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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Macro Inverts

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Monitoring Effort by Management Unit (MU)