Role of volunteer sport divers in documenting their community's artificial reefs

Volunteer sport divers are trained by the North East Florida Sea Grant Extension Program (SGEP) to conduct pre- and post-reef site and placement surveys; find and verify old artificial reef sites; monitor reefs to document physical and biological changes over time; create community awareness about r...

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Published inBulletin of marine science Vol. 44; no. 2; p. 1067
Main Author Halusky, J G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.01.1989
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Marine
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Summary:Volunteer sport divers are trained by the North East Florida Sea Grant Extension Program (SGEP) to conduct pre- and post-reef site and placement surveys; find and verify old artificial reef sites; monitor reefs to document physical and biological changes over time; create community awareness about reef building and serve to help the scientific community through direct assistance and the establishment of a local, permanent public archives for the reef data. Since 1980, a total of five SGEP workshop series, graduating over 102 divers, have been held in Daytona Beach, St. Augustine and Jacksonville, Florida. These volunteers sport divers have contributed to their communities) reef programs. They have mapped and photographed previously undocumented sites, observed and documented unusual phenomena and have produced and presented underwater videos, published news and magazine articles, appeared on public TV programs and given talks about reef enhancements.
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ISSN:0007-4977