Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Status Report
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Data Set
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| ID: 30673
| Published / External
Created: 2016-02-11
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Last Modified: 2025-04-01
Project (PRJ) | ID: 64609
ID: 30673
Data Set (DS)
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» Metadata Rubric
Item Identification
| * » Title | Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Status Report |
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| * Status | Completed |
| Creation Date | 2016 |
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| * » Abstract |
The Gulf of Mexico is one of the most ecologically and economically valuable marine ecosystems in the world and is affected by a variety of natural and anthropogenic phenomena including climate, hurricanes, coastal development, agricultural runoff, oil spills, and fishing. These complex and interacting stressors, together with the highly dynamic nature of this ecosystem, present challenges for the effective management of its resources. We analyze a compilation of over 100 indicators representing physical, biological, and economic aspects of the Gulf of Mexico and find that an ecosystem-wide reorganization occurred in the mid-1990s. Further analysis of fishery landings composition data indicates a major shift in the late 1970s coincident with the advent of US national fisheries management policy, as well as significant shifts in the mid-1960s and the mid-1990s. These latter shifts are aligned temporally with changes in a major climate mode in the Atlantic Ocean: the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO). We provide an explanation for how the AMO may drive physical changes in the Gulf of Mexico, thus altering higher-level ecosystem dynamics. The hypotheses presented here should provide focus for further targeted studies, particularly in regard to whether and how management should adjust to different climate regimes or states of nature. Our study highlights the challenges in understanding the effects of climatic drivers against a background of multiple anthropogenic pressures, particularly in a system where these forces interact in complex and nonlinear ways. |
| * Purpose |
To develop ecosystem indicators for the Gulf of Mexico |
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This is a collection of indicators based on synthesis of hundreds of existing publically-available and private databases. The data have been reprocessed for the publications listed in column P. |
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Keywords
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| Thesaurus | Keyword |
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| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS |
| None | Ecosystem Management |
| None | fishery-dependent |
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| None | 1950-2015 |
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| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords | OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA |
| None | Gulf Of Mexico |
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| • » Organization | Southeast Fisheries Science Center |
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| • » City | Miami |
| • » State/Province | FL |
| • Country | USA |
| • » Location Description |
Location Of The Main Office Of The South East Fisheries Science Center |
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| » Data Presentation Form | Table (digital) |
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| * » Support Role | Data Steward |
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| * » Date Effective From | 2011 |
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| Person | Karnauskas, Mandy M |
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75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, FL 33149 USA |
| Email Address | mandy.karnauskas@noaa.gov |
| Phone | 305-361-4592 |
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Contact by email preferred. |
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| * » Date Effective From | 2011 |
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| Organization | Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) |
| Address |
75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, FL 33149 USA |
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| Phone | (305)361-5761 |
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| URL | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center |
| Business Hours | 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST |
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Contact by email preferred. |
| * » Support Role | Metadata Contact |
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| * » Date Effective From | 2014 |
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| Person | Schirripa, Michael J |
| Address |
75 VA Beach Dr Miami, FL 33139 |
| Email Address | michael.schirripa@noaa.gov |
| Phone | 305-361-4568 |
| Fax | 305-361-4219 |
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| Business Hours | 8:00-430 EST/EDT |
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| * » Support Role | Point of Contact |
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| * » Date Effective From | 2011 |
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| Person | Hoolihan, John |
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75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, FL 33149 USA |
| Email Address | john.hoolihan@noaa.gov |
| Phone | 305-365-4116 |
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| * » W° Bound | -98 |
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| * » E° Bound | -76 |
| * » N° Bound | 32 |
| * » S° Bound | 18 |
| * » Description |
Gulf Of Mexico |
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| * » Time Frame Type | Continuing |
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| * » Start | 2011 |
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| * » Security Class | Unclassified |
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Open to everyone |
| » Data Access Procedure |
Please Download From provided links |
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None |
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Not for use in litigation Please cite as appropriate |
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Published metadata is open to everyone |
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Please cite as appropriate |
