25890 Acropora Location Database Data Set Published / External 18668 Endangered Species Information Project In Work 2015-07-09 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) have embarked upon a collaborative effort to produce an online tool to allow for the open dissemination of Acropora-related datasets. An ArcGIS geodatabase has been built with the purpose of effective and accurate depiction of benthic data related to Acropora palmataand A. cervicornis. The geodatabase has been populated with significant multi-agency data from federal, state, university and non-government organizations. These agencies include NOAA, National Park Service, FWC, University of Miami, Univeristy of North Carolina - Wilmington, National Coral Reef Institute and The Nature Conservancy. All datasets include Acropora presence/absence and latitudinal /longitudinal coordinates at the minimum. This project was funded by award NA1ONMF4720029 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Department of Commerce. To record and display the reported sightings of Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis. Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 6512, 07-10-2015 11:28 The following FGDC sections are not currently supported in InPort, but were preserved and will be included in the FGDC export: - Spatial Reference Information (FGDC:spref), - Spatial Data Organization Information (FGDC:spdoinfo) Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name has not been changed in historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida Marine Research Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to ongoing research, new research, and contact information. Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category biota Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category location Theme Acropora Theme cervicornis Theme critical habitat Theme fishery-dependent Theme geodatabase Theme palmata Spatial Caribbean Spatial Florida Keys Spatial Puerto Rico Spatial U.S. Virgin Islands Data Set As Needed Map (digital) This data set is in the public domain, and the recipient may not assert any proprietary rights thereto nor represent it to anyone as other than a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission produced data set; it is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The user assumes all responsibility for the accuracy and suitability of this data set for a specific application. In no event will the staff of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission be liable for any damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of or the inability to use this data set. 25891 Acropora_Presence_or_Absence_Locations Published / External In Work Points represent survey locations where A. palmata was present Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 6512, 07-10-2015 11:28 Points represent survey locations where A. palmata was present FID Unknown No No Active Internal feature number. Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Unknown No No Active Feature geometry. Coordinates defining the features. OBJECTID Unknown No No Active Latitude NUMBER No No Active Latitude in decimal degrees 24.0 - 27.0 Longitude NUMBER No No Active Longitude in decimal degrees -85.0 - -75.0 Object_ID Unknown No No Active Unique identifier Sequential unique whole numbers Survey_Typ Unknown No No Active Type of survey used when data was collected by original source text field Date Unknown No No Active Date survey took place Date string field Area_Surve Unknown No No Active Area surveyed, if provided text field A__cervico Unknown No No Active Presence is defined as an area that was surveyed and the species was present on the given survey date. Absence is defined as an area that was surveyed and the species was not present on the given survey date. Text field A__palmata Unknown No No Active Presence is defined as an area that was surveyed and the species was present on the given survey date. Absence is defined as an area that was surveyed and the species was not present on the given survey date. Text field Depth__m_ NUMBER No No Active Depth of colony (m) 0 - 100 Location Unknown No No Active Descriptive location of sighting text field Notes Unknown No No Active Any pertinent notes taken at the time of data collection text field Source Unknown No No Active Source of the original data. text field Year Unknown No No Active Year extracted from "Date" four digit year Distributor 2015-07-10 Organization Southeast Regional Office SERO https://ror.org/01pctw149 263 13th Ave. South St. Petersburg FL 33701 USA (727)824-5301 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-regional-office About South East Regional Office Online Resource 8:00 am - 5:00 pm EST (727) 824-5301 Metadata Contact 2025-11-11 Person Moulding, Alison Leslie alison.moulding@noaa.gov https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8299-4253 Metadata Contact 2015-07-10 Person Frick, Amanda L amanda.frick@noaa.gov 263 13th Ave. South St. Petersburg FL 33701 USA 727-824-5301 727-824-5320 Originator 2015-07-10 Person Frick, Amanda L amanda.frick@noaa.gov 263 13th Ave. South St. Petersburg FL 33701 USA 727-824-5301 727-824-5320 Point of