NOAA Point Shapefile - 100m2 Fish Density of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, United States, R/V Manta, Shallow Dive Cruise, 2012, WGS84
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, (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.
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water column habitat
united states of america
flower garden national marine sanctuary
aquatic habitat
east flower garden banks (27n093w0001)
38khz
biosphere
fish survey
acoustic attenuation/transmission
oceans
east flower garden banks
fgb
environmental monitoring
noaa
fishes
biology
fish
atlantic ocean
gulf of mexico
earth science
texas
hydrographic acoustics
fisheries acoustics
marine biology
flower garden banks
splitbeam sonar
es60
ocean basin
coral
west flower garden banks
reef
west flower garden banks (27n093w0002)
coris_metadata
baseline assessment of fish and benthic communities of the flower garden banks