Description
The proposed work develop baseline information on fish and benthic communities within the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS). Surveys will employ diving, technical diving, ROV, and hydroacoustics technologies for a comprehensive assessment of the fish and benthic habitat communities of the East and West Bank. The FGBNMS represents the northernmost tropical western Atlantic coral reef on the continental shelf and support the most highly developed offshore hard bank community in the region. The complexity of habitats supports a diverse assemblage of organisms including approximately 250 species of fish, 23 species of coral, and 80 species of algae in addition to large sponge communities. Understanding and monitoring these resources is critical to both sanctuary inventory and management activities. During the course of the sanctuary's management plan review process, the impact of fishing was identified as a priority issue, and the concept of a research only area was suggested. The purpose of this project will be to provide baseline data for all benthic habitats and communities.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/sanctuaries/fgb_nms/ | Unknown | Online Resource | Open resource |
| Citation URL | Unknown | Online Resource | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | 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. | Open resource |
| Full Metadata Record | Unknown | View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. | Open resource |
| NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) | NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. | Open resource |
Tags
- algae
- algal cover
- aquatic habitat
- atlantic ocean
- baseline studies
- belt transect
- benthic habitat
- benthos analysis
- biodiversity
- biology
- biosphere
- bleaching
- calcareous macroalgae
- census
- coastal processes
- coral cover
- coral diseases
- coralline algae
- coral reef ecology
- coral reefs
- corals
- country/territory
- crustose coralline algae
- description
- doc/noaa/nos/nccos
- earth science
- east flower garden banks (27n093w0001)
- encrusting macroalgae
- fgb
- fleshy macroalgae
- flower garden banks
- gulf of mexico
- habitats
- hard coral cover
- hard coral cover dead percentage
- hard coral cover live percentage
- in situ
- in situ biological
- macroinvertebrates
- marine biology
- marine invertebrates
- national centers for coastal ocean science
- national ocean service
- noaa
- numeric data sets
- ocean basin
- oceans
- octocoral cover
- population density
- quadrat monitoring
- rapid assessment studies
- reef habitat
- reef monitoring and assessment
- rugosity
- texas
- transect monitoring
- turf algae
- united states of america
- u.s. department of commerce
- vegetation
- west flower garden banks (27n093w0002)
- zoology