This module is intended to include home study of Chapters 4 and 5 in the Handbook, which provides the academic background. The classroom session introduces the students to the protocols and underwater methods used for site selection, reef surveys, and water quality.

Classroom Objectives

At the completion of the Site Selection and Reef Deployment module classroom session, the students should be able to:

• List seven types of data to be collected for artificial reef site selection
• Explain three findings that might indicate that a site is not acceptable for the intended deployment
• Demonstrate how to perform a circular sweep search, and describe what should be done if a buddy team cannot complete the search
• Describe the methods used to characterize the sediment at a potential reef site
• Demonstrate how to measure visibility by the standard method
• Describe how to accurately measure temperature underwater
• Explain how to avoid common interference’s when determining the direction of the current
• List the objectives of a reef deployment survey
• List, in order of priority, the objectives of an existing reef survey