Coral Reef Monitoring in the OECS and Tobago, 2007-2009

Marcia Creary Ford

doi:10.15468/4lvyqe

Coral Reef Monitoring in the OECS and Tobago, 2007-2009

Citation

Creary Ford M (2019). Coral Reef Monitoring in the OECS and Tobago, 2007-2009. Version 1.8. Caribbean Coastal Data Centre, Centre for Marine Sciences. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/4lvyqe accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-13.

Description

The objective of the Coral Reef Monitoring for the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and Tobago project was to strengthen the coral reef monitoring network in the region and to conduct an assessment of the coral reefs in these participating countries. In 2007 an agreement was made between the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), the executing agency for the Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Changes (MACC) project, and the Centre for Marine Sciences (CMS) to implement this monitoring programme which was conducted during the period 2007-2009.

Taxonomic Coverages

Scleractinia
common name: Corals rank: order
Alcyonacea
common name: Gorgonians rank: order
Porifiera
common name: Sponges rank: phylum
Chromista
common name: Algae rank: kingdom
Chlorophyta
common name: Algae rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

The following islands in the Eastern Caribbean: Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines and Trinidad & Tobago.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Marcia Creary Ford
originator
position: Environmental Data Manager
University of the West Indies - Centre for Marine Sciences
Mona Campus
Kingston 7
JM
email: marcia.creary@uwimona.edu.jm
homepage: http://www.mona.uwi.edu/cms/ccdc/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4645-1662

Marcia Creary Ford
metadata author
position: Environmental Data Manager
University of the West Indies - Centre for Marine Sciences
Mona Campus
Kingston 7
JM
email: marcia.creary@uwimona.edu.jm
homepage: http://www.mona.uwi.edu/cms/ccdc/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4645-1662

Marcia Creary Ford
administrative point of contact
position: Environmental Data Manager
University of the West Indies - Centre for Marine Sciences
Mona Campus
Kingston 7
JM
email: marcia.creary@uwimona.edu.jm
homepage: http://www.mona.uwi.edu/cms/ccdc/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4645-1662