This week we had the privilege of hosting a team to recover the Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) deployed in Raja Ampat three years ago.
“ARMS provide a systematic, consistent, and comparable method to monitor cryptofauna diversity.
ARMS are ‘small, long term collecting devices designed to mimic the structural complexity of a coral reef and attract colonizing invertebrates.’
“They are designed to measure the diversity, distribution, abundance, and community structure of the cryptofauna community (the most diverse community of organisms on a coral reef) on a global scale.” -Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) Overview
