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OAS accession Detail for 0156879, meta_version: 8. Current meta_version is: 26
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| Title: | CORAL - CENSUS collected from Small Boats in Florida Keys Reef Tract from 2014-05-01 to 2014-10-01 (NCEI Accession 0156879) |
| Abstract: | NCRMP is a broad-spatial snapshot for reef condition (i.e. fish species composition/density/size, benthic cover, and coral density/size/condition) to provide context for local-scale studies of tropical reef ecosystems. Data collection will occur at stratified random sites where the sampling domain for each region (e.g. Puerto Rico, USVI, Flower Garden Banks and Florida) is partitioned by habitat type and depth, sub-regional location (e.g. along-shelf position) and management zone. NCRMP is intended to supplement local monitoring efforts by providing large-scale data on reef fishes and the benthos. This coral demographics protocol was devised to provide additional, species-specific insight (and ‘signal magnitude’) for corals than is provided by percent cover. Specifics of the protocol are based closely on other long-established monitoring programs in the Atlantic region, including AGRRA (Caribbean-wide), SCREAM (Florida), and FRRP (Florida). However, the sampling resolution may not capture the population structure of rare or uncommon corals, including currently-listed or candidate ESA species. Precise designations of coral condition (e.g. attributed disease, minor bleaching/paling conditions) are NOT included due to the low temporal resolution of the NCRMP sampling (biennial and potentially not seasonally consistent) and the wide array of surveyors involved, which is why the survey protocol is designed to capture the least ambiguous colony conditions likely to be encountered, specifically recent mortality (i.e. dead white skeleton) and bright-white bleaching on a partial or an entire coral colony. The LPI sampling is designed to provide resolution of benthic cover estimates for ecologically important cover types/groups (e.g. macroalgae, turf algae, crustose coralline algae, corals, sponges, sand/sediment, etc.). More detailed information on scleractinian corals, specifically density, size, and condition (percent mortality and bleaching) measurements, is being collected via the NCRMP Coral Demographics sampling. |
| Date received: | 20161027 |
| 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: | -80.0163 |
| North boundary: | 26.2592 |
| South boundary: | 24.4239 |
| Observation types: | in situ, survey - swimmer/diver, visual observation |
| Instrument types: | swimmer/diver |
| Datatypes: | CORAL - CENSUS, HABITAT - BENTHIC, LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, SPECIES COUNT PER SAMPLE |
| Submitter: | Blondeau, Jeremiah |
| Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; NOS; Coral Reef Conservation Program |
| Collecting institutions: | US DOC; NOAA; NOS; Coral Reef Conservation Program |
| Contributing projects: | NCRMP |
| Platforms: | SMALL VESSELS (CIAA) |
| Number of observations: | |
| Supplementary information: | Submission Package ID: 9C2WLU |
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| Metadata version: | 8 |
| Keydate: | 2016-11-02 14:00:04+00 |
| Editdate: | 2016-11-04 17:29:21+00 |