NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP)Acropora palmata snail corallivore removal evaluation in the Florida Keys from 2011-2013 (NCEI Accession 0161266)

• Main Authors: Dana Williams, Margaret Miller, Dana E. Williams, Margaret W. Miller, Allan J. Bright, Caitlin M. Cameron
• 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/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; 0161266; 161266; BIOLOGICAL DATA; CORAL; CORAL - CENSUS; INVERTEBRATE SPECIES; visual analysis; biological; in situ; laboratory analyses; US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Miami, FL Laboratory; US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP); Coastal Waters of Florida; Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary; North Atlantic Ocean; oceanography; US DOC; NOAA; NOS; Coral Reef Conservation Program; 2011-2013; Acropora palmata; Conservation Biology; Coralliophila abbreviata; Ecology; Ecosystem Science; Elkhorn; Marine Biology; Predator; Snail; Snail Lenght; Snail Sex; Measuring tape; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO; Carysfort Reef; Elbow Reef; French Reef; Key Largo Dry Rocks; Molasses Reef; Sand Island; North Atlantic
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This data contains visual observations as well as Predatory snail removal and analysis on several reef plots in the Florida Keys. During the initial removal in June 2011, 639 snails were removed from twelve 150m2 plots. Snails were removed 2 additional times during a seven month removal phase, and then counted at five surveys over the next 19 months to track recolonization. At the conclusion, snails were collected, measured and sexed.