24388
Data from Cruise NF-0805, 11-24 March 2008, Virgin Islands
NF-0805 Data
Data Set
Published / External
68639
Coral Reef Ecosystem Research Consisting Of Biologic Data, LADCP, SADCP, and Flowthrough Data from Nancy Foster in Caribbean Sea from 2007-03-30 to 2011-05-07 (NCEI Accession 0273560)
Data Set
Completed
2008
Data collected from plankton collecting gear aboard the NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER during cruise #NF0805, March 11th - March 24th, 2008 as part of the Coral Reef Ecosystem Research (CRER) project and from inshore larval collections in St. Thomas April 1-8th, 2008. Data are in spreadsheet format. Each file contains a header that describes the column data within.
The United States Virgin Islands' (USVI) Grammanik Bank, located to the south of St. Thomas, is the site of multi-species spawning aggregation for economically important fish including yellowfin grouper, Nassau grouper, tiger grouper, and dog snapper. Fishing pressure at this suspected source of larval recruits prompted the Caribbean Fisheries Council in 2004 to close the bank yearly from February - April. A series of banks south of the USVI (St. Thomas and St. John) and the British Virgin Islands (BVI) provide similar habitats and spawning aggregation sites. Unfortunately, the biological and physical processes which drive production on these banks, the circulation connecting these banks, and the flows across these banks have yet to be quantified. Absent such data, management decisions (including Marine Protected Area [MPA] designations and temporary closures) are presently based on professional judgment rather than quantifiable, defensible scientific information.
To address this data gap, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists from the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) and Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) in Miami, Florida, working with scientists from the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) in St. Thomas will be conducting a three-year interdisciplinary research project using the R/V NANCY FOSTER to conduct biological and physical oceanographic surveys of the Virgin Islands' (VI) bank ecosystems and surrounding regional waters. The long-term sustainability of fisheries in the VI and surrounding regions will depend on a comprehensive understanding of regional spawning aggregations, larval transport, and overall larval recruitment in the study area.
The project will be directed at answering one over-arching question: How are unprotected VI banks, MPAs such as the Hind Bank Marine Conservation District, seasonally closed areas such as the Grammanik Bank, and inshore areas ecologically linked via regional reef fish larval dispersal, transport, and life-history patterns?
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To gain the information necessary to develop more specific hypotheses, the first research cruise of this project was conducted between March 30, 2007 and April 10, 2007 aboard the R/V NANCY FOSTER. This second survey will compliment to the data already collected in the previous year and will improve the data set because it sampled the northern side of the Virgin Islands. The same parameters were analyzed which included sampled water properties, currents, and dispersal and transport of settlement-stage larvae in the Virgin Islands and neighboring regions. It should yield not only an understanding of regional spatial variation in the supply of settlement-stage fishes, but also insights into the relative importance of Grammanik Bank and its MPAs as a source of juvenile fishes recruiting to the waters of the VI. Specifically, the cruise will address the following questions: 1) How do the abundance and composition of ichthyoplankton around Grammanik Bank and other similar banks change with space and time? 2) How much of this variation in abundance and composition can be explained by the oceanographic setting? 3) How do the oceanography and ichthyoplankton assemblages interface with the boundary areas of seasonally or permanently closed MPAs? This survey included neuston, bongo, and MOCNESS trawl tows, as well as CTDO2/LADCP casts measuring, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, light transmission, chlorophyll, and water velocity. Continuous surface measurements of temperature, salinity, light transmission, chlorophyll, and water velocity werel also collected via the ship's flow-through system and hull-mounted ADCP. Satellite imagery of sea surface temperature, altimetry, and ocean color was used to aid in the interpretation of and extrapolation from shipboard observations. Identification and analysis of samples and shipboard data analysis commenced immediately after the cruise and has been completed. Initially, the success of the project will be measured by the extent of the surveys made and the number of samples collected, as well as the utility and quality of useful information generated from analysis of the data collected. Settlement-stage larvae collected from inshore sampling will constitute another measure of success for the field study portion of this project. Determination of the utility of stable isotope analysis of these larvae will provide an additional benchmark. The synthesis of these data, to determine the location and relative importance of spawning sites, and the incorporation of this information into fisheries oceanographic models that help local resource managers in making decisions as to MPA sites and optimal seasonal closures with respect to time and place, will provide the ultimate measure of project success. In addition, it is our intention that all data generated and analyzed will be published in peer-reviewed literature. We consider this an essential step both to guarantee data quality and to assure that management decisions based on this information are defensible.
