1. Coral Reef Monitoring

2. What is a Coral? Animal, vegetable or mineral?

3. Conservation of Coral Reefs Monitoring is necessary to decrease the decline of reefs Coral reefs have a high biodiversity They provide a habitat for a wide variety of animals and plant species and are also a food source for many organisms Protects coastlines

4. Studying coral reefs: Compare difference in places where fish are collected to a place where they are not; look over time. -lots of different people collect data -community effort

5. Reef Check http://www.reefcheckhawaii.org/ A volunteer, community- based coral reef monitoring and education program that promotes coral reef conservation and preservation throughout the Main Hawaiian Islands.

6. Location: Kaneohe, HI Near the intersection of Kam. Hwy and Lulani St.

7. Location Kaneohe, HI

8. Transect Belt Study Snorkeler/diver swims down the transect line and counts abundance of orgs 5m

9. Transect Belt Study

10. Quadrat Snorkeler/diver swims down the transect line and every 5 meters counts % cover of species 0 5 10 15

11. Quadrat

12. Fish ID Butterfly fish Blueline Snapper Jacks Goatfish Parrotfish Trigger fish Yellow Tang Wrasses Angelfish Snapper Morey eel Orange spine unicorn fish Peacock grouper

13. Butterfly fish

14. Blueline Snapper

15. Jacks/ Trevally

16. Goatfish

17. Parrotfish

18. Triggerfish

19. Yellow Tang

20. Wrasses

21. Angelfish

22. Snapper

23. Moray eel

24. Orange spine unicorn fish

25. Peacock grouper

26. Invert ID Pencil Urchin Diadema Collector Urchin Triton’s Trumpet Banded Coral Shrimp Lobster Coweries Crown-of-Thorns

27. Pencil urchin

28. Diadema

29. Collector Urchin

30. Triton’s Trumpet

31. Banded Coral shrimp

32. Lobster

33. Coweries

34. Crown-of-thorns

35. Coral ID Substrate Codes HC hard coral SC soft coral RKC recently killed coral NIA nutrient indicator algae SP sponge RC rock RB rubble SD sand SI silt/clay OT other

36. Coral ID Rice Finger Lobe Mushroom Cauliflower Algae Crustose, turf, invasive

37. Montipora capitata (Rice coral)

38. Pocillopora meandrina (Finger Coral)

39. Porites lobata (Lobe Coral)

40. Fungia scutaria (Mushroom Coral)

41. Pocillopora meandrina (Cauliflower Coral)

42. Invasive Algae

43. Turf Algae

44. Crustose Algae Pink and encrusting

45. Coral Damage Disease Bleaching Trash Impacts

46. Coral Damage Boat/Anchor/Other

47. Coral Damage Boat/Anchor/Other

48. Bleaching

49. Trash Hooks Fishing line and gear Plastic bags Six pack soda holder

50. Coral Disease White band Black Band

51. Why is coral reef monitoring and management necessary? Pennekamp Reef, Key Largo, FL

52. Two ways to promote conservation: 1.monitoring 2.community-based management

53. What Can You Do to Protect Reefs? Support reef-friendly businesses.Support reef-friendly businesses. Don't pollute and encourage others to do the same.Don't pollute and encourage others to do the same. Learn more about reefs and educate others with your knowledge.Learn more about reefs and educate others with your knowledge. Report dumping, poaching, and other illegal activities.Report dumping, poaching, and other illegal activities. Never anchor directly on reefs.Never anchor directly on reefs. Support reef-friendly businesses.Support reef-friendly businesses. Don't pollute and encourage others to do the same.Don't pollute and encourage others to do the same. Learn more about reefs and educate others with your knowledge.Learn more about reefs and educate others with your knowledge. Report dumping, poaching, and other illegal activities.Report dumping, poaching, and other illegal activities. Never anchor directly on reefs.Never anchor directly on reefs.

54. What Can You Do to Protect Reefs? Avoid overfishing and other destructive resource extraction methods.Avoid overfishing and other destructive resource extraction methods. Avoid touching the reef.Avoid touching the reef. Encourage reef-friendly legislation.Encourage reef-friendly legislation. Be a responsible aquarium owner.Be a responsible aquarium owner. Support conservation organizations, agencies, and programs.Support conservation organizations, agencies, and programs. Avoid overfishing and other destructive resource extraction methods.Avoid overfishing and other destructive resource extraction methods. Avoid touching the reef.Avoid touching the reef. Encourage reef-friendly legislation.Encourage reef-friendly legislation. Be a responsible aquarium owner.Be a responsible aquarium owner. Support conservation organizations, agencies, and programs.Support conservation organizations, agencies, and programs.

55. What Can You Do to Protect Reefs? Support the establishment of marine protected areas.Support the establishment of marine protected areas. Promote responsible development.Promote responsible development. Promote reef monitoring and basic research aimed at protecting coral reefs and their inhabitants.Promote reef monitoring and basic research aimed at protecting coral reefs and their inhabitants. Support the establishment of marine protected areas.Support the establishment of marine protected areas. Promote responsible development.Promote responsible development. Promote reef monitoring and basic research aimed at protecting coral reefs and their inhabitants.Promote reef monitoring and basic research aimed at protecting coral reefs and their inhabitants.