CERTIFICATION

• Awarded the Coral Reef Marine Ecology certificate

Students holding this rating can also continue their training with other courses such as the Ecological Marine Program.

Prerequisites

• Advanced or equivalent buoyancy appraisal
• Be 12 years of age or older
• Demonstrate good diving skills at an Advanced Level and be comfortable with self awareness

2 Lectures

• Coral Reef Marine Ecology
  Choose 1 lecture from the following:
• EMP Fish
• EMP Invertebrates
• EMP Substrate types

Standards

• Understand more about coral reef ecology and threats to coral reefs
• Understand various survey techniques used by reef managers to monitor coral reef ecosystems
• Learn the techniques and diagnostic features for identifying and conduct one of the following:
  • Coral reef invertebrates survey along a permanent transect line
    or
  • Coral reef fish survey along a permanent transect line
    or
  • Substrate types and hard coral coverage/growth forms survey using the point-intercept technique

Requirements

• Attend the Intro to Marine Ecology Lecture, plus at least one other survey lecture (Coral Reef Invertebrates, Fish, or Substrate type)
• Perform at least one Reef Safari Dive plus one of the three EMP survey dives  (Reef Invertebrates, Fish, or Substrate type)

Includes

• Conservation Diver Certificate
• 2 Lectures
• 1 dive trips / 2 dives
• Full diving equipment
• Lunches, fruit and refreshments
• Dive boat

Itineraries

• Option 1:
  Evening lectures, 1800h – 2000h: Marine Ecology Lecture + 1 EMP Lecture
  Morning Dive trip: 0700h – 1200h ( 1 Reef Safari Dive + 1 EMP Survey Dive)

• Option 2:
  Morning, 0900h – 1100h: Marine Ecology + 1 EMP Lecture
  Afternoon Dive trip: 1200h – 1800h ( 1 Reef Safari Dive + 1 EMP Survey Dive)