NOAA NCCOS Assessment: Priority Areas Recommended for Shallow Coral Reef Management in the South Florida Coast from 2021-04-26 to 2021-05-21 ...

• Main Authors: Kraus, Jennifer, Buckel, Christine, Williams, Bethany, Ames, Cory, Dorfman, Dan, Pagan, Francisco, Towle, Erica
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: United States Department of Commerce DOC; US DOC; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA; US DOC; NOAA; National Ocean Service NOS; US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NCCOS; United States Florida; NCCOS Research Priority > Marine Spatial Ecology; NCCOS Research Topic > Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments; NCCOS Research Topic > Habitat Mapping; NCCOS Research Location > Region > Atlantic Ocean; NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Florida; NCCOS Research Data Type > Geospatial; NCCOS Research Data Type > Derived Data Product; Geographic Information > Socioeconomic; Geographic Information > Marine Managed Areas; Numeric Data Sets > Bathymetry; Documents > Observational Report; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping; COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida; COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Florida Reef Tract 26N080W0007; OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida; OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract 26N080W0007; Christensen; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6914684; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6914684

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) developed a spatial framework, process, and online application (Buja and Christensen 2019) to identify mapping needs along the south Florida coast to support shallow coral reef management by NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP). Eighteen participants from local federal, state, academic, and other institutions entered their priorities in an online participatory Geographic Information System (pGIS). Participants used virtual coins to denote their priorities in 10.4 km2 hexagonal grid cells overlaid on the study area. Grid cells with more coins were higher priorities than cells with fewer coins. Participants also reported why these locations were important, what data types were needed, and data collection methodologies using a pre-set list of options. Results were compiled, summarized, and mapped to identify high priority areas, reasons for those priorities, and information needs. Identifying ... : Total File Size: 953 KB total, 6 files in 1 folder (unzipped), (66.2 KB zipped) Data Files: CRCP_GapAnalysis_Priorities_Florida.SHP Documentation Files: DataDocumentation.PDF Data File Format(s): Shapefile .SHP (and ancillary files .DBF, .PRJ, .SHX) Data File Compression: zip Data File Resolution: 10.4 km2 GIS Projection: WGS 1984 (WKID 4326) Table 1: Data Dictionary Variable Name Definition GRIDID Unique number assigned to each grid cell in the Prioritization TotCoin Total number of coins allocated to grid cell among all respondents, where the coins allocated by respondents at the same agency were averaged PtcpNum Number of respondents placing coins in a grid cell AgenNum Total number of agencies placing coins in a grid cell ManNum Total number of management uses identified in a grid cell ProdNum Total number of mapping products identified in a grid cell SumRank Cell rank based on the sum of cell ranks by total coins, number of agencies, and number of management uses Monitor Number of coins for the ...