Theme
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
Spatial
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA > VIRGIN ISLANDS
Platform
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
Nancy Foster > NOAA Ship Nancy Foster
Theme
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Numeric Data Sets > Biology
Theme
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Plankton
Theme
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reproduction > Sexual Reproduction > Larvae
Theme
Brewer's Bay inshore larval collections
Theme
CRER larval fish data
Theme
Caribbean Sea plankton data
Theme
Coral Reef Ecoystem Research larval fish data
Theme
Leeward Islands plankton data
Theme
Virgin Islands Bongodata
Theme
Virgin Islands MOCNESS data
Theme
Virgin Islands light trap data
Temporal
2008
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. John > St. John (18N064W0011)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Thomas > St. Thomas (18N064W0033)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Leeward Islands > St. Thomas (18N064W0033)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Virgin Islands > St. John (18N064W0011)
Spatial
CoRIS Region
USVI
Spatial
Anegada Passage
Spatial
Caribbean Sea
Spatial
Leeward Islands
Spatial
St. John
Spatial
St. Thomas
Spatial
Virgin Islands
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring
MD
Data Set
Unknown
Table (digital)
Fish identification data for stations at which a MOCNESS, Bongo or inshore gear was deployed including lowest identifiable taxa when possible. Abundances provided.
See the header of data file for complete description of data fields...
N/A
Data were collected for scientific purposes only and should only be used for general scientific interest/endeavours. NOAA/OAR/AOML & NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC cannot be held liable for use of these data in any other manner.
ship's flow-through system and hull-mounted ADCP
NOAA Vessel
neuston, bongo, MOCNESS trawl tows, CTDO2/LADCP casts nets
67937
NF0805_FISH_DATA_REPORT.xlsx
Published / External
Three tabbed .xlsx file listing gear, location, and biological sample information
Coral Reef Ecosystem Research (CRER)
Larval fish data collected on the NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER cruise NF0805
March 11, 2008 through March 24, 2008
Table 1) Fish biomass and abundance with station and gear utilized
Table 2) Identification summary by family density
Table 3) Table with detailed fish net tow data
Within the U.S. and British Virgins Island stations, 95 families were identified from 27,967 fish. Seventy nine stations (51 Bongo, 38 MOCNESS and 7 Neuston samples) were collected from this area. MOCNESS samples were collected from 100 meters to the surface at 25 meter increments. Samples from station 63 were not sorted due to MOCNESS failure. A total of 18,296 larvae have been identified, with only 11 % or 2,019 unidentifiable due to early stage at development or damage in sample collection and processing. Of those identified, 75 % of the samples were represented by 15 principle families: Gobiidae, Myctophidae, Labridae, Scaridae, Apogonidae, Gonostomatidae, Labrisomidae, Serranidae, Holocentridae, Carangidae, Pomacentridae, Bothidae, Mullidae, Balistidae, and Opistognathidae (Table 1). Additional samples collected from stations in the Leeward Islands are currently being identified using taxonomic keys and a subsample will be identified using genetic techniques.
Other
Yes
10
Sample_No
Character
6
Yes
Yes
Active
Unique sequential code for each sample
20
Sta
Character
Yes
No
Active
Station Number
30
Hist_Sta
Character
5
Yes
No
Active
Historical Station Number
40
Longitude
Numeric
Yes
No
4
Active
Longitude Value as a decimal
degrees
###.####
50
Latitude
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
Latitude Value expressed as a decimal in degrees
##.####
60
Dte
Date
Yes
No
Active
Sampling Date
70
Time_Start
Time
Yes
No
Active
Sampling start time
80
Time_End
Time
Yes
No
Active
Sampling end time
90
Day=1/Night=0
character
1
No
No
Active
Indicates whether Sampling was done during the day or night
1=Day=
0=Night
100
Gear
Character
1
Yes
No
Active
Gear type code.
