Pre-construction coral survey of the M/V Wellwood grounding site April 23-24, 2002

"This report documents abundance and cover for selected elements of the benthic coral reef assemblage at the site of the 1984 grounding of the M/V Wellwood Molasses Reef, Florida Keys. The purpose of the effort was to establish a pre-construction baseline before the installation of reef modules at the site. The installation process is intended to stabilize fractured substrates that were recently exposed by storm impacts, and to provide three-dimensional relief in order to enhance reef community recovery. It is hoped that the restoration effort will result in a biological assemblage with the character of the transition community that would exist there had the incident not occurred (...)" 2003 NOS (National Ocean Service) CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System) Restoration MPA (Marine Protected Areas) Library Public Domain 1936