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St. Croix Marine Monitoring Gap Analysis NOAA Biogeography Branch and University of the Virgin Islands, Center for Marine and Environmental Studies Simon Pittman, Steven Hitt, Jeremiah Blondeau Water Quality Sediment Permanent Coral Sites Scleractinians Acropora Blue represents historical monitoring sites Yellow represents current monitoring sites Conch and Lobster Lobster Surveys Conch Surveys Green line delineates watersheds Physical Oceanographic Temperature Probes Acoustic Current Profiler Areas of Particular Concern Mutton Snapper East End Marine Park Buck Island Reef National Marine Park Lang Bank Salt River Sandy Point Preserve NOAA CREMP (Fish and Habitat) Random Stratified Sites Permanent Sites (fish only) Turbidity Dissolved Oxygen pH Temperature Salinity Secchi Disc Bacteria Total Suspended Solids Total Phosphorous Field Measurements MPA (n=6) APC (n=9) Watershed (n=27) 0 20 40 60 80 100 Water Quality Fish Coral Macro Inverts Sediment Percent of total MU Monitoring Effort by Management Unit (MU)

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Page 1: Poster: St. Croix Marine Monitoring Gap Analysis · 2016-03-01 · St. Croix Marine Monitoring Gap Analysis. NOAA Biogeography Branch and University of the Virgin Islands, Center

St. Croix Marine Monitoring Gap AnalysisNOAA Biogeography Branch and University of the Virgin Islands, Center for Marine and Environmental Studies

Simon Pittman, Steven Hitt, Jeremiah Blondeau

Water Quality

SedimentPermanent Coral Sites

Scleractinians

Acropora

Blue represents historical monitoring sites

Yellow represents current monitoring sites

Conch and Lobster

Lobster Surveys

Conch Surveys

Green line delineates watersheds

Physical Oceanographic

Temperature Probes

Acoustic Current Profiler

Areas of Particular Concern

Mutton Snapper

East End Marine Park

Buck Island Reef National Marine Park

Lang Bank

Salt River

Sandy Point Preserve

NOAA CREMP (Fish and Habitat)

Random Stratified Sites

Permanent Sites (fish only)

TurbidityDissolved OxygenpHTemperatureSalinity

Secchi DiscBacteriaTotal Suspended SolidsTotal Phosphorous

Field Measurements

MPA (n=6)

APC (n=9)

Watershed (n=27)

0

20

40

60

80

100

Water Quality Fish

Coral

Macro Inverts

Sediment

Perc

ent o

f tot

al M

U

Monitoring Effort by Management Unit (MU)