National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Coral census data collected by divers from small boats in the Florida Keys Reef Tract from 2014-05-01 to 2014-10-01 (NCEI Accession 0156879)

• Main Authors: National Coral Reef Monitoring Program, Coral Reef Conservation Program
• 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; 0156879; 156879; BENTHIC SPECIES; BENTHIC SPECIES - TAXA COUNTS; BIOLOGICAL DATA; CORAL - CENSUS; CORAL - SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; HABITAT - BENTHIC; SPECIES COUNT PER SAMPLE; swimmer/diver; biological; US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; 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; 743; Numeric Data Sets > Benthic; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat > Description; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > ESA Listed Species; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Coral Colony Size and Condition; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Macroinvertebrates; Biennial; COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Florida Reef Tract (26N080W0007); OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract (26N080W0007); OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO; North Atlantic
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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 Atlantic and...