Distribution Information
| Start Date | 2017 |
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| End Date | Present |
| » Download URL | http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ocd/ocdweb/ESR_GOMIEA/download.html |
| Distributor | Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) (2011 - Present) |
| File Name | ESR 2017 FINAL TIME SERIES DATA.zip |
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zip file download |
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| File Type (Deprecated) | Zip |
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| Review Status | Chked Viruses Inapp Content |
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URLs
| URL | https://www.integratedecosystemassessment.noaa.gov/regions/gulf-of-mexico/ |
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| Name | Homepage Gulf of Mexico Integrated Ecosystem Assessment |
| URL Type | Online Resource |
| File Resource Format | html |
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Gulf of Mexico Integrated Ecosystem Assessment "Balancing the needs of nature and society through integrated science for current and future generations of the Gulf of Mexico" |
| URL | https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/17422 |
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| Name | NOAA Fisheries 05/2017 workshop to review the status of ESRs |
| URL Type | Online Resource |
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Challenges, opportunities, and future directions to advance NOAA Fisheries ecosystem status reports (ESRs) : report of the National ESR Workshop |
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| » Quality Control Procedures Employed |
Karnauskas M, Schirripa MJ, Craig K, Cook G, Kelble C, Agar J, Black B, Enfield D, Lindo-Atichati D, Muhling B, Purcell K, Richards P ,Wang C (2015) Evidence of climate-driven ecosystem reorganization in the Gulf of Mexico. Global Change Biology doi: 10.1111/gcb.12894 |
Data Management
| » Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified? | No |
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| » Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management | 0 |
| » Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive? | Yes |
| » Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver? | No |
| » If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate | No |
| » Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination | 365 |
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| » Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location | No Archiving Intended |
| » If To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended, Explain | |
| » Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving | 365 |
| » How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive? |
The data resides on a secure government network requiring multi-factor authentication for network access. |
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| Citation Title | Evidence of climate‐driven ecosystem reorganization in the Gulf of Mexico |
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| Contact Role Type | Originator |
| Contact Type | Person |
| Contact Name | Mandy Karnauskas |
| Publish Date | 2015-03-16 |
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| Citation URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gcb.12894 |
| Citation URL Name | Global Change Biology Volume 21 Issues 7 July 2015 Pages 2554-2568 |
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Wiley Online Library |
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| Process Step Number | 1 |
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Various data sources compiled under Excel files and stored on the SEFSC server. |
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| Process Contact | Karnauskas, Mandy M |
| Phone (Voice) | 305-361-4592 |
| Email Address | mandy.karnauskas@noaa.gov |
| Source | Evidence of climate‐driven ecosystem reorganization in the Gulf of Mexico |
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| Entity (ENT) | ECOSYSTEM STATUS REPORT | |
| Entity (ENT) | Eutrophication.csv | |
| Document (DOC) | Evidence of climate-driven ecosystem reorganization in the Gulf of Mexico | |
| Entity (ENT) | SLR_state.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | SST_3regions.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | amo.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | articial_structuresFINAL.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | avePopDensity.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | aveSocialConnectedness.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | biodiversity.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | bird_standardized_abundancesFINAL.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | bottomDO.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | commercial_landings_revenue.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | economically_important_spp_abundance.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | human_pop.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | mean_trophic_level_catch.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | menhaden_abundance_index.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | npp.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | pH.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | recreational_effort.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | seagrass_acreage.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | stock_status | |
| Entity (ENT) | totalEmployment.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | totalGDP.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | total_lulc_urban.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | total_lulc_wetland.csv | |
| Entity (ENT) | zooplankton.csv | |
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Catalog Details
| Catalog Item ID | 30673 |
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| Metadata Record Created By | Carlos Rivero |
| Metadata Record Created | 2016-02-11 06:54+0000 |
| Metadata Record Last Modified By | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
| » Metadata Record Last Modified | 2025-04-01 17:16+0000 |
| Metadata Record Published | 2021-05-05 |
| Owner Org | SEFSC |
| Metadata Publication Status | Published Externally |
| Do Not Publish? | N |
| Metadata Workflow State | Published / External |
| Metadata Last Review Date | 2021-05-05 |
| Metadata Review Frequency | 1 Year |
| Metadata Next Review Date | 2022-05-05 |
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