker and Richard. E. Dodge
Acoustic Detection of Different Types of Reef Benthos in Broward County Florida (USA)
Ryan P. Moyer, Bernhard Riegl, Richard E. Dodge, and Brian K. Walker
Integration of Satellite Remote Sensing of Subtidal Habitats with Vessel-based Video Survey
Bernhard Riegl, Ryan Moyer, Brian Walker, Serge Andrefouet

RESTORATION

Growth and Survivorship of Stony Coral Meandrina meandrites and Montastrea cavernosa Transplants to an Artificial Reef Environment: A Work in Progress.
E.A. Glynn, T.P. Quinn, D.P. Fahy, R.E. Dodge, D.S. Gilliam, and R.E. Spieler
Hypothesis-based Restoration Study For Mitigation of a Damaged SE Florida Coral Reef: A Work in Progress
T.P. Quinn, E.A. Glynn, R.E. Dodge, K. Banks, L. Fisher, R.E. Spieler
Scleractinian Coral Reattachment Success and Recruitment on a Shallow-Water Ship Grounding Site in Southeast Florida, USA.
D. S. Gilliam, R. E. Dodge, S. L. Thornton, E. A. Glynn, W. Jaap, J. Wheaton



ARTIFICIAL REEF RESEARCH

Patch Reef Isolation Affects Fish Assemblage Structure - A Study Using Replicate Reef Modules
Lance K.B. Jordan, David S. Gilliam, Robin L. Sherman, and Richard E. Spieler
Shipwrecks as Artificial Reefs: A Comparison of Fish Assemblage Structure on Ships and Their Surrounding Natural Reef Areas Offshore Southeast Florida - Preliminary Results
Paul T. Arena, Lance K.B. Jordan, David S. Gilliam, Robin L. Sherman, Kenneth Banks and Richard E. Spieler
Biological Assessment of Artificial Reef Materials: Concrete Aggregates and Quarry Stone
Brian K. Walker, Bruce Henderson, Brian D. Ettinger, Paul T. Arena, Lance K. B. Jordan, David S. Gilliam, and Richard Spieler



CORAL DENSITOMETRY

CoralXDS - Coral X-radiograph Densitometry System
Kevin P. Helmle, Kevin E. Kohler, and Richard E. Dodge
Corals from the Cape Verde Islands and the Gulf of Guinea: Potential for Reconstruction of Proxy Records of Climate
R. E. Dodge, P.K. Swart, K.P. Helmle, C.S. Moses, and E.A. Glynn
Coral Skeletal Architecture Analysis
Kevin P. Helmle and Richard E. Dodge
Caribbean Salinity Experiment
CASE Cruise 2002
Past Stony Coral Growth (Extension) Rates on Reefs of Broward County, Florida: Possible Relationships with Everglades Drainage
Richard E. Dodge and Kevin P. Helmle


CORAL RESEARCH-RELATED SOFTWARE

CPCe - Coral Point Count with Excel extensions
Kevin E. Kohler
Visual_HEA - Habitat Equivalency Analysis
Kevin E. Kohler, Richard E. Dodge
CoralXDS - Coral X-radiograph Densitometry System
Kevin E. Kohler, Kevin P. Helmle


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