NOAA NCCOS Assessment: Priority Areas Recommended for Shallow Coral Reef Management in the South Florida Coast from 2021-04-26 to 2021-05-21

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) developed a spatial framework, process, and online application (Buja and Christensen 2019) to identify mapping needs along the south Florida coast to support shallow coral reef management by NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP). Eighteen participants from local federal, state, academic, and other institutions entered their priorities in an online participatory Geographic Information System (pGIS). Participants used virtual coins to denote their priorities in 10.4 km2 hexagonal grid cells overlaid on the study area. Grid cells with more coins were higher priorities than cells with fewer coins. Participants also reported why these locations were important, what data types were needed, and data collection methodologies using a pre-set list of options. Results were compiled, summarized, and mapped to identify high priority areas, reasons for those priorities, and information needs. Identifying these high priority areas provide a critical spatial framework for prioritizing mapping efforts in shallow coral reef ecosystems in south Florida.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
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 Kraus, J., C. Buckel, B. Williams, C. Ames, D. Dorfman, F. Pagan, and E. Towle. 2022. NOAA NCCOS Assessment: Priority Areas Recommended for Shallow Coral Reef Management in the South Florida Coast from 2021-04-26 to 2021-05-21. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6914685 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6914685
0 US Shallow Coral Reef Mapping Priorities Data Viewer https://us-shallow-coral-reef-mapping-priorities-noaa.hub.arcgis.com/
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/67799
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/67799.pdf
0 NCCOS Project Webpage: Defining Future Seafloor Mapping Priorities to Inform Shallow Coral Reef Management https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/defining-future-seafloor-mapping-priorities-to-inform-shallow-coral-reef-management/

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  • derived data product
  • human dimensions
  • united states of america
  • nccos research priority
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • nccos research location
  • nccos research topic
  • corals
  • environmental governance/management
  • national ocean service
  • ecosystems
  • geospatial
  • observational report
  • national centers for coastal ocean science
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  • bathymetry
  • habitat mapping
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  • numeric data sets
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  • marine ecosystems
  • environmental assessments
  • north america
  • coastal
  • atlantic ocean
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  • earth science
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  • doc/noaa/nos/nccos
  • florida reef tract (26n080w0007)
  • florida
  • u.s. states and territories
  • ocean basin
  • nccos habitatâ mappingâ team
  • marine spatial ecology
  • zoology
  • mapping
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