NCCOS Sponsored Research Project: Understanding Coral Ecosystem Connectivity in the Gulf of Mexico from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys

Description

This project investigated the role that the mesophotic coral ecosystems (~60–100 m) of Pulley Ridge (off the southwest coast of Florida) play in replenishing key species in the downstream reefs of the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas. Because of the well-documented decline of Florida’s reefs, it is important to identify, protect, and manage sources of larval reef species that can help sustain Florida’s reef ecosystems and the tourism economy that depends on it. This interdisciplinary study focused on determining the connectivity of reef species living at Pulley Ridge, the deepest known photosynthetic coral reef off the continental U.S., to those in the Florida Keys, as well as describing the community structure and determining the economic value of Pulley Ridge’s communities. Focal species for connectivity studies were the red grouper (Epinephelus morio), the bicolor damselfish (Stegastes partitus), the Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois spp.), the great star coral (Montastraea cavernosa), lettuce corals (Agaricia spp.), and the giant barrel sponge (Xestospongia muta). The study was advised by a Stakeholder Advisory Board, a collaboration of federal, state, and nongovernmental stakeholders to ensure the utility of outputs for resource managers.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Smith, R.H., V. Kourafalou, and A. Valle-Levinson. 2018. Coral Ecosystem Connectivity from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys: Surface Drifting Buoy Position Data from 2012-08-08 to 2016-05-12 (NCEI Accession 0178107). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. doi:10.25921/fvpw-6337 https://doi.org/10.25921/fvpw-6337
0 Vaz, A.C., and C.B. Paris. 2019. Coral Ecosystem Connectivity from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys: Modeled 3D Connectivity Matrices from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys for Coral and Fish Species (NCEI Accession 0191355). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. doi:10.25921/9gc5-x022 https://doi.org/10.25921/9gc5-x022
0 Cowen, R. 2015. Cruise WS1213 on RV F.G. Walton Smith, Population Connectivity of the Pulley Ridge-South Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem. Rolling Deck to Repository Program. Field Expedition Dataset. doi:10.7284/902464 https://doi.org/10.7284/902464
0 Goldstein, E.D., E.K. D’Alessandro, and S. Sponaugle. 2019. Coral Ecosystem Connectivity from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys: Bicolor Damselfish (Stegastes partitus) Population Demographic Data from 2012-07-15 to 2015-06-21 (NCEI Accession 0178639). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. doi:10.25921/kcqd-p997 https://doi.org/10.25921/kcqd-p997
0 Cowen, R. 2015. Cruise WS1312 on RV F.G. Walton Smith, Population Connectivity of the Pulley Ridge-South Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem. Rolling Deck to Repository Program. Field Expedition Dataset. doi:10.7284/904845 https://doi.org/10.7284/904845
0 Hanisak, M.D. 2016. Cruise WS15234 on RV F.G. Walton Smith, Population Connectivity of the Pulley Ridge-South Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem. Rolling Deck to Repository Program. Field Expedition Dataset. doi:10.7284/906594 https://doi.org/10.7284/906594
0 Studivan, M.S., and J.D. Voss. 2019. Transcriptome-wide analysis of Montastraea cavernosa gene expression across shallow and mesophotic natural populations and a transplant experiment (NIH NCBI GEO Accession GSE107688). NIH NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus. Dataset. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE107688
0 Smith, R.H., V. Kourafalou, and A. Valle-Levinson. 2019. Coral Ecosystem Connectivity from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys: Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Cast Data from 2013-08-20 to 2014-08-24 (NCEI Accession 0190533). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. doi:10.25921/ha6m-s136 https://doi.org/10.25921/ha6m-s136
0 Goldstein, E.D., E.K. D’Alessandro, and S. Sponaugle. 2019. Coral Ecosystem Connectivity from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys: Temperature Time Series Data from 2012-07-20 to 2014-08-13 (NCEI Accession 0190271). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. doi:10.25921/hhjr-bm33 https://doi.org/10.25921/hhjr-bm33
0 Smith, R.H., V. Kourafalou, and A. Valle-Levinson. 2019. Coral Ecosystem Connectivity from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys: Moored Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Time-Series Data from 2012-08-15 to 2015-06-24 (NCEI Accession 0181331). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. doi:10.25921/anqp-1b45 https://doi.org/10.25921/anqp-1b45
0 Studivan, M.S., and J.D. Voss. 2019. Data from: Population connectivity among shallow and mesophotic Montastraea cavernosa corals in the Gulf of Mexico identifies potential for refugia. Dryad Digital Repository. Dataset. doi:10.5061/dryad.tj146fn https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.tj146fn
0 Kourafalou, V. and H. Kang. 2019. Coral Ecosystem Connectivity from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys: Simulated Current Velocity and Temperature from Hydrodynamic Modeling (NCEI Accession 0178799). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. doi:10.25921/hskq-8j11 https://doi.org/10.25921/hskq-8j11
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/51962
21 Coral Ecosystem Connectivity 2013: From Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/13pulleyridge/welcome.html
21 Coral Ecosystem Connectivity 2014: From Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/14pulleyridge/welcome.html
0 NCCOS Research Project Webpage: Understanding Coral Ecosystem Connectivity in the Gulf of Mexico from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/coral-ecosystem-connectivity-gulf-florida-keys/
0 Pulley Ridge Decision Support Resource (DSR) http://mesophotic.ccs.miami.edu/
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
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/51962.pdf
0 Studivan, M.S., G. Milstein, and J.D. Voss. 2019. Supporting information for "Montastraea cavernosa corallite structure demonstrates distinct morphotypes across shallow and mesophotic depth zones in the Gulf of Mexico." PLoS ONE, 14(3):e0203732. Supporting Information. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0203732 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203732
0 Hanisak, M.D. 2015. Cruise WS1412 on RV F.G. Walton Smith, Population Connectivity of the Pulley Ridge-South Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem. Rolling Deck to Repository Program. Field Expedition Dataset. doi:10.7284/904902 https://doi.org/10.7284/904902
0 Website listed for National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
21 Coral Ecosystem Connectivity 2015: From Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/15pulleyridge/welcome.html
21 Florida Straits, South Florida and Keys Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (FKeyS-HYCOM) https://coastalmodeling.rsmas.miami.edu/research-projects/florida-keys/index.html
0 NCCOS Regional Ecosystem Science: Pulley Ridge https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/regional/pulleyridge/

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