▁program . ▁Aer ial ▁photograph s ▁of ▁the ▁re ef ▁were ▁also ▁taken ▁allowing ▁for ▁highly ▁detailed ▁mapping ▁of ▁the ▁area . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁h urr icane ▁Gre ta ▁passed ▁across ▁the ▁Bel ize ▁Bar rier ▁Re ef ▁ ▁and ▁caused ▁severe ▁damage ▁to ▁the ▁equipment ▁and ▁buildings ▁of ▁the ▁Car rie ▁Bow ▁station ▁and ▁the ▁re ef . ▁Even ▁with ▁this ▁set back ▁the ▁team ▁published ▁their ▁find ings . ▁The ▁book ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Blue ▁Book , ▁which ▁became ▁the ▁ste pping ▁off ▁for ▁their ▁future ▁investig ations , ▁and ▁further ▁fund ing . ▁ ▁Next ▁phase ▁of ▁investigation ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁the ▁team ▁turned ▁some ▁of ▁their ▁attention ▁to ▁the ▁highly ▁bio ▁diverse ▁area ▁that ▁was ▁the ▁mang ro ve ▁sw amps , ▁just ▁north - west ▁of ▁the ▁Car rie ▁Bow . ▁Because ▁the ▁mang ro ves ▁are ▁terrest rial ▁and ▁aqu atic ▁e cos ystem s ▁the ▁team ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁divers ify ▁their ▁research ▁and ▁start ▁terrest rial ▁studies . ▁Also ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁to ▁be ▁exact ▁the ▁US ▁con gress ▁gave ▁money ▁to ▁the ▁National ▁Museum ▁of ▁Natural ▁History ▁to ▁study ▁the ▁Car ib bean ▁Cor al ▁Re ef ▁E cos ystem ▁( CC RE ), ▁which ▁would ▁become ▁the ▁new ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁research ▁initi ative . ▁ ▁Cl oser ▁to ▁today ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁was ▁a ▁memor able ▁year ▁for ▁the