Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program
- Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program
The Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems (CCRE) program began with a collaborative field project conceived by six National Museum of Natural History scientists during the early 1970s. The scientists interests included a range of disciplines central to reef ecology, including: invertebrate and vertebrate zoology, botany, carbonate geology, and paleobiology. [Cite web|url=http://www.mnh.si.edu/biodiversity/ccre.htm|title=Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems (CCRE)|accessdate=2008-03-03|publisher=National Museum of Natural History: Smithsonian Institution] The primary work site is the Carrie Bow Marine Field Station, a research station at Carrie Bow Cay in Belize.]ite Choice
In February 1972, Carrie Bow Cay, a convert|1|acre|m2|sing=on island on Belize's barrier reef was chosen as a site for the field laboratory. The site grew quickly and within ten years, 65 scientists and graduate students worked at the station, and more than 100 research papers were published on the fauna, flora, and geology of the reef.
References
External links
* [http://www.nmnh.si.edu/iz/ccre.htm Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems (CCRE)]
* [http://nmnhmp.riocean.com/ Interactive Oceanographics – Carrie Bow Cay Environmental Monitoring System]
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