Description
This record refers to ongoing population surveys of corallivorous snail, C. abbreviata, and two of its coral hosts, Acropora palmata, and Montastraea spp at six reef sites (three open and three in no-take zones) in the upper Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Surveys are conducted annually in Apr-May. A set number of colonies of each host is searched for snails. Each colony is measured and condition is noted (percent live tissue cover as well as incidence of disease or other conditions). All snails are enumerated, measured, and then returned to the colony on which they were found.
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Tags
- 1055
- assessment and monitoring of candidate coral species
- atlantic ocean
- biology
- biosphere
- biscayne bay
- carysfort reef
- carysfort reef (25n080w0013)
- corallivore
- coral predation
- corals
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- dade county
- earth science
- ecological dynamics
- florida
- florida reef tract
- french reef
- french reef (25n080w0022)
- horseshoe reef
- horseshoe reef (25n080w0033)
- little grecian reef
- molasses reef
- molasses reef (25n080w0003)
- monitoring
- monroe county
- north atlantic ocean
- numeric data sets
- ocean basin
- pickles reef
- pickles reef (24n080w0015)
- predation
- reef monitoring and assessment
- snail
- united states of america
- upper florida keys
- zoology