Funding Agency: Environmental Foundation of Jamaica

The St Thomas coastal habitat project represents an ecological assessment of the Morant Wetland area. The project is funded by a grant from the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (E.F.J). The project is carried out by GRADUATE STUDENTs under the supervision of various lecturers. The project is comprised of all academic student levels: undergraduate, MSc, MPhil and PhD.

The project officially started in March 2006 with field work beginning in 2007. Coral Reefs are being assessed off the Morant Point lighthouse area within Foule and Folly Bay using various methods such as AGGRA, Reef Check and traditional reef survey methods. Also water quality studies are being attempted to determine biological, physical and chemical parameters of the waters within the area. Further benthic assessments are being done on the seagrass environment and oceanographic and fish assessment studies are being attempted.