CRCP-Acropora spp. distribution in the upper Florida Keys 2013-2015 (NCEI Accession 0157538)

• Main Authors: Dana Williams, Margaret Miller, Margaret W. Miller, Katryna Kerr, Dana E. Williams
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2016
• 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/SEAMAP > SOUTHEAST AREA MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (SEAMAP), SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER, NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; 0157538; 157538; CORAL; CORAL - SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; GPS; swimmer/diver; visual observation; US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Miami, FL Laboratory; Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP); CORAL REEF STUDIES; Coastal Waters of Florida; North Atlantic Ocean; oceanography; 1091; Evaluation of ESA listed Acropora spp. Status and Recovery Actions; Geographic Information > Ecological Characterization; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > ESA Listed Species; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping; Acropora cervicornis; Acropora palmata; Reef Monitoring and Assessment; coral; coral diseases; GPS > Global Positioning System; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County (24N081W0020); OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Monroe County (24N081W0020); CRF Nursery Reef; Carysfort Reef; Conch Shallow Reef; Dry Rocks; Elbow Reef; Florida; French Reef; Key Largo; Molasses Reef; Monroe County; Upper Florida Keys; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; Monroe; North Atlantic
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This data set contains data from visual surveys by snorkelers using handheld GPS units to map extant live colonies of the threatened corals Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis in the upper Florida Keys. Appropriate habitat strata were targeted and prioritized from habitat maps in 2005. An initial survey was conducted in 2005-2007 of these reef areas. Follow-up surveys are being conducted in 2013-2015 to asses potential substantial changes in distribution and/or abundance in the same reef areas.