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OAS accession Detail for 0156445
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| Title: | National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of fish communities in the Florida Reef Tract from 2014-05-01 to 2014-10-01 (NCEI Accession 0156445) |
| Abstract: | Divers conducted reef visual census (RVC) fish surveys and habitat assessments at 433 sites in the Florida Keys, 436 sites in the Dry Tortugas and 320 sites in the Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative (SEFCRI) region. NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) divers collaborated with the University of Miami and the Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS), Florida Fish and Wildlife Department/Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI), State of Florida, Nova Southeastern University, and the National Park Service (South Florida and Caribbean Network). In total, it took 4718 dives to complete the 2014 mission to monitor reef fish community composition, habitat composition, and abundance and size structure for more than 300 reef fish species on Florida's coral reef tract. Data are used to assess population and habitat trends (e.g., whether species are overfished), ecosystem responses to fisheries management actions, including determining the effectiveness of no-take marine protected areas (MPAs) and benthic community and coral demographics. |
| Date received: | 20160825 |
| Start date: | 20140501 |
| End date: | 20141001 |
| Seanames: | Coastal Waters of Florida, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean |
| West boundary: | -83.1036 |
| East boundary: | -79.9938 |
| North boundary: | 27.1897 |
| South boundary: | 24.4318 |
| Observation types: | benthic, biological, in situ, survey - biological, survey - coral reef, survey - swimmer/diver |
| Instrument types: | swimmer/diver |
| Datatypes: | BENTHIC COMMUNITIES, BENTHIC SPECIES, biological data, CORAL, DEPTH - OBSERVATION, Fish, FISH CENSUS, FISH - CORAL REEF, FISH SPECIES, HABITAT, HABITAT - BENTHIC, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT |
| Submitter: | Blondeau, Jeremiah |
| Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center |
| Collecting institutions: | Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Florida State Department of Environmental Protection, Nova Southeastern University, University of Miami, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center, US DOC; NOAA; NOS; Coral Reef Conservation Program, US DOC; NOAA; NOS; ONMS; Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, US DOI; National Park Service |
| Contributing projects: | CORAL REEF STUDIES, CRCP, NCRMP |
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| Supplementary information: | Submission Package ID: M6FWLH Purpose: The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) details a long-term approach to provide an ecosystem perspective via monitoring climate, fish, benthic, and socioeconomic variables in a consistent and integrated manner. The NCRMP is intended to coordinate various Coral Reef Conservation Coral Reef Program (CRCP) biological, physical, and human dimensions activities into a cohesive NOAA-wide effort. Through the implementation of the NCRMP, NOAA will be able to clearly and concisely communicate results of national-scale monitoring to national, state, and territorial policy makers, resource managers, and the public on a periodic basis. NCRMP is a framework for conducting sustained observations of biological, climate, and socioeconomic indicators at 10 priority coral reefs across the U.S. and its territories. This integrated approach will consolidate monitoring of coral reefs under a uniform method in the Pacific, Atlantic, Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico for the first time. NCRMP is funded by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) and supported by NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) and many other partners. NCCOS is co-leading biological monitoring missions with NOAA’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) to gather data on fish populations and coral reef communities in the U.S. Caribbean, Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico. Each year, our scientists work closely with CRCP and local partners to collect biological data from thousands of strategically selected sites. We then use innovative analysis techniques to develop products that give fellow scientists, managers, decision makers and the public a better understanding of a region’s resources and how they are changing over time. The biological component of NCRMP provides a biennial ecological characterization at a broad spatial scale of general reef condition for reef fishes, corals and benthic habitat (i.e., fish species composition/density/size, benthic cover, and coral density/size/condition). Data collection occurs at stratified random sites where the sampling domain for each region is partitioned by habitat type and depth, sub-regional location (e.g., along-shelf position) and management zone. Data collection occurs at stratified random sites where the sampling domain for each region is partitioned by regions specific sampling design protocols. |
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| Metadata version: | 18 |
| Keydate: | 2016-08-29 14:20:04+00 |
| Editdate: | 2017-10-21 00:27:51+00 |