M/V Alec Owen Maitland coral reef restoration monitoring report
Subtitle: monitoring events 2004-2007, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Monroe County, Florida
By: J. Harold Hudson ... [et al.].
Contributors: National Marine Sanctuary Program (U.S.)
Series: Marine sanctuaries conservation series -- NMSP-08-01; Marine sanctuaries conservation series -- NMSP-08-01.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource management, National Marine Sanctuary Program
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Silver Spring, Md
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 34
Subjects: Coral reef conservation; Restoration ecology; Corals; Habitat; Conservation; Coral reefs and islands; Effect of human beings on; Monitoring; Stranding of ships; Marine ecosystem management; Alec Owen Maitland (Ship)
Description: Presents the results of the first three monitoring events to track the recovery of a repaired coral reef injured by the M/V Alec Owen Maitland vessel grounding incident of October 25, 1989. Grounding occurred within what is now known as the Key Largo NMS Existing Management Area within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS), and restoration of the site was completed in September 1995. The monitoring program at the Maitland site includes an assessment of the structural stability of installed restoration armor units and coral recruitment patterns, to be performed nine, ten, twelve, and fifteen years after restoration. Results showed that restored areas have greater coral density and biodiversity than reference areas.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-34).

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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Methodology; title: Results; title: Discussion; title: References and Literature Cited.