[Coral-List] March 11 Coral Collaboration Seminar - Interactive data visualizations for coral conservation and management

[Robin Garcia - NOAA Affiliate]

Hello everyone,

The next NOAA Coral Collaboration seminar is *Thursday, March 11th, 2021
from 4:00-5:00pm ET.*

Shay Viehman, Christine Buckel, and Mike Bollinger of NOAA NCCOS will
present the following:

*Interactive data visualizations for coral conservation and management in
FL and the US Virgin Islands: a collaboration between NOAA and the National
Park Service**: *Coral reefs are increasingly threatened by coral mortality
caused by disease and bleaching. US coral reef jurisdictions include many
different large-scale long-term coral monitoring efforts, including NOAA’s
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program, the National Park Service’s
Inventory and Monitoring Program’s coral monitoring, state and territorial
monitoring, and stressor-specific monitoring. However, it can be
challenging for managers to wade through multiple different datastreams to
answer questions about the current status of resources. NOAA and the
National Park Service have collaborated to create a web-based Coral
Conservation and Management Dashboard that utilizes a combination of maps
and charts to help users visualize and query coral data from multiple
monitoring programs in National Park areas in Florida and the US Virgin
Islands. We will provide an overview of this effort and demonstrate how
this application addresses coral management questions. Data are included to
visualize coral cover and density, coral bleaching, disease, and
photomosaics. In addition, this dashboard also connects directly to
existing dashboards of coral disease in FL and the USVI. National Park
Service scientists can also add data/observations and images of coral
disease in real time. This dashboard will facilitate accessibility of coral
data for NPS scientists and managers.

Meeting Details:
Date: Thursday, March 11, 2021
Time: 4-5 pm Eastern Time
Location:  Online (See AdobeConnect information below)

*AdobeConnect information: *

1. To join the meeting: http://noaacsc.adobeconnect.com/coralscollab/
2. Click the microphone at the top of the screen to connect audio

*Robin Garcia*
Communications Director, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
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*The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program's mission is to protect,
conserve, and restore coral reef resources by maintaining healthy ecosystem
function.*