Corresponding value in gear table
110
Mesh
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
Gear mesh size (microns)
Microns
120
Sampling_depth
Character
Yes
No
Active
Range Of Sampling depth (meters. It generally consists of two numbers with a dash in between them
meters
25-50
125
Haul
character
1
Yes
No
Active
net number. Numbered sequentially and R is a Reverse Haul
130
Disp_Vol
Numeric
No
No
Active
Displacement volume of plankton sample (mL)
mL
135
Wet_Weight
Numeric
3
Yes
No
Active
Mass of plankton sample (g)
grams
140
Sorter
Character
3
No
No
Active
Initials Of The person who sorted samples
142
Processing_Lab
Character
10
Yes
No
Active
Lab that processed the data
145
Flow_Start
Numeric
No
No
Active
Flowmeter start value. It is blank when no flowmeter readings were taken.
There were no flow meter readings taken
150
Flow_End
Numeric
No
No
Active
Flow meter End reading. It is null when no flow meter readings taken
There were no flow meter readings taken
155
Flow_Diff
Numeric
4
No
No
Active
Calculated Difference Between Flowmeter Value At Start And Flowmeter Value at the End. It is null when there were no flow meter readings taken
There were no flow meter readings taken
Flow_End - Flow_Start
160
Volume_m3
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
volume filtered (meters cubed)
cubic meters
190
Fish_lab
Numeric
3
Yes
No
Active
Number of fish larvae sorted from sample
200
Eggs_lab
Numeric
3
No
No
Active
Number of eggs sorted from sample
210
Ceph_lab
Numeric
3
Yes
No
Active
Number of cephalopod larvae sorted from sample
220
Lobster_lab
Numeric
3
Yes
No
Active
Number of lobster larvae sorted from sample
230
Sample_Notes
Numeric
250
No
No
Active
Comments relating to sample collection or processing
240
Region
Character
2
Yes
No
Active
Geographic region where sample was collected
AN
LI
VI = Virgin Island
68218
CTD Data 2008
Published / External
Completed
Containins Conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) data from the electronic instruments that measure these properties for 76 stations that were Collected on the Nancy Foster on Cruise NF-0805 from March 11, 2008 through March 24, 2008.
Each file is for one station and contains a header that describes the column data within.
Other
Yes
68219
LADCP Data 2008
Published / External
PROCESSED LOWERED ADCP CURRENT VELOCITY DATA
These LADCP data were collected by NOAA/AOML/PhOD during cruise NF0805 of the Coral Reef Ecosystem Research (CRER) project conducted in MARCH 2008 aboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster.
Data contained in this file were originally acquired using a single lowered, downlooking 300kHz, RDI ADCP.
These data should be considered preliminary data. For further information, contact: ryan.smith@noaa.gov
These 16 LADCP Data files have an extension of .vel and are provided in one zip file
Other
Yes
10
z_depth
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
Depth in Meters
Meters
0010.0
####.#
20
u_water_velocity_component
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
water_velocity_component
cm/sec
0000.535
####.##
30
v_water_velocity_component
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
v_water_velocity_component
cm/sec
0005.143
####.###
40
error_velocity
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
Error Velocity
cm/sec
0000.171
####.###
68220
NF0805_OS150_surface_vels_part1.asc
Published / External
NF0805 SADCP surface current velocities PART I
Collected MARCH 2008 - NANCY FOSTER - CRER Cruise
Chief Scientist: Ryan Smith
THIS FILE CONTAINS PROCESSED HULL-MOUNTED (SADCP) SURFACE VELOCITY DATA TIME AVERAGED TO FIVE MINUTE INTERVALS.
ORIGINAL BIN SIZE = 4 meters, GRIDDED BIN SIZE = 5 meters
THESE DATA WERE COLLECTED USING A TELEDYNE RD INSTRUMENTS 150KHZ OCEAN SURVEYOR ADCP.
THESE DATA HAVE BEEN PROCESSED TO CODAS3 (U. OF HAWAII) STANDARDS by Ryan Smith (ryan.smith@noaa.gov)
DUE TO INITIAL LONG RANGE SETTINGS, SELECTED FOR DEEP OCEAN PENETRATION, THESE SURFACE VALUES ACTUALLY REPRESENT WATERS BETWEEN A DEPTH OF 10 TO 15 METERS (AVG). THESE DATA ARE THE SHALLOWEST AVAILABLE FOR THIS PORTION OF THE CRUISE.
