Clearly the driving force behind the application of technology has to be the science. Increasing our understanding of coral reef systems has never been as important as it is today. Anthropogenic stress from fishing, climate change, tourism and pollution has never been higher and many coral reefs around the world are diminishing.

Understanding the environmental conditions from temperature regimes to turbidity and light changes are critical to our management of these reefs. The aim of the CREON group is to provide global data to scientists and marine managers so that our marine life can be managed with the best informed decisions of the day

Sensor Network science project .

Published papers include:

Ecology and sensor networks

Sensor networking the Great Barrier Reef

High Speed Over Ocean Radio Link to Great Barrier Reef

V. Rodoplu and M. K. Park, "An energy-efficient MAC protocol for underwater wireless acoustic networks", in Proc. MTS/IEEE OCEANS 2005, Sep. 2005. Paper Presentation

JAMES C. HENDEE, ERIK STABENAU, LOUIS FLORIT, DEREK MANZELLO,
AND CLARKE JEFFRIS (2006) INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPABILITIES OF A NEAR REAL-TIME
METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC IN SITU INSTRUMENTED
ARRAY, AND ITS ROLE IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION
SUPPORT, NOAA

Erik STABENAU1@, James HENDEE1 and Louis FLORIT (2006 ) Techniques for the Automated Assessment of Intense Light And High Sea Temperature on Coral Response

Derek MANZELLO1*, James C. HENDEE1, Dave WARD2 and Zandy HILLIS-STARR3 (2006) An Evaluation of Environmental Parameters Coincident with the Partial Bleaching Event in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands 2003

Robertson, H., New Insights Into Coral Reef Threats, Curr. Biol. 16(5):R141-142

Photo: newly designed CREWS station in the Bahamas