National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef benthic communities in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

Description

Data provided in this collection were gathered within the FGBNMS as part of NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)-led missions in collaboration with partners at NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries FGBNMS, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Southeast Fisheries Science Center and Texas A&M. This benthic data collection for the ongoing National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) consists of two survey types: the Line Point-Intercept (LPI) method and the Coral Demographic method. The LPI method provides a measure of percent cover of biotic and abiotic components of the benthos in a stratified random sampling design in hardbottom and coral reef habitats. LPI surveys are concurrent with and along the same transect as fish surveys. The coral demographics protocol provides more detailed and species-specific insight (‘signal magnitude’) for coral populations than is provided by percent cover.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5vd6wts
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
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0 National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) project page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/national-coral-reef-monitoring-program-biological-socioeconomic/
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 NCEI Documents only accession https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0157633
0 Institution web page https://coralreef.noaa.gov
0 Hard coral species percent cover and species abundance data are available in Darwin Core format for Atlantic/Caribbean sampling sites through OBIS USA. https://obis.org/institute/23174
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Search for data granules belonging to this collection (a granule is the smallest aggregation of data that can be independently described and retrieved). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/granule/geoportal/?from=0&size=10&esdsl=%7B%22query%22%3A%7B%22bool%22%3A%7B%22must%22%3A%5B%7B%22query_string%22%3A%7B%22analyze_wildcard%22%3Atrue%2C%22query%22%3A%22fileid%3ANCRMP-Benthic-FGB.*%22%7D%7D%5D%7D%7D%7D#searchPanel
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
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  • 17r4hp
  • hard coral cover dead percentage
  • united states of america
  • nccos research priority
  • reef monitoring and assessment
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  • corals
  • east flower garden banks (27n093w0001)
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  • oceanography
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  • atlantic ocean
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  • nccos project #180 national coral reef monitoring program implementation: biological and socioeconom
  • gulf of mexico
  • earth science
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  • species richness
  • west flower garden banks (27n093w0002)
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