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Refinement of the Southern Florida Reef Tract Benthic Habitat Map with habitat use patterns of reef fish species (NCEI Accession 0224176)

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This data set summarized biological and environmental sampling data from Reef Visual Census (RVC) surveys in southern Florida in conjunction with remote-sensed, high-resolution mapping data to take significant strides in moving from qualitative to quantitative habitat characterization of the RVC coral reef sampling frame. The data set contains two GIS shape files, one for the Dry Tortugas region and one for the Florida Keys, of survey sampling grids with habitat-depths quantitatively characterized to a 50 x 50 m resolution. Each sampling grid has region code, grid number, average depth (m), habitat code, zone code indicating onshore-offshore, MPA-code indicating whether inside or outside a protected area, depth strata code, rugosity strata code, fish strata code, and coral strata code. There is a dictionary file which describes the details of each habitat code categories. The refined sampling grid will have significant improvements to the accuracy, precision, and cost-effectiveness of RVC surveys in the Florida Keys and Tortugas regions. The study findings suggest some clear mapping priorities for fully characterizing the RVC sampling grid for the Florida Keys and Tortugas regions.
  • Cite as: Ault, S. Jerald; Smith, G. Steven; Luo, Jiangang; Grove, Laura Jay; Johnson, Matthew W.; Blondeau, Jeremiah (2021). Refinement of the Southern Florida Reef Tract Benthic Habitat Map with habitat use patterns of reef fish species (NCEI Accession 0224176). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0224176. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 1999-05-01 to 2019-10-31
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -83.1045455
East: -80.0853609
South: 24.4292568
North: 25.7569911
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  • Ault, S. Jerald; Smith, G. Steven; Luo, Jiangang; Grove, J. Laura; Johnson, W. Matthew; Blondeau, Jeremiah (2021). Refinement of the Southern Florida Reef Tract Benthic Habitat Map with habitat use patterns of reef fish species (NCEI Accession 0224176). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0224176.
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2021-01-19
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Purpose To refine sampling grid to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and precision of RVC surveys.
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  • Cite as: Ault, S. Jerald; Smith, G. Steven; Luo, Jiangang; Grove, Laura Jay; Johnson, Matthew W.; Blondeau, Jeremiah (2021). Refinement of the Southern Florida Reef Tract Benthic Habitat Map with habitat use patterns of reef fish species (NCEI Accession 0224176). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0224176. Accessed [date].
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  • Funding Agency: NOAA CRCP
Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
  • Geographic Information > Bathymetry
  • Geographic Information > Habitats
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > Habitat Mapping
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Hard Seafloor Substrate
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Rugosity
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Soft Seafloor Substrate
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Water Depth
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Plants > Seagrass
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords Provider Keywords
  • RVC
  • Reef Visual Census
  • rugosity
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS CoRIS Place Thesaurus
  • COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Florida Reef Tract (25N080W0002)
  • COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Florida Reef Tract (26N080W0007)
  • OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract (26N080W0007)
  • OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Florida Reef Tract (25N080W0002)
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Project keywords NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS CRCP Project
  • 31242
  • Refinement of benthic habitat map for South Florida Reef Tract with habitat use patterns of reef fish species
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Keywords Send2NCEI Submission Package ID
  • DPUM6L
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Ault, S. Jerald; Smith, G. Steven; Luo, Jiangang; Grove, Laura Jay; Johnson, Matthew W.; Blondeau, Jeremiah (2021). Refinement of the Southern Florida Reef Tract Benthic Habitat Map with habitat use patterns of reef fish species (NCEI Accession 0224176). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0224176. Accessed [date].
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  • 2021-01-19T16:24:14Z - NCEI Accession 0224176 v1.1 was published.
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Processing Steps
  • Parameter or Variable: Habitat class (calculated); Units: discrete unit; Observation Category: model output; Sampling Instrument: diver, and lidar; Sampling and Analyzing Method: diver observed rugosity were compared with fish density, and to the rugosity generated from lidar bathymetry data..
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Instrument
  • LIDAR
  • multibeam sonar
  • swimmer/diver
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