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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)
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Water Quality Fish
Coral
Macro Inverts
Sediment
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Monitoring Effort by Management Unit (MU)