CARICOMP is a regional programme whose principal goal is to determine the dominant influences on coastal productivity in the Caribbean Region and to discriminate between human disturbances and long-term natural variation. Caribbean countries including Trinidad and Tobago have all conducted a standardized, synoptic set of measurements of the structure, productivity and associated physical parameters of relatively undisturbed coral reefs, seagrass beds and mangrove swamps. The IMA has been monitoring the coral reef, seagrass bed and mangrove swamp in the Bon Accord Lagoon/ Buccoo Reef ecosystem complex since 1991.
