Coral Reef Long-Term Monitoring at East and West Flower Garden Banks : 2024 Annual Report

Key Points

• Summarizes long-term monitoring of fish and benthic communities in coral reefs to understand changes over time.
• Collected fish and benthic community observations
• Monitored water quality data
• Reviewed 35 years of historical data
• Documented changes in fish and benthic communities over years
• Provided insights into water quality trends
• Highlighted ecological shifts within the coral reef environments