Punta Gruesa End of Phase Presentation 113

Overview
Aims and objectives Dive sites Benthic data previous results Fish data previous results Other monitoring programmes Where has the data gone? Summary of training received Future opportunities at GVI - keep in touch!

Aims and Objectives

Continuation of the MBRS Synoptic Monitoring Programme (SMP). Daily bird monitoring Incidental sightings programme

Continuation of weekly beach cleans monitoring waste composition and trends

Collection of Coralwatch data Continuation of seagrass monitoring programme English language and environmental education classes to the people of Mahahual Continuation of the National Scholarship Programme at Punta Gruesa, whereby GVI Punta Gruesa accepts Mexican nationals on a scholarship basis into the expedition

Percentage Cover of Macroalgae and Hermatypic Coral

90 80 70
Percentage Cover

60 50 40 30 20 10 0 081 082 083 084 091 092 093 094 101 102 103 104 111 112 Macroalgae Hermatypic Coral

Phase

Site Changes
Percentage Cover of Hermatypic Corals by Site
25

20

CN FDC

Percentage Cover

15

LB LD

10

LG LJ LM

LP SN

0 81 82 83 84 91 92 93 94 101 102 103 104 111 112

Average

Phase

Benthic composition:
Corals Seen per Phase
Other

100%

Agaricia agaricites

80%

Dichocoenia stokesi

Diploria strigosa

Percentage of Sightings

Meandrina meandrites

60%
Millepora alcicornis

Montastraea cavernosa

40%
Porites astreoides

Siderastrea siderea

20%
Stephanocoenia intersepta

0% 081 082 083 084 091 092 093 094 101 102 103 104 111 112 Phase

Predation Ocurrence
80 70 60
Sponge Gorgonian Fire Coral Tunicate Damselfish Short Coral Snail

Occurrence

50 40 30 20 10 0 081 082 083 084 091 092 093 094 101 102 103 104 111 112

Fireworm Parrotfish Zoanthid

Phase

Disease Occurrence
45 40 35
BBD DS-1 YBD Other RBD WP

Occurrence

30 25 20 15 10 5 0 081 082 083 084 091 092 093 094 101 102 103 104 111 112 Phase

Bleaching Occurrence
400 350 300

Occurrence

250 200 150 100 50 0 081 082 083 084 091 092 093 094 101 102 103 104 111 112 Phase
Pale Sid sid Pale Non Sid sid Partial Full Total Bleaching Occurrence

Number of Individuals
10 12 14 0 2 4 6 8

Ac an th u rid ae

Ba lis t id ae Ca ra ng id Ch ae to do nt ida e ae

Ha em ul id ae

La b rid ae

Lu t jan i da e Po m ac an th i da e m ac en tri d ae Sc ar id Se rr Sp h

Adult fish - Presence of key fish families Number of Individuals per Transect

Family

Po

ae an i yr ae n

da e

ida

91 92

83 84

81 82

112

104 111

102 103

93 94 101

Adult Fish Average Number of Individuals Recorded per transect

1437 adult target fish 22.5 per transect Highest on record!
25.00

20.00
Average fish per transect

15.00

10.00

5.00

0.00 081 082 083 084 091 092 093 094 101 102 103 104 111 112
113

Phase

Juvenile recruitment
1911 juveniles

29.9 per transect

35

30

Number of juvenile fish per transect

25

20

15

10

0 081 082 083 084 091 092 093 094 101 102 103 104 111 112 Phase

113

Correlations
70

Percentage Abundance (%)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0 81 82 83 84 91 92 93 94 101 102 103 104 111 112 Phase

% of Macroalgal Cover
25 20 15 10 5 0 081 082 083 084 091 092 093 094 101 102 103 104 111 112 Phase
Dictyota sp. Halimeda sp.
Acanthuridae Haemulidae

Halim eda/Dictyota relationship

Correlations: Percentage Cover of Turf Algae and Relative Acanthuridae Abundance

45

Percentage Abundance (%)

40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 082 083 084 091 092 093 094 101 102 103 104 111 112 Phase
Acanthuridae Turf algae

Other programmes

Beach clean Incidental sightings Seagrass Birds

Beach Clean
88.13kg of rubbish collected this phase over six transects. Includes 29kg of plastic!

