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<br /> STANDARD FORM 330 (REV. 312013) PAGE 2 <br />Post-Construction Coral Relocation Monitoring – <br />Nearshore Hardbottom Habitat and Offshore Reef Tract <br />Biscayne Bay, Miami-Dade County, Florida <br />PROFESSIONAL SERVICES <br />Coral Reef Monitoring <br />CONSTRUCTION (If Applicable) <br />N/A <br />(3) BRIEF DESCRIPTION (Brief Scope, size, cost, etc.) AND SPECIFIC ROLE Check if project performed with current firm <br />Senior Marine Scientist. Ms. Shiplett served as senior scientist while monitoring relocated corals associated with the USCG <br />Miami Main Channel Aids to Navigation (ATON) Entrance Range Replacement Project. Field monitoring was initiated on 14 <br />November and completed on 1 December 2016. One hundred and twenty-nine relocated coral colonies and 49 reference corals <br />were tagged for monitoring. A total of 22 different species of relocated corals (15 scleractinian and seven (7) octocoral) were <br />tagged. Monitoring data including: coral location, colony size, percent of live tissue, overall health, and attachment success (i.e., <br />attached, loose, or missing) was recorded for each of the tagged corals. Photographs were collected of each tagged colony in <br />plan-view, oblique angle, and side-view. A Tissue Area Index (TAI) was calculated for each tagged coral to evaluate the overall <br />survival and mitigation success of relocated corals. A monitoring report was submitted on 24 December 2016. The report provided <br />results of the first post-construction monitoring effort summarizing coral survival, colony attachment success and overall health <br />conditions for corals following relocation activities. <br />Size: 47 acres of hardbottom and reef habitat <br />Cost: $48,000 <br />c. <br />(1) TITLE AND LOCATION (City and State) <br />Port Everglades Navigation Improvement Project <br />Baseline Data Collection <br />Broward County, Florida <br />(2) YEAR COMPLETED <br />2018 <br />PROFESSIONAL SERVICES <br />Benthic Assessment <br />CONSTRUCTION (If Applicable) <br />N/A <br />(3) BRIEF DESCRIPTION (Brief Scope, size, cost, etc.) AND SPECIFIC ROLE Check if project performed with current firm <br />Senior Marine Scientist – Ms. Shiplett conducted baseline surveys in coral reef habitat located offshore Fort Lauderdale, Florida. <br />The objective of the surveys was to support project planning and State and Federal environmental resource permit application(s) <br />in association with the proposed Port Everglades Navigation and Improvement Project (PENIP). The PENIP would include dredge <br />expansion of the Port as well as the Port entrance channel. Data were collected using two different survey protocols: Endangered <br />Species Act (ESA) Listed Coral Species Survey Protocol (ESA Surveys) and Reconnaissance Survey Protocol (RECON <br />Surveys).The objective of the surveys will be to support project planning and State and Federal permit applications. ESA Surveys <br />were designed to quantitatively estimate the presence of the seven (7) species of stony corals currently listed in the US <br />Endangered Species Act, a total of 163 sites were surveyed. At each ESA site, one fifty (50) meter by four (4) meter transect was <br />surveyed in each of the cardinal directions (North, East, South, West). Each colony representing any of the listed species <br />observed along the 50x4 meter transect (was measured, mapped, and photographed. RECON surveys were designed to collect <br />data in order to assess the condition of the natural communities surrounding the Port Everglades entrance channel and the 150 <br />meter mixing zone adjacent to the channel, 195 sites were surveyed. Video transects were recorded at all RECON sites to obtain <br />a visual record of the habitat at the time of surveying. A thirty (30) meter by one (1) meter belt transect was conducted at each <br />RECON site to record, photograph and map the species, size, and condition of all stony corals at the site, as well as the size class <br />and condition of the Giant Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia muta). Benthic cover data was obtained along the 30-meter transect <br />using the BEAMR method (Makowski, 2009) by surveying seven (7) 0.5 meter2 quadrats in which octocorals were counted, <br />measured and identified to genus, sponges were classified by morphotype and counted by size class, maximum sediment depth <br />and maximum hardbottom relief were measured, and the total benthic cover of 14 functional groups were recorded. <br />Size: Surveys were distributed over 695 acres of hardbottom habitat <br /> Cost: $27,000 <br />d. <br />(1) TITLE AND LOCATION (City and State) <br />Coastal Environmental Assessment Surveys for Winter <br />Shorebirds and Seabirds Associated with the Hillsboro <br />Beach Renourishment Truck Haul Project <br />Broward County, Florida <br />(2) YEAR COMPLETED <br />2018 <br />PROFESSIONAL SERVICES <br />Shorebird and Protected Species <br />Monitoring <br />CONSTRUCTION (If Applicable) <br />N/A <br />(3) BRIEF DESCRIPTION (Brief Scope, size, cost, etc.) AND SPECIFIC ROLE Check if project performed with current firm <br />Senior Marine Scientist - Ms. Shiplett conducted environmental assessment surveys (pre-construction, during construction, and <br />post-construction) for beach jacquemontia (Jacquemontia reclinata) and winter shorebirds and seabirds associated with the <br />Hillsboro Beach Renourishment 2018 Truck Haul Project (Project). The surveys were performed in partial support of <br />environmental resource permit requirements (US Army Corps of Engineers Permit No.: SAJ-1997-02355(SP-LCK). Winter <br />shorebird and seabird surveys were conducted according to the Florida Shorebird Alliance’s Winter Shorebird Survey and Florida <br />Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) protocols, on a 2 kilometer stretch of beach that was to be renourished as part <br />of an emergency nourishment project after the passing of Hurricane Matthew. Additionally, surveys were conducted to identify and <br />map the location of J. reclinata which is a flowering plant endemic to southeastern Florida and is listed as Endangered in the <br />Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). The surveys were conducted along the beach and dunes (where present), <br />the upland beach access corridor, and the Project staging area. The J. reclinata observed during the surveys consisted of 5-7 <br />stems with 1 or 2 white flowers each. A 25-foot wide buffer area was marked around the plant to prevent it being trampled. Upon <br />the second survey, the buffer area had been reduced to 10-feet to accommodate trucks needing to turn towards the beach to <br />deliver sand. Some of the J. reclinata stems were dry and the plants were no longer flowering. <br />Size: 2 kilometers of beach and dune habitat <br />Cost: $17,000 <br /> <br />e. (1) TITLE AND LOCATION (City and State) <br />Habitat Characterization and GIS Mapping (2) YEAR COMPLETED <br />2016 <br />106