Assessing the Resilience of Leeward Maui Reefs to Help Design a Resilient Managed Area Network

Our project team assessed the relative resilience of reef sites at two depths along areas of West and South-West Maui (‘leeward Maui’) in March of 2018. The surveys were conducted as a collaborative effort with DAR, The Nature Conservancy, and community organizations. This report presents findings from meeting these project objectives: 1) assess benthic cover comparisons among sites and depths, 2) complete resilience assessment including relative resilience and rankings for two depths, 3) conduct analyses that determine the primary drivers of differences in resilience between sites, and 4) develop a framework for using the resilience analysis outputs to identify and prioritize potential management actions to support the resilience of coral reefs in Maui.