Outlook of 2020 Sargassum blooms in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico* Dec 31st, 2020, by University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab (huc@usf.edu)

The maps show Sargassum abundance, with warm colors representing high abundance. In December 2020, the overall Sargassum amount increased in the offshore regions of the central Atlantic, including the Central West Atlantic (CWA, i.e., the region east of the Lesser Antilles in the maps above) and the Central East Atlantic (CEA). The following regions remained… Read More

Visualization of Puerto Rico coral reef monitoring data in the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network data portal

The Puerto Rico Coral Reef Monitoring Program (PRCRMP) has been a joint effort between the PR Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) and NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) to gather biological data on the status of benthic and fish assemblages since 1999. Datasets available include several measurements such as coral cover percent, fish… Read More

Outlook of 2020 Sargassum blooms in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico* Nov 30th, 2020, by University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab

The maps above show Sargassum abundance, with warm colors representing high abundance. In November2020, the overall Sargassum amount in the offshore regions of the central Atlantic remained stable from October 2020. A small amount was still observed in the eastern Caribbean and Central West Atlantic (CWA, i.e., the region east of the Lesser Antilles in… Read More