Other
Yes
File has some descriptive header information has columnar data below that,
10
Year
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
Year
3/30/2007
YYYY
30
Month
Numeric
2
Yes
No
Active
Month
##
40
Day
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
Day
12:14
##
50
Hour
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
HOUR
0.0600
##
70
Minute
numeric
Yes
No
Active
Minute
36.064
##
80
Second
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
SECOND
27.293
##
90
Latitude
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
Latitudinal Value (decimal degrees north)
Degrees Lat N
17.74402
##.#####
100
Longitude
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
Longitudinal Value (decimal degrees west)
Degrees Lon W
-66.00138
-##.####
110
U VELOCITY COMPONENT
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
U VELOCITY COMPONENT (cm/s)
cm/s
0004.32
####.##
120
V VELOCITY COMPONENT
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
V VELOCITY COMPONENT (cm/s)
cm/s
0003.44
##.####
68221
NF0805_OS150_surface_vels_part2.asc
Published / External
NF0805 SADCP surface current velocities PART 2
Collected MARCH 2008 - NANCY FOSTER - CRER Cruise
Chief Scientist: Ryan Smith
THIS FILE CONTAINS PROCESSED HULL-MOUNTED (SADCP) SURFACE VELOCITY DATA TIME AVERAGED TO FIVE MINUTE INTERVALS.
ORIGINAL BIN SIZE = 4 meters, GRIDDED BIN SIZE = 5 meters
THESE DATA WERE COLLECTED USING A TELEDYNE RD INSTRUMENTS 150KHZ OCEAN SURVEYOR ADCP.
THESE DATA HAVE BEEN PROCESSED TO CODAS3 (U. OF HAWAII) STANDARDS by Ryan Smith (ryan.smith@noaa.gov)
DUE TO INITIAL LONG RANGE SETTINGS, SELECTED FOR DEEP OCEAN PENETRATION, THESE SURFACE VALUES ACTUALLY REPRESENT WATERS BETWEEN A DEPTH OF 10 TO 15 METERS (AVG). THESE DATA ARE THE SHALLOWEST AVAILABLE FOR THIS PORTION OF THE CRUISE.
Other
Yes
File has some descriptive header information has columnar data below that,
10
Year
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
Year
3/30/2007
YYYY
30
Month
Numeric
2
Yes
No
Active
Month
##
40
Day
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
Day
12:14
##
50
Hour
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
HOUR
0.0600
##
70
Minute
numeric
Yes
No
Active
Minute
36.064
##
80
Second
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
SECOND
27.293
##
90
Latitude
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
Latitudinal Value (decimal degrees north)
Degrees Lat N
17.74402
##.#####
100
Longitude
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
Longitudinal Value (decimal degrees west)
Degrees Lon W
-66.00138
-##.####
110
U VELOCITY COMPONENT
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
U VELOCITY COMPONENT (cm/s)
cm/s
0004.32
####.##
120
V VELOCITY COMPONENT
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
V VELOCITY COMPONENT (cm/s)
cm/s
0003.44
##.####
68222
NF0805_flowthrough_dataset.dat
Published / External
Flow-through data collected on the NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER cruise NF0805
March 11, 2008 through March 24, 2008
Flow-through instruments include:
Sea-Bird SBE 21 Thermosalinograph
Turner 10 Fluorometer
File consists of header information describing the fixed format data columns data columns below that. The columns are defined in the attribute tab of this record.
