The Department of the Interior National Park Service Southeast Region awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944). The purpose of this 5-year project is to provide a general assessment of the benthic habitat condition of coral reef sites within Dry Tortugas National Park through three monitoring efforts: the Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project, targeted surveys of Endangered Species Act-listed coral species, and disturbance response monitoring. The key deliverables are collecting, managing, and analyzing data on the park's benthic communities to understand the overall condition of the coral reef sites.
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