Reef fish abundance and size data collected by transect and stationary point count methods: a calibration to enable the use of long-term, fishery-independent data by fisheries and regional managers in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) (NCEI Accession 0299733)

Description

This project ensures that the existing data from previous fishery independent surveys can be combined with data collected under new methodology, ensuring preservation of long-time series reef fish datasets in the FGBNMS. Specifically, this archived dataset are the site level fish abundance and size observations made by one transect diver and a pair of stationary point count divers. These collection methods represent the transition of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) belt-transect survey methodology to the currently used Reef Visual Census (RVC) survey methodology, respectively. More information about the methodologies can be found (Jeffrey 2019 & CRCP 2022). In the FGBNMS, the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program began in 2013. Initially, the belt transect method was used for fish surveys, but then transitioned to the RVC method in the FGBNMS by 2018. This dataset is the field samples collected in order to properly calibrate belt transect data to RVC data.

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0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/k8zf-a486
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/299733
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/299733
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0234/0299733/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://coralreef.noaa.gov
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
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0 Technical report containing stational visual census survey protocols https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/1005/
0 2022 NCRMP Reef Visual Census (RVC) fish survey protocols https://doi.org/10.25923/1baa-5g44
0 NOAA technical memorandum containing survey protocols. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5rr1w87
0 NCEI data accession containing pre-NCRMP belt-transect survey methodology. https://doi.org/10.25921/rt0s-ty25
0 Institution web page http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://channelislands.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://graysreef.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page http://www.oceanicinstitute.org/
0 Associated dataset containing reef fish calibration data for the U.S. Caribbean https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0281207
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 NCEI data accession containing pre-NCRMP belt-transect survey methodology. https://doi.org/10.25921/rt0s-ty25
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/299733
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/299733
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://coralreef.noaa.gov
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
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0 Technical report containing stational visual census survey protocols https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/1005/
0 2022 NCRMP Reef Visual Census (RVC) fish survey protocols https://doi.org/10.25923/1baa-5g44
0 NOAA technical memorandum containing survey protocols. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5rr1w87
0 Institution web page http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://graysreef.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page http://www.oceanicinstitute.org/
0 Associated dataset containing reef fish calibration data for the U.S. Caribbean https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0281207
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/k8zf-a486
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0234/0299733/
0 Institution web page https://channelislands.noaa.gov/
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/k8zf-a486
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/299733
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/299733
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0234/0299733/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://coralreef.noaa.gov
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
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0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Technical report containing stational visual census survey protocols https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/1005/
0 2022 NCRMP Reef Visual Census (RVC) fish survey protocols https://doi.org/10.25923/1baa-5g44
0 NOAA technical memorandum containing survey protocols. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5rr1w87
0 NCEI data accession containing pre-NCRMP belt-transect survey methodology. https://doi.org/10.25921/rt0s-ty25
0 Institution web page http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://channelislands.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://graysreef.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page http://www.oceanicinstitute.org/
0 Associated dataset containing reef fish calibration data for the U.S. Caribbean https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0281207
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://coralreef.noaa.gov
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/k8zf-a486
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/299733
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/299733
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0234/0299733/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
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0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Technical report containing stational visual census survey protocols https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/1005/
0 2022 NCRMP Reef Visual Census (RVC) fish survey protocols https://doi.org/10.25923/1baa-5g44
0 NOAA technical memorandum containing survey protocols. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5rr1w87
0 NCEI data accession containing pre-NCRMP belt-transect survey methodology. https://doi.org/10.25921/rt0s-ty25
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://channelislands.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://graysreef.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://manoa.hawaii.edu/
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Associated dataset containing reef fish calibration data for the U.S. Caribbean https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0281207
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/k8zf-a486
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/299733
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/299733
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0234/0299733/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://coralreef.noaa.gov
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
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0 Technical report containing stational visual census survey protocols https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/1005
0 2022 NCRMP Reef Visual Census (RVC) fish survey protocols https://doi.org/10.25923/1baa-5g44
0 NOAA technical memorandum containing survey protocols. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5rr1w87
0 NCEI data accession containing pre-NCRMP belt-transect survey methodology. https://doi.org/10.25921/rt0s-ty25
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://channelislands.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://graysreef.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://manoa.hawaii.edu/
0 Institution web page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
0 Associated dataset containing reef fish calibration data for the U.S. Caribbean https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0281207
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov
0 Institution web page https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov

Tags

  • mv fling
  • number and size
  • united states of america
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • corals
  • east flower garden banks (27n093w0001)
  • biosphere
  • oceans
  • numeric data sets
  • oceanography
  • fish
  • atlantic ocean
  • gulf of mexico
  • earth science
  • texas
  • reef fish calibration study to enable the use of long-term
  • reef fish census
  • fishery-independent data by fisheries and regional managers
  • marine biology
  • flower garden banks
  • 00rt3g
  • ocean basin
  • stationary
  • species richness
  • west flower garden banks (27n093w0002)
  • zoology
  • fish census
  • ecological dynamics
  • 31264
  • country/territory
  • belt transect

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