NCCOS Assessment: Biogeographic Surveys of Benthic and Fish Communities in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico from 2001-01-09 to 2012-11-02 (NCEI Accession 0206670)

Description

This data compilation includes benthic and fish survey data collected in St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI); La Parguera, Guanica, Jobos Bay, and Vieques, Puerto Rico; and Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) in the Gulf of Mexico. Data were collected on a biennial basis from 2001 through 2012 and in a consistent manner with established protocols by NOAA's NCCOS Biogeography Branch. In 2013, these long-term Caribbean and FGBNMS monitoring efforts merged with other monitoring programs funded by Coral Reef Conservation Program to form the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP), an ongoing program designed to monitor and assess changes in the composition of coral and reef fish communities.

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0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/rt0s-ty25
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/206670
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
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0 Institution web page https://graysreef.noaa.gov/
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0 Institution web page https://manoa.hawaii.edu/
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0 Institution web page https://www.usgs.gov/
0 Institution web page https://www.nps.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.uprm.edu/cima/
0 Institution web page https://flowergarden.noaa.gov/
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0 Institution web page https://manoa.hawaii.edu/
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0 Institution web page https://www.usgs.gov/
0 Institution web page https://www.uprm.edu/cima/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
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
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
0 National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. 2019. NCCOS Data Collection: Biogeographic Surveys of Benthic and Fish Communities in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico from 2001-2012. Data Webpage. https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/biogeo/benthic-fish-surveys-caribbean-gulf-of-mexico-2001-2012/ https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/biogeo/benthic-fish-surveys-caribbean-gulf-of-mexico-2001-2012/
0 Hile, S.D., C.F.G. Jeffrey, C. Caldow, J.D. Christensen, M.E. Monaco, and J.A. Morgan. 2019. Protocols for Characterizing Fish and Associated Benthic Communities in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico: 2001-2012. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 256. Silver Spring, MD. XX pp. https://doi.org/10.25923/z3yt-sh37 https://doi.org/10.25923/z3yt-sh37
0 NOAA Central Library: Technical Memorandum https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/9287
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0 related journal article https://doi.org/10.18785/gcr.1402.02
0 Clark, R., C.F.G. Jeffrey, K. Woody, Z. Hillis-Starr, and M. Monaco. 2009. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Coral Bleaching Around Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Bulletin of Marine Science, 84(2):167-182. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2009/00000084/00000002/art00003 https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2009/00000084/00000002/art00003
0 related book https://doi.org/10.17128/9781589484603
0 related journal article https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1023255022513
0 related journal article https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.601
0 related journal article https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2400.2006.00521.x
0 related journal article https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07052
0 related journal article https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.12.017
0 NOAA Central Library: Technical Memorandum https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/789
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0 NOAA Central Library: Technical Memorandum https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/493
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0 NOAA Central Library: Technical Memorandum https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/792
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0 NOAA Central Library: Technical Memorandum https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/791
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0 NOAA Central Library: Technical Memorandum https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/880
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0 NOAA Central Library: Technical Memorandum https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/tm-nos-nccos-218
0 Related data https://doi.org/10.7289/v5vd6wts
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0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/206670
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0149/0206670/
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://www.nps.gov
0 Institution web page https://flowergarden.noaa.gov/
0 NOAA Central Library: Technical Memorandum https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/566
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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  • xcjlwr
  • 2067
  • buck island reef national monument (birnm)
  • nccos project #18 - characterization of land-based sources of pollution and effects in the st. thoma
  • 1085
  • st. john (18n064w0011)
  • united states of america
  • jobos bay national estuarine research reserve (jbnerr)
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • aquatic habitat
  • virgin islands
  • 20464
  • corals
  • east flower garden banks (27n093w0001)
  • benthic
  • marine plants
  • st. thomas (18n064w0033)
  • f057 caribbean coral reef ecosystem monitoring
  • biosphere
  • esa listed species
  • oceans
  • 1417
  • puerto rico (18n066w0000)
  • characterization of land-based sources of pollution and effects in the st. thomas east end reserve (
  • 20734
  • waterbodies
  • vieques island
  • algae
  • leeward islands
  • marine invertebrates
  • flower garden banks national marine sanctuary (fgbnms)
  • st. croix east end marine park (eemp)
  • la parguera (17n067w0002)
  • contaminants in marine resources of vieques
  • description
  • numeric data sets
  • f058 baseline assessment of fish and benthic communities of the flower garden banks
  • 20704
  • algal cover
  • caribbean sea
  • nccos project #180 - national coral reef monitoring program implementation: biological and socioecon
  • 437
  • baseline studies
  • st. john
  • macroinvertebrates
  • oceanography
  • 586
  • quadrat monitoring
  • st. thomas
  • long-term monitoring
  • usvi 252 characterization of land-based sources of pollution and effects in the st. thomas east end
  • fish
  • in situ
  • atlantic ocean
  • gulf of mexico
  • earth science
  • texas
  • l051 baseline assessment of guanica bay
  • st. thomas east end reserve (steer)
  • virgin islands national coral reef monument (vicr)
  • virgin islands national park (viis)
  • seagrass
  • vegetation
  • 534
  • reef fish census
  • nccos project #74 - coral reef ecosystem studies: integrating science and management in the caribbea
  • marine biology
  • flower garden banks
  • nccos project #99 - baseline assessment of contaminants and ecological resources in jobos bay
  • nccos project #44 - research to support management of the flower garden banks national marine sanctu
  • nccos project #206 - characterizing fish and invertebrates of the shallow coral reefs of the flower
  • vieques
  • benthos analysis
  • la parguera
  • usvi 246 land-sea characterization of east end marine park to evaluate zones and support management
  • u.s. states and territories
  • reef habitat
  • 526
  • guanica (17n066w0005)
  • ocean basin
  • coastal ocean
  • caribbean sea /north atlantic ocean
  • marine spatial ecology
  • coastal processes
  • nccos project #246 - contaminants in marine resources of vieques
  • 691
  • nccos project #164 - land and sea characterization of st. croix east end marine park
  • u.s. virgin islands
  • nccos project #57 - caribbean coral reef ecosystem monitoring project
  • damage assessment
  • west flower garden banks (27n093w0002)
  • puerto rico
  • zoology
  • coral reefs
  • u. s. virgin islands
  • marine protected areas
  • fish census
  • field observation
  • baseline assessment of fish and benthic communities of the flower garden banks
  • ecological and biogeographic assessments
  • 180
  • 20641
  • caribbean coral reef ecosystem monitoring
  • country/territory
  • st. croix (17n064w0003)
  • belt transect
  • puerto rico in support of watershed restoration
  • nccos project #34 - baseline assessment of guanica bay
  • land-sea characterization of east end marine park to evaluate zones and support management plan revi
  • jobos bay ( bahia de jobos ) (17n066w0001)
  • st. croix
  • vieques island (18n065w0002)

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