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RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: Linking habitat to recruitment: evaluating the importance of pelagic Sargassum to fisheries management in the Gulf of Mexico

Data Set (DS)  |  National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:63230  |  Updated: April 1, 2025  |  Published / External 
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Summary

RESTORE Science Program

Short Citation
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, 2025: RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: Linking habitat to recruitment: evaluating the importance of pelagic Sargassum to fisheries management in the Gulf of Mexico, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/63230.
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Abstract

This project will evaluate the importance of Sargassum as a nursery habitat for fish in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Distribution Information

  • CRUISE ID: PS1826

    Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. 2022. Point Sur 1826, Gulfport, Mississippi, 2018-05-30 to 2018-06-06. Rolling Deck to Repository. https://doi.org/10.7284/909403

  • CRUISE ID: PS1804

    Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. 2022. Point Sur 1804, Gulfport, Mississippi, 2017-07-20 to 2017-07-28. Rolling Deck to Repository. https://doi.org/10.7284/909356

  • Monthly SST and color index (