Contact 2025-11-11 Person Moulding, Alison Leslie alison.moulding@noaa.gov https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8299-4253 Point of Contact 2015-07-10 Person Moore, Jennifer Jennifer.Moore@noaa.gov 263 13th Ave. South St. Petersburg FL 33701 USA 727-824-5312 727-824-5309 Ground Condition -83.103 -64.56437 27.1317 17.75342 Range 1996-01-01 2014-06-21 Unclassified Available without restriction These data are unrestricted. Where possible, always acquire this dataset directly from FWC as other sources may have altered the original data. Users are encouraged to read and fully comprehend the metadata record prior to using these data. Please acknowledge the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) as the data source for any products developed from these data. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection techniques, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data. No restrictions on metadata Metadata must be distributed with the data set. https://portal.gulfcouncil.org/ESACoralDB.html 2015-07-10 Organization Southeast Regional Office https://ror.org/01pctw149 web map showing coral locations. SHP Shapefile 10.X http://myfwc.com/research Online Resource https://portal.gulfcouncil.org/ESACoralDB.html Other Web map showing coral locations. Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.0.4322 The inventory is not complete and will be added to with increasing observations. New and/or altered locations that are not currently present in the database will be added as data are made available. Data points that had no coordinates and data that were not logically consistent were removed by FWRI staff. These data are logically consistent. FWRI staff removed limited point data that were not logically consistent (such as in situ observations located far outside of reef zones). Data were collected from various sources. The datasets collected were not resampled and are presented in their original form as provided from the contributing agencies. 1 Locations of Acropora palmata presence were selected using the "Select by Attributes" tool. A new shapefiles was created from the selection resulting in the final palmata_present.shp. 2009-01-01T00:00:00 2 FWRI downloaded the Acropora_CREMP.shp, Acropora_DTNP.shp, Acropora_FKNMS.shp, Acropora_SEFSC.shp, Acropora_sp_obs.shp, APAL_present.shp, Elkhorn_Transect_pt.shp, NOVA_Acroporapres.shp, pbc_staghorn.shp, pr_acropora_distribution.shp, A palmata locations.shp, STC_APAL_biogeo_pres_abs.shp, STC_PAL_ACER_combo.shp, STJ_biogeo_APAL_pres_abs.shp, STJ_USGS_APAL_pres_abs.shp and UNCW_Acropora.shp files that were compiled by NOAA from various agencies. FWRI imported the shapefile to the Acropora geodatabase. 2009-01-01T00:00:00 3 All individual shapefiles were merged into a single shapefile depicting points of in situ observations. 2009-01-01T00:00:00 4 FWRI downloaded the Acropora_DERM_NOVA.xls, pbc2_staghorn.xls, Misc_acropora.xls and Acropora_SEFSCNEW.xls files that were provided by NOAA. FWRI converted the .xls files to shapefiles using the "Add X,Y" tool in ArcMap. FWRI defined the projection of the data as geographic North American 1983 HARN. FWRI then removed data points that were not logically consistent, such as points located outside of the reef zone. 2009-01-01T00:00:00 5 New Data were appended. 2014-09-22T00:00:00 25891 Entity gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:25890 Amanda Frick 2015-07-10T11:28:06 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-03-04T19:17:25 2019-05-30 Southeast Regional Office SERO 263 13th Ave. South St. Petersburg FL 33701 USA (727)824-5301 8:00 am - 5:00 pm EST 1001 Public No No 2019-05-30 1 Year 2020-05-30 Vector Entity point 24270 8.983152841195215e-009 8.983152841195215e-009 Decimal Degrees D WGS 1984 WGS 1984 6378137.0 298.257223563 Acropora_Presence_or_Absence_Locations Points represent survey locations where A. palmata was present User defined FID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. OBJECTID Latitude Latitude in decimal degrees User Defined 24.0 27.0 Longitude Longitude in decimal degrees User Defined -85.0 -75.0 Object_ID Unique identifier User Defined Sequential unique whole numbers Survey_Typ Type of survey used when data was collected by original source User Defined text field Date Date survey took place User Defined Date string field Area_Surve Area surveyed, if provided User Defined text field A__cervico Presence is defined as an area that was surveyed and the species was present on the given survey date. Absence is defined as an area that was surveyed and the species was not present on the given survey date. User Defined Text field A__palmata Presence is defined as an area that was surveyed and the species was present on the given survey date. Absence is defined as an area that was surveyed and the species was not present on the given survey date. User Defined Text field Depth__m_ Depth of colony (m) User Defined 0 100 Location Descriptive location of sighting User Defined text field Notes Any pertinent notes taken at the time of data collection User Defined text field Source Source of the original data. User Defined text field Year Year extracted from "Date" User defined four digit year