National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Coral Reef Fish collected in Florida Keys Reef Tract from 2014-05-01 to 2014-10-01 (NCEI Accession 0156445)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2017
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NOS/NMS > National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOI/NPS > National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior; 0156445; 156445; DEPTH - OBSERVATION; FISH - CORAL REEF; FISH SPECIES; HABITAT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT; swimmer/diver; in situ; Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Fish and Wildlife Research Institute; Florida State Department of Environmental Protection; Nova Southeastern University; Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science; University of Miami; 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; Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP); CORAL REEF STUDIES; National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP); Coastal Waters of Florida; Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary; Gulf of Mexico; North Atlantic Ocean; oceanography; Numeric Data Sets > Biology; Numeric Data Sets > Fish Census; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Census; Diver Visual Survey; COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Florida Keys (24N081W0007); OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Florida Keys (24N081W0007); OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO; Florida Keys Reef Tract; Monroe; North Atlantic
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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.