Total Rubbish Collected

Other Medical Waste

120 100

Polystyrene Metal Rope Natural Material Rubber Fabric

Weight (Kgs)

80 60 40 20 0 092 093 094 101 102 103 104 111 112 113 Phase

Glass Plastic

Incidental sightings data

Sharks and Rays
Eels

Turtles
Marine Mammals

Great Barracuda
Lionfish

Total number of incidental sightings

400

161 incidental sightings this phase

Number of observations

350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 081 082 083 084 091 092 093 094 101 102 103 104 111 112 Phase Marine mammals Eels Elasmobranchs Turtles

Lionfish
Lionfish sightings by phase 1.40
Number of sightings per site visit

250 lionfish recorded

1.20 1.00 0.80 0.60 0.40 0.20 0.00 092 093 094 101 102 Phase 103 104 111 112
113

Seagrass
Percentage cover is at its lowest on transect closest to the reef

Average Percentage Cover of Seagrass (Phases 102, 104, 111 & 112)
Percentage Cover
100 80 60 40 20 0 1 2 Transect 3

Birding project
Bird surveys

Counts give an idea of presence and how common a species is Aim to collect 40 transects per phase. Phase 113 = 43 transects 2215 birds! 946 Swallow sp. 425 Great-tailed grackles 130 Tropical mockingbirds

Your contribution this phase

Thanks to all your hard work, this phase we have: 49 monitoring boats 196 training boats 20 benthic transects - equivalent to 600m of reef 480 coral colonies monitored 64 fish transects - equivalent to 1.92km of reef 3348 fish identified and monitored 1138 tanks used 71 colonies monitored for Coral Watch 3 Seagrass transects 1500kg of fruit and veg 100kg of porridge 8 teeny, tiny Peanut puppies!!

Where has the data gone?

MBRS data provider - largest data provider. Use for regional management decisions.

ASK - Phase and Annual reports and part of the largest Mexican coral reef database
CONANP - annual reports. Use to modify local and regional management strategies

OBIS SEAMAP- marine mammal, sea bird, sea turtle data

Coral Watch- coral bleaching Status of the Coral international publication Reefs bi-annual

Healthy Reefs - annual assessment

Where has the data gone?

Slide Papers, publications and conferences ITMENS - The effects of bleaching in Mexico following the active 2005 hurricane season - Ponce-Taylor, D and Cameron, A. RCUK -several posters and presentations Mexican Coral Reef Symposium - several 2006 and 2009 Mesoamerican Eco-tourism Conference: GVI Mexico :una nueva formula de turismo alternativo Ponce-Taylor, D. Arochi, C and Cameron, A, 2006 Franquesa-Rinos, Albert. 2007. USING VOLUNTEERS IN A COMPARATIVE REEF MONITORING BETWEEN A PROTECTED AREA AND A TOURIST ZONE. 60th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic Caribbean Corals in Crisis: Record Thermal Stress, Bleaching, and Mortality in 2005 - collaborative efforst - in review by Nature Melanie McField, Nadia Bood, Ana Fonseca, Alejandro Arrivillaga, Albert Franquesa Rinos and Rosa Maria Loreto Viruel. Status of the Mesoamerica n Reef after the 2005 Coral Bleaching Event in Wilkinson, C., Souter, D. (eds), 2008 Status of Caribbean Coral Reefs After Bleaching and Hurricanes in 2005 Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, and Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Townsville, 152 p. Juan Bezauri - Desarrollo integral de las actividades turiticas en la Reserva de la Biosfera Sian Kaan, Quintana Roo, Mexico (book)

Summary of training received

During your time here, and with all your work, you have gained the following training and skills PADI Advanced Open Water PADI Rescue Diver 1st aid and CPR Trained Intro to Coral Reef Ecology Identification of over 70 fish species Identification of over 45 coral species Use of the SMP MBRS coral reef monitoring method Coral Watch methodology for coral health evaluation Intro to English teaching and community programmes BTEC in Biological Monitoring PADI Coral Reef Research Distinctive Specialty

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Raise money via the GVI Charitable Trust Spread the word and represent GVI Support your project and raise funds for GVIs partners Plan an event Run a marathon Set up a standing order Over 100,000 GBP of direct funding raised each year Punta Gruesa Projects include; raising funds for water filters for the people of Mahahual to reduce plastic and save money . To raise funds to eradicate lionfish and raise awareness to reduce their impact. see www.gvi.org.uk or contact info@gvi.org.uk

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Summary
Aims and objectives Dive sites Benthic data previous results Fish data previous results Other monitoring programmes Your contribution this phase Where has the data gone? Summary of training received Future opportunities at GVI - keep in touch!

THANKS FOR COMING AND FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK!

Thanks for your hard work!