This page reports results from the first field-based application of a new reef resilience assessment framework at 35 fringing reef sites near Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. Steve McKagan of NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service describes the framework and the indicators used in the study.
- The study is the first field-based implementation of a new reef resilience assessment framework.
- Assessments were conducted at 35 fringing reef sites around Saipan, CNMI.
- The page summarizes the framework, the indicators applied, and the study results discussed by NOAA staff.
Steve McKagan of NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service discusses the results of the first field-based implementation of a new framework for assessing reef resilience. He describes the framework and indicators used for a study of 35 fringing reef sites near the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands.
