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Webinar: Exploring, Monitoring, and Protecting Coral Reefs with Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

Sofar Ocean

In this Marine Technology Society webinar, Sofar and Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary discuss how FGBNMS uses the real-time surface and subsurface observations made by its Spotter Platform to track environmental conditions near the region’s coral reefs.

FGBNMS research specialist Ryan Hannum details how Spotter data streamlines a wide variety of operational efforts, from identifying coral bleaching events to making go / no go decisions for offshore site visits.

A questions and answers session follows the presentation.

Speakers

Tosca Lichtenheld
Sofar Ocean
Ryan Hannum
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

Webinar: Exploring, Monitoring, and Protecting Coral Reefs with Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

June 13, 2024

In this webinar, Sofar Ocean and Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary discuss how FGBNMS uses the real-time ocean data collected by its Spotter wave buoy and Smart Mooring to monitor environmental conditions near the region’s coral reefs.

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