Reef Response

Nonprofit org focusing on coral restoration and citizen science in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Headed by Dr. Marilyn Brandt

[Reef Response @ViReef]

🪸Scan the QR code to be directed straight to the survey or use this link! https://t.co/t9ohQa25JZ 🪸Escanee el código QR para acceder directamente a la encuesta o utilice este enlace! https://t.co/vKsC5NdXBH Questions/Preguntas, call/llame a Chloé Camacho [phone]🌿

[Florida Sea Grant @FloridaSeaGrant]

Coral Week USVI brought together the community in a shared mission: to raise awareness about coral reef conservation. 🪸🌊 Florida Sea Grant Coral Rescue Coordinator Noel Carrera led free tours for St. Thomas residents to their local reefs to foster deeper connections with natural resources and highlight the importance of coral conservation.

The tours were supported by the USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) and funding from the @NOAACoral Program to support reef research, education, and outreach in the U.S. Virgin Islands during this action-packed week.

👉Read the full recap of USVI Coral Week here: https://t.co/IYMedQG2W9

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Thanks to the National Coral Reef Institute were able to send one of our coral restoration technicians to this coral propagation course. Check out this article on it below

[Marine Larval Ecology and Recruitment Lab @NSUmarinelarval]

Check out this article from @NSUFlorida news team that covers a little of what we did https://t.co/PznYZMXXtY

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science everyone 👩🏻‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬👩🏽‍🔬👩🏿‍🔬👩‍🔬

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Check out this highlight of our very own Dan Mele’s use of underwater pictures and videos! Check out Dan’s work on Instagram @ dan_mele_photography he has some amazing work posted there!

[DivePhotoGuide - Underwater Photography & Video @DivePhotoGuide]

Photographer of the Week – Dan Mele: DPG presents Photographer of the Week, Dan Mele https://t.co/M2TgpsZxYA

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Photo by dan_mele_photography 📸
@UVI_edu
@usvirginislands

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Last year was the hottest on record with mass bleaching across the Caribbean and W. Atlantic. Our outplanting sites & nurseries were impacted by warm sea temps but resilient corals persist. At Lovango Resort some corals survived amid bleaching. Excited to track their survival!

[Marine Larval Ecology and Recruitment Lab @NSUmarinelarval]

Our C. natans corals are ready to be taken offshore! Corals were spawned at @floridaaquarium and larvae was settled in our nursery in September 2023. We will be testing new predator exclusion devices for these lab grown corals in the offshore nursery alongside @NSUCoralNursery !

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Two dolphins came up to the boat today to see what we were up to 🐬😁

[Reef Response @ViReef]

We spy Dan’s Visual Storytelling talk at the 18 second mark!

[Coral Restoration Consortium @CoralConsortium]

That’s a wrap on #reeffutures 2024!

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for coming to Reef Futures with open ears and open hearts.

We hope you all made meaningful connections, felt a sense of strong community, learned lots, and are leaving with a sense of hope!

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Reminder that this talk starts in 30 mins! 🪸📝

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Natasha Bestrom is giving a talk titled "Temporal Trends and Threat Assessment in Natural and Restored Coral Populations: The Acropora Monitoring Program in the U.S. Virgin Islands" on 12/13 at 11am in the session: Restoration Outcomes

[Nathan Whelan @polarfire]

My lab at Auburn University is hiring a technician for our new environmental DNA (eDNA) lab.

We are seeking an individual with experience doing eDNA lab work to join our lab.

Apply here: https://t.co/jYZk2u05uR

Please share!

[UVI @UVI_edu]

The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix seeks a suitable candidate for a Project Coordinator.
Visit https://t.co/lCkaItWSdb for more information and apply today.

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Reminder to check out this poster during the poster session that is starting now! 🪸🦠

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Recent @UVI_edu Master's graduate Becky Gibbel is presenting a poster during the poster session on 12/11 from 5-9 titled "Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease's Effect on Survival of Isolated Coral Symbiodiniaceae"

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Reminder to check out this poster during the poster session that is starting now! 🪸💉

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Current @UVI_edu Master's student Amanda Badai @abdolphindancer is presenting a poster during the poster session on 12/11 from 5-9 titled "Testing antibiotic dosages and application effectiveness to treat stony coral tissue loss disease in the US Virgin Islands"

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Reminder that this talk starts in 30 mins! 🪸🔥

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Rachel Ionata is giving a talk titled "Determining if Controlled Thermal Stress ex situ can Harden Orbicella annularis and Montastraea cavernosa Corals for Future Heatwaves Post-outplanting" on 12/11 at 1:30pm in session: Advances in Environmental Stress Experiments and Genomics

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Reminder that this talk starts in 30 mins! 🪸🎥

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Dan Mele is giving a talk titled "Visual Storytelling’s Role in Coral Restoration" on 12/11 at 12:45pm in the session: Public Awareness, Art, and Storytelling in Coral Restoration

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Reminder that this talk starts in 30 mins! 🪸🤿

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Sonora Meiling is giving a talk titled "Mesophotic Outplanting: A Bleaching Refugia?" on 12/11 at 11:30am in the session: Thermal Stress

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Come check out Dan Mele’s video “Rescue, Research, Restore - A U.S. Virgin Islands Coral Restoration Story” during the Workshop: From Reefs to Reels: Film Showcase & Storytelling at the Reef Futures conference. This session is starting now!

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Reminder that this talk starts in 30 mins! 🪸📉

[Reef Response @ViReef]

Recent @UVI_edu Master's graduate, Erin Hollander is giving a talk titled "The Effect of Coral - Macroalgal Interactions in a Warming Ocean - Implications for Restoration Success" on 12/10 at 11:45am in the session: Community Ecology for Restoration & Restoration Planning