National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef fish communities in the U.S. Virgin Islands from 2013-07-08 to 2013-07-19 and from 2015-06-08 to 2015-07-24 (NCEI Accession 0224406)

Description

Data provided in this dataset were collected around the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) as part of NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)-led missions in collaboration with partners at the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Southeast Fisheries Science Center, the National Park Service, USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources, University of the Virgin Islands, University of Miami, Nova Southeastern University, The Nature Conservancy, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In 2013 and 2015 the Belt Transect method was used to conduct fish surveys in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) as part of the ongoing National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). The Belt Transect method collects and reports information on fish species composition, density, size, abundance and derived metrics (e.g., species richness, diversity). Surveys were concurrent with and along the same transect as the Line Point-Intercept (LPI) benthic survey. Starting in 2017 fish data were collected using the stationary point count method. This method collects and reports information on fish species composition, density, size structure, abundance and derived metrics (e.g., species richness, diversity).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/archive-management-system/OAS/bin/prd/jquery/accession/download/224406
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/71296
0 About SEFSC https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center
0 Website listed for NCCOS Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/about/centers/ccfhr
0 Online Resource https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0224406
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/71296.pdf
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/archive-management-system/OAS/bin/prd/jquery/accession/download/224406
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/71296
0 About SEFSC https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center
0 Website listed for NCCOS Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/about/centers/ccfhr
0 Online Resource https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0224406
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/71296.pdf
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 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/archive-management-system/OAS/bin/prd/jquery/accession/download/224406
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/71296
0 About SEFSC https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center
0 Website listed for NCCOS Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/about/centers/ccfhr
0 Online Resource https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0224406
0 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/71296.pdf

Tags

  • fish species
  • nccos research topics
  • nccos research data types
  • st. john (18n064w0011)
  • nccos research locations
  • united states of america
  • species identification - organism length
  • visual observation
  • coral reef conservation program (crcp)
  • ecological and biological characterization
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • virgin islands
  • coral reef
  • corals
  • 0151727
  • benthic
  • national ocean service
  • ecosystems
  • st. thomas (18n064w0033)
  • fish - coral reef
  • 2015
  • southeast fisheries science center (nmfs/sefsc)
  • national centers for coastal ocean science
  • biosphere
  • visual observations
  • biological data
  • species identification
  • survey
  • oceans
  • leeward islands
  • national park service (nps)
  • reef and/or bottom regime - percent cover
  • survey - biological
  • noaa
  • numeric data sets
  • university of miami
  • university of the virgin islands
  • southeast fisheries science center
  • caribbean sea
  • lesser antilles
  • biological classification
  • st. john
  • marine ecosystems
  • southeast fisheries science center us doc
  • st. thomas
  • us doc
  • long-term monitoring
  • u. s. virgin islands (17n064w0000)
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc
  • fish
  • national coral reef monitoring program (ncrmp)
  • in situ
  • atlantic ocean
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • national marine fisheries service
  • nfms
  • ocean
  • the nature conservancy
  • solid earth
  • national centers for coastal ocean science us doc
  • geomorphic landforms/processes
  • reef fish census
  • doc/noaa/nos/nccos
  • us environmental protection agency (epa)
  • marine biology
  • biological
  • 2013
  • 0151731
  • survey - swimmer/diver
  • u.s. states and territories
  • visual estimate
  • coastal landforms
  • ocean basin
  • habitat - benthic
  • marine spatial ecology
  • stationary
  • us doi
  • swimmer/diver
  • u.s. virgin islands
  • 0224406
  • species richness
  • reef
  • puerto rico
  • usvi department of planning and natural resources
  • zoology
  • coral reefs
  • u. s. virgin islands
  • fish census
  • field observation
  • north atlantic ocean
  • ecological dynamics
  • caribbean
  • species identification - count
  • country/territory
  • st. croix (17n064w0003)
  • belt transect
  • nos
  • fish biomass
  • regions
  • nccos research priorities
  • coral reef studies
  • st. croix

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