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CARICOMP METHODS MANUAL LEVELS I & II METHODS FOR MAPPING AND MONITORING OF PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN THE COASTAL ZONE OF THE CARIBBEAN     CARICOMP Data Management Center Centre for Marine Sciences University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston Jamaica and Florida Institute of Oceanography University of South Florida St. Petersburg Florida U.S.A. 2001   CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CARICOMP - Rationale Lists of CARICOMP Laboratories, Parks etc. Acknowledgements PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS Introduction Site Description & Selection Site Mapping Time series measurements CORAL REEF COMMUNITIES Community composition Gorgonian Survey Diadema Survey SEAGRASS COMMUNITIES Biomass and community composition of seagrass beds Measurement of growth of Thalassia testudinum Leaf area index and leaf chemical composition MANGROVE COMMUNITIES Community composition Interstitial water Biomass Productivity APPENDICES Data entry to the CARICOMP templates Suggested readings Codes used in coral reef transects Level II Methodology Fish Survey Coral Disease Survey Algal Biomass VIEW REVISED VERSION OF MANUAL Methods Manual in pdf format   To view Manual you will need Abode Acrobat Reader©. Click below to download. For additional information contact: Dulcie Linton John C. Ogden Data Manager, CARICOMP Data Management Centre Centre for Marine Sciences University of the West Indies Mona, Kingston 7 JAMAICA W.I Co-Chairman, Steering Committee Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO) 830 First Street South St. Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA Tel #:(876)-927-1609 Tel #:(813)-553-1100 Fax #:(876)-977-1033 Fax #:(813)-553-1109 Email:dmlinton@uwimona.edu.jm Email:jogden@marine.usf.edu