Description
The design of this field mission is three fold: (1) to spatially characterize the distribution, abundance and size of both reef fishes and macro invertebrates within and around the waters of the Flower Gardens National Marine Sanctuary using, (2) to relate this information to in-situ data collected on associated habitat parameters and (3) to use hydroacoustics technologies for a comprehensive assessment of East and West Bank. This information collected will be used to evaluate the utility of an experimental fishing closure on one of the most pristine reefs under US jurisdiction in the tropical Western Atlantic. Data collected during this mission (pre-closure) will provide baseline information necessary to evaluate closure efficacy and assess whether the closure should become permanent.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zip File | ZIP | FGBNMS_hydro_data.zip | Open resource |
| Zip File | ZIP | FGBNMS_hydro_data.zip | Open resource |
Tags
- 120khz
- 180
- 20464
- acoustic attenuation/transmission
- atlantic ocean
- baseline assessment of fish and benthic communities of the flower garden banks
- bioacoustics
- biology
- coral
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- earth science
- east flower garden banks (27n093w0001)
- es60
- f058 baseline assessment of fish and benthic communities of the flower garden banks
- fgb
- fish
- fisheries acoustics
- fish survey
- flower garden banks
- flower gardens banks
- flower gardens national marine sanctuary
- geographic information
- gulf of america
- gulf of mexico
- hydrographic acoustics
- marine biology
- noaa
- ocean acoustics
- ocean basin
- oceans
- reef
- simard
- splitbeam sonar
- texas
- united states of america
- west flower garden banks (27n093w0002)