Description
This project was funded for two years by CRCP (FY13-14) and built upon one year of pilot work conducted in FY12 funded by NMFS-SEFSC and SERO as an NRC postdoctoral research fellowship (Huntington). The goals of the project were to characterize natural, robust Acropora cervicornis populations in different regions, including various aspects of A. cervicornis condition, function (growth and tissue condition), and resident fish assemblages. To this end, we conducted surveys at sites in four regions (i.e., Dry Tortugas, Southeast Florida, Belize, USVI) designed to span the range of natural A. cervicornis density present each region. In addition, we conducted similar surveys within restored populations of at two sites in Puerto Rico with high density restored populations. Lastly, we undertook three hypothesis-driven studies in the Dry Tortugas region only, to investigate the potential for positive feedbacks between the sheltering reef fish community and high density stands of A. cervicornis. A macroagal bioassay was used to determine the relative bioavailability of nutrients in the water surrounding high density versus low density stands of A. cervicornis. Wild tissue collections of A. cervicornis occurred at these same sites to compare nutrient concentration and zooxanthellae density within colonies.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords | 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 |
| Southeast Fisheries Science Center Website | Unknown | About SEFSC | Open resource |
| Southeast Fisheries Science Center Website | Unknown | About SEFSC | Open resource |
| Southeast Fisheries Science Center Website | Unknown | About SEFSC | Open resource |
| Full Metadata Record | Unknown | View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. | Open resource |
| Full Metadata Record | Unknown | View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. | 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 | |
| NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) | NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. | Open resource | |
| NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) | NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. | Open resource | |
| Landing Pages Accession 127933 | Unknown | Miller, Margaret; Huntington, Brittany (2015). Coral, fish and other data to inform staghorn coral recovery in the Caribbean Sea from 2012-04-05 to 2014-07-28 (NCEI Accession 0127933). | Open resource |
| Landing Pages Accession 127933 | Unknown | Online Resource | Open resource |
| Landing Pages Accession 127933 | Unknown | Miller, Margaret; Huntington, Brittany (2015). Coral, fish and other data to inform staghorn coral recovery in the Caribbean Sea from 2012-04-05 to 2014-07-28 (NCEI Accession 0127933). | Open resource |
| 127933.1.1.tar.gz | Unknown | download of all files in gzip format | Open resource |
| 127933.1.1.tar.gz | Unknown | download of all files in gzip format | Open resource |
| 127933.1.1.tar.gz | Unknown | download of all files in gzip format | Open resource |
Tags
- 0127933
- 127933
- 2012-2014
- 819
- acropora cervicornis
- atlantic ocean
- belize
- belizean barrier reef
- benthic
- benthos analysis
- biological
- biological classification
- biology
- biosphere
- caribbean sea
- caribbean sea /north atlantic ocean
- coastal landforms
- coral
- coral - colony size
- coral growth
- coral nutrition
- coral reef
- coral reef conservation program (crcp)
- coral reefs
- coral reef studies
- corals
- country/territory
- dade county
- determining patterns of staghorn coral recovery to establish targets for caribbean reef restoration
- doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
- doc/noaa/nesdis/nodc
- doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc
- dry tortugas
- earth science
- ecosystems
- fish
- fish census
- fish - coral reef
- fl laboratory
- florida
- florida reef tract
- geomorphic landforms/processes
- glovers reef (16n087w0001)
- gulf of america
- gulf of mexico
- in situ
- land surface
- leeward islands
- macroalgae
- macroalgae (seaweeds)
- marine biology
- marine ecosystems
- miami
- miami (25n080w0018)
- monroe county
- national centers for environmental information
- national marine fisheries service
- national oceanographic data center
- nesdis
- nmfs
- noaa
- north atlantic ocean
- numeric data sets
- ocean
- ocean basin
- oceans
- plants
- ponce (17n066w0010)
- puerto rico
- pulaski shoal (24n082w0003)
- reef
- reef monitoring and assessment
- scale
- southeast fisheries science center
- st. thomas
- st. thomas (18n064w0033)
- surveillance of wild and outplanted staghorn coral (a.cervicornis)
- survey - biological
- survey - coral reef
- survey - swimmer/diver
- swimmer/diver
- transect monitoring
- united states of america
- u.s. department of commerce
- us doc
- u. s. virgin islands
- virgin islands
- visual analysis
- visual observation
- visual observations
- zoology