Acoustic Tracking of Fish Movements in Coral Reef Ecosystems in St John (USVI), 2006-2010

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Acoustic Tracking of Reef Fishes to Elucidate Habitat Utilization Patterns and Residence Times Inside and Outside Marine Protected Areas Around the Island of St. John, USVI NOAA's Biogeography Branch, National Park Service (NPS), US Geological Survey, and the University of Hawaii used acoustic telemetry to quantify spatial patterns and habitat affinities of reef fishes around the island of St. John, US Virgin Islands. The objective of the study was to define the movements of reef fishes among habitats within and between the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument (VICRNM), the Virgin Islands National Park (VIIS), and Territorial waters surrounding St. John. In order to better understand species' habitat utilization patterns among management regimes, we deployed an array of hydroacoustic receivers and acoustically tagged reef fishes. Thirty six receivers were deployed in shallow nearshore bays and across the shelf to depths of approximately 30 m. We tagged 184 individual fishes representing 19 species from 10 different families with VEMCO V9-2L-R64K transmitters.

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0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 Online Resource http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/acoustic_tracking/
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/39575.pdf
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39575
0 Online Resource http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/acoustic_tracking/

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  • united states of america
  • virgin islands
  • national ocean service
  • acoustic telemetry
  • national centers for coastal ocean science
  • oceans
  • environmental monitoring
  • noaa
  • caribbean sea
  • lesser antilles
  • biology
  • coral reef ecosystems
  • u. s. virgin islands (17n064w0000)
  • fish
  • atlantic ocean
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • u.s. caribbean
  • doc/noaa/nos/nccos
  • marine biology
  • fish movements
  • ocean basin
  • usvi_fish
  • u. s. virgin islands
  • marine protected areas
  • geographic information
  • country/territory

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