Other
Yes
File has some descriptive header information has columnar data below that,
10
GMT Date
Date
Yes
No
Active
GMT Date
3/30/2007
MM/DD/YYYY
20
GMT Time
Time
Yes
No
Active
GMT Time (hh:mm)
12:14
HH:MM
30
Latitude
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
Latitudinal value in degrees
17.74402
##.#####
40
Longitude
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
Longitudinal Value in degrees
-66.00138
-##.####
50
Sea Surface Salinity
numeric
Yes
No
Active
Sea Surface Salinity (PSU)
PSU
36.064
##.###
60
Sea Surface Temperature
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
Sea Surface Temperature, TSG bath (°C)
Degrees C
27.293
##.###
70
Sea Surface Chlorophyl Concentration
Numeric
Yes
No
Active
Sea Surface Chlorophyl Concentration (mg/m^3)
mg/Cubic Meter
Data Steward
2010
Person
Gerard, Trika
trika.gerard@noaa.gov
75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami
FL
33149
USA
305-361-4493
305-365-4103
Distributor
2010
Organization
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
SEFSC
75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami
FL
33149
USA
(305)361-5761
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center
About SEFSC
Online Resource
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST
Metadata Contact
2010
Person
Gerard, Trika
trika.gerard@noaa.gov
75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami
FL
33149
USA
305-361-4493
305-365-4103
Originator
2008
Organization
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
SEFSC
75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami
FL
33149
USA
(305)361-5761
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center
About SEFSC
Online Resource
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST
Originator
2008
Organization
Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory
AOML
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami
FL
33149
305-361-4420
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/
Point of Contact
2010
Person
Gerard, Trika
trika.gerard@noaa.gov
75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami
FL
33149
USA
305-361-4493
305-365-4103
Ground Condition
-65.2216
-62.8678
18.9233
17.2233
Virgin Islands
Range
2008-03-11
2008-03-24
Unclassified
download from website
N/A
N/A
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0273560/1.1/data/0-data/NF0805_State_Dept_CD/NF0805_final_cruise_track.jpg
Map Of Sampling Locations With Gear and Type For The Cruise
Browse Graphic
JPG
https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/nmfs_fgdc_metadata_ctd_usvi_2008.html
Meta Data on CTD Collections For This Cruise
Online Resource
Meta Data on CTD Collections For This Cruise
Attribute Accuracy: Data have been processed using standard methodology with regard to plankton samples and identifications of fishes are ongoing with trained personnel.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy: The exact location of each tow (either MOCNESS, or Bongo) cast is shown in the spreadsheet. This location is determined from the ship's GPS and should be considered very accurate.The exact location of each station (light trap) is shown in the spreadsheet, locations were determined from the vessel's GPS and should be considered accurate. Positions of net casts recoreded in the data files correspond with the beginning of each cast. As the ship may drift on station, the position of the net will change in time over the course of the cast. As such the position information is only accurate for the beginning of the cast (i.e. when the net first enters the water). This accuracy is on the order of 10 meters.Positions of inshore collections is in the order of 5 meters due to the shifting wind and current at each station. Geographical accuracy was determined by GPS NMEA data
Vertical Positional Accuracy: pressures (depth proxy) are determined using the MOCNESS pressure sensor. Depth of inshore stations was determined using the vessel's built in sounder. pressures (depth proxy) are accurate to within 1db
N/A
N/A
Data is checked before spreadsheet entry and then checked again afterward
No
Unknown
No
No
365
To Be Determined
365
It will be stored on an SEFSC server that requires authentication
1
Net / Trawl Operations: Operations varied, utilizing either neuston, bongo, Methot, or 1 meter Multiple Opening and Closing Net Environmental Sampling System (MOCNESS) . Trawl type and location was dependent on the work area (depth). Plankton samples were collected at sea and preserved in Ethanol. Light trap, channel net operations were done daily and consisted of larval fish collections. Seine tows were done three times around the new moon to monitor recruitment of settlement size fishes. Sorting and identification of larval fish began immediately. All data was stored in a spreadsheet format and updated as samples were completed.
2008-01-01T00:00:00
Person
Gerard, Trika
trika.gerard@noaa.gov
75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami
FL
33149
USA
305-361-4493
305-365-4103
67934
Document
DOS-2007-105_report.pdf
67938
Document
NF0805_FISH_DATA_REPORT.doc
57256
Document
NF0805_final_cruise_track.jpg
67935
Document
NF0805_final_cruise_track.pdf
67936
Document
NF0805_final_station_list.txt
68223
Document
NF0805_flowthrough_SSChl_a.png
68224
Document
NF0805_flowthrough_SSS.png
68226
Document
NF0805_flowthrough_SST.png
68227
Document
readme_NF-0805.pdf
68218
Entity
CTD Data 2008
68219
Entity
LADCP Data 2008
67937
Entity
NF0805_FISH_DATA_REPORT.xlsx
68220
Entity
NF0805_OS150_surface_vels_part1.asc
68221
Entity
NF0805_OS150_surface_vels_part2.asc
68222
Entity
NF0805_flowthrough_dataset.dat
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FL
33149
USA
(305)361-5761
www.sefsc.noaa.gov
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Fish identification data for stations at which a MOCNESS, Bongo or inshore gear was deployed including lowest identifiable taxa when possible. Abundances provided.
See the header of data file for complete description of data fields...
N/A