Bermuda BREAM

 These reports, published by the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc, back in the 1970s and 1980s, provide a critical view of the state of Bermuda's inshore waters. BBSR Special Publication 15 BBSR Special Publication 17 BBSR Special Publication 18

  Murdoch TJT (201 8 ) Status and Trends of Bermuda Reefs and  Fishes: 2016 Report Card. BREAM: Bermuda Reef Ecosystem Analysis and Monitoring Programme Report, Bermuda Zoological Society, Flatt’s. Bermuda. Bermuda Biodiversity Project #266 Link: Here Synopsis Coral reefs provide vital protection of Bermuda’s shores from storms, and attract the people who support Bermuda’s thriving tourism and international business economies. This report presents the findings of the second year of   comprehensive monitoring surveys of fish stocks and coral reef condition across the entire Bermuda Platform, since 2010, at 39 sites distributed across 4 zones: Inner Lagoon, Outer Lagoon, Rim Reef and 10-m Forereef, by the Bermuda Reef Ecosystem Analysis and Monitoring (BREAM) Long-term Ecological Monitoring (LTEM) programme. We used the newly developed IUCN GCRMN Caribbean reef monitoring protocol, and international standard for fish and reef monitoring. The GCRMN protocol focuses on various kinds of

Click each title below to launch a new window with the relevant report as pdf document Murdoch TJT, Glasspool AG, Outerbridge M, Manuel SA (2004) The Status of Seagrass Habitats in Bermuda. Bermuda Reef Ecosystem Assessment and Mapping (BREAM) Programme, Bermuda Zoological Society, Flatts, Bermuda. . 137 pp. Murdoch TJT, Hammond PJ, Glasspool AF, Outerbridge M, Clee J, Shailer M, Colella M (2008) A multi-scale assessment of the benthic communities of Bermuda's shallow water platform, focusing on existing MPA's & control sites to enhance local management practices. Bermuda Reef Ecosystem Assessment and Mapping (BREAM) Programme, Bermuda Zoological Society, Flatts, Bermuda. 88 pp. Hammond PJ, Murdoch TJT, Glasspool AF, Outerbridge M, Clee J, Shailer M, Colella M (2008) Assessment of Spatial Management Practices for Enhancing Fish Populations in Bermuda.  Bermuda Reef Ecosystem Assessment and Mapping (BREAM) Programme, Bermuda Zoological Society, Flatts, Bermuda.  167 pp. Yate

  Murdoch TJT, Murdoch JMH (2016) Baseline condition of the coral reefs and fishes across three depth zones of the forereef of Bermuda. BREAM: Bermuda Reef Ecosystem Analysis and Monitoring Programme Report, Bermuda Zoological Society, Flatts Bermuda. BBP-2016-237. Link HERE Synopsis Bermuda’s coral reefs protect our beaches and coastal properties from erosion, and high coral cover and abundant parrotfishes make our coral reefs healthy. Predatory fishes like snappers and rockfishes play a critical role in maintaining reef health by eating the kinds of fishes which damage corals and promote healthy herbivorous (plant-eating) fish populations. In this report, we provide clear evidence that historically abundant predatory fishes are rare and at critically low biomass levels on Bermuda reefs. The cover of corals remains high at forereef locations, but is lower at 30m depth, within the lagoon and particularly at nearshore reefs, where marine plants are overly abundant and plant-eating fishe