Caroline Rogers, Ph.D.
Caroline Rogers is a retired Research Biologist at the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Botany, University of Florida
RESEARCH
Caroline Rogers was a Marine Ecologist with the Wetland and Aquatic Research Center based at the USGS Caribbean Field Station in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands until her retirement in 2022. Previously, she was a research biologist with the National Park Service in Virgin Islands National Park (1984 – 1993). She has over 30 years of experience in research on coral reefs and has published papers on coral diseases, the effects of sedimentation, effects of hurricanes, damage from boat anchors, long-term monitoring, reef productivity, coral recruitment, and the threatened coral species Acropora palmata. She served as the Deputy Editor for Reef Encounter, the newsletter of the International Society for Reef Studies.
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Degradation of marine ecosystems and decline of fishery resources in marine protected areas in the US Virgin Islands
The large number of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Caribbean (over 100) gives a misleading impression of the amount of protection the reefs and other marine resources in this region are receiving. This review synthesizes information on marine resources in two of the first MPAs established in the USA, namely Virgin Islands National Park (1962) and Buck Island Reef National Monument (1961), an
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C.S. Rogers, J. Beets
Coral bleaching, hurricane damage, and benthic cover on coral reefs in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands: A comparison of surveys with the chain transect method and videography
The linear chain transect method and videography were used to quantify the percent cover by corals, macroalgae, gorgonians, other living organisms, and substrate along permanent transects on two fringing reefs off St. John. Both methods were used simultaneously on Lameshur reef in November 1998, and on Newfound reef in March and October 1998. Hurricane Georges passed over St. John in September 199
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C.S. Rogers, J. Miller
Hurricanes, coral reefs and rainforests: resistance, ruin and recovery in the Caribbean
The coexistence of hurricanes, coral reefs, and rainforests in the Caribbean demonstrates that highly structured ecosystems with great diversity can flourish in spite of recurring exposure to intense destructive energy. Coral reefs develop in response to wave energy and resist hurricanes largely by virtue of their structural strength. Limited fetch also protects some reefs from fully developed hur
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Ariel E. Lugo, Caroline S. Rogers, Scott W. Nixon
Local variability but landscape stability in coral reef communities following repeated hurricane impacts
Coral reef community structure has remained remarkably stable over a 10 yr period within a small protected marine area despite repeated hurricane impacts. Local community dynamics have been highly variable, however. Sites that were destroyed by disease in the 1970s are showing little or no recovery, while sites less than a kilometre away that were devastated by Hurricane Hugo in 1989 are recoverin
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John C. Bythell, Zandy M Hillis-Star, Caroline S. Rogers
Is Acropora palmata (elkhorn coral) making a comeback in the Virgin Islands?
White band disease (WBD) ravaged Acropora palmata (elkhorn coral) on many coral reefs in the Caribbean in the late 1970’s and 1980’s, including those around St. John and St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands—USVI (Gladfelter 1982, Rogers 1985). Quantitative data, photographs, and anecdotal observations indicate WBD killed large stands of elkhorn coral in the USVI from about 1976 until sometime in the la
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Caroline S. Rogers
Dead Porites patch reefs, St. John, US Virgin Islands
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Caroline S. Rogers
Management implications of fish trap effectiveness in adjacent coral reef and gorgonian habitats
A combination of visual census and trap sampling in St. John, USVI indicated that traps performed better in gorgonian habitat than in adjacent coral reef habitat. Although most families were seen more commonly in coral habitat, they were caught more often in gorgonian areas. Traps probably fished more effectively in gorgonian habitats, especially for migrating species, because traps provided shelt
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Nicholas Wolff, Rikki Grober-Dunsmore, Caroline S. Rogers, James P. Beets
Of reef fishes, overfishing and in situ observations of fish traps in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
Fishing with a variety of methods and gears, including traps, is allowed within the waters of Virgin Islands National Park (St. 10hn, U.S. Virgin Islands). Randall's 1 9 6 1 observation of the effects of overushing in nearshore waters off Sto John has been followed by three and a half decades of reports documenting the declining reef fish catch in the Virgin Islands and much of the Caribbean. To a
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Virginia H. Garrison, Caroline S. Rogers, J. Beets
A fishy story about hurricanes and herbivory: Seven years of research on a reef in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
No abstract available.
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C. R. Rogers, Virginia H. Garrison, L. E. Grober-Dunsmore
Hurricanes and anchors: preliminary results from the National Park Service regional reef assessment program
The U .S . National Park Service NPS began a Regional Assessment Program for coral reefs in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Florida in 1988. Scientists from NPS and six other institutions have now established longterm monitoring sites at Virgin Islands National Park St. John, USVI, Buck Island Reef National Monument St. Croix, USVI, Biscayne National Park Florida and Fort Jefferson National Monument F
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Caroline S. Rogers
Coral reef monitoring manual for the Caribbean and Western Atlantic
Abstract not supplied at this time
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C.S. Rogers, G. Garrison, R. Grober, Z. Hillis, M.A. Franke
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Degradation of marine ecosystems and decline of fishery resources in marine protected areas in the US Virgin Islands
The large number of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Caribbean (over 100) gives a misleading impression of the amount of protection the reefs and other marine resources in this region are receiving. This review synthesizes information on marine resources in two of the first MPAs established in the USA, namely Virgin Islands National Park (1962) and Buck Island Reef National Monument (1961), an
Authors
C.S. Rogers, J. Beets
Coral bleaching, hurricane damage, and benthic cover on coral reefs in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands: A comparison of surveys with the chain transect method and videography
The linear chain transect method and videography were used to quantify the percent cover by corals, macroalgae, gorgonians, other living organisms, and substrate along permanent transects on two fringing reefs off St. John. Both methods were used simultaneously on Lameshur reef in November 1998, and on Newfound reef in March and October 1998. Hurricane Georges passed over St. John in September 199
Authors
C.S. Rogers, J. Miller
Hurricanes, coral reefs and rainforests: resistance, ruin and recovery in the Caribbean
The coexistence of hurricanes, coral reefs, and rainforests in the Caribbean demonstrates that highly structured ecosystems with great diversity can flourish in spite of recurring exposure to intense destructive energy. Coral reefs develop in response to wave energy and resist hurricanes largely by virtue of their structural strength. Limited fetch also protects some reefs from fully developed hur
Authors
Ariel E. Lugo, Caroline S. Rogers, Scott W. Nixon
Local variability but landscape stability in coral reef communities following repeated hurricane impacts
Coral reef community structure has remained remarkably stable over a 10 yr period within a small protected marine area despite repeated hurricane impacts. Local community dynamics have been highly variable, however. Sites that were destroyed by disease in the 1970s are showing little or no recovery, while sites less than a kilometre away that were devastated by Hurricane Hugo in 1989 are recoverin
Authors
John C. Bythell, Zandy M Hillis-Star, Caroline S. Rogers
Is Acropora palmata (elkhorn coral) making a comeback in the Virgin Islands?
White band disease (WBD) ravaged Acropora palmata (elkhorn coral) on many coral reefs in the Caribbean in the late 1970’s and 1980’s, including those around St. John and St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands—USVI (Gladfelter 1982, Rogers 1985). Quantitative data, photographs, and anecdotal observations indicate WBD killed large stands of elkhorn coral in the USVI from about 1976 until sometime in the la
Authors
Caroline S. Rogers
Dead Porites patch reefs, St. John, US Virgin Islands
No abstract available.
Authors
Caroline S. Rogers
Management implications of fish trap effectiveness in adjacent coral reef and gorgonian habitats
A combination of visual census and trap sampling in St. John, USVI indicated that traps performed better in gorgonian habitat than in adjacent coral reef habitat. Although most families were seen more commonly in coral habitat, they were caught more often in gorgonian areas. Traps probably fished more effectively in gorgonian habitats, especially for migrating species, because traps provided shelt
Authors
Nicholas Wolff, Rikki Grober-Dunsmore, Caroline S. Rogers, James P. Beets
Of reef fishes, overfishing and in situ observations of fish traps in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
Fishing with a variety of methods and gears, including traps, is allowed within the waters of Virgin Islands National Park (St. 10hn, U.S. Virgin Islands). Randall's 1 9 6 1 observation of the effects of overushing in nearshore waters off Sto John has been followed by three and a half decades of reports documenting the declining reef fish catch in the Virgin Islands and much of the Caribbean. To a
Authors
Virginia H. Garrison, Caroline S. Rogers, J. Beets
A fishy story about hurricanes and herbivory: Seven years of research on a reef in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
No abstract available.
Authors
C. R. Rogers, Virginia H. Garrison, L. E. Grober-Dunsmore
Hurricanes and anchors: preliminary results from the National Park Service regional reef assessment program
The U .S . National Park Service NPS began a Regional Assessment Program for coral reefs in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Florida in 1988. Scientists from NPS and six other institutions have now established longterm monitoring sites at Virgin Islands National Park St. John, USVI, Buck Island Reef National Monument St. Croix, USVI, Biscayne National Park Florida and Fort Jefferson National Monument F
Authors
Caroline S. Rogers
Coral reef monitoring manual for the Caribbean and Western Atlantic
Abstract not supplied at this time
Authors
C.S. Rogers, G. Garrison, R. Grober, Z. Hillis, M.A. Franke