Summary of " Status and Trends of Bermuda Reefs and Fishes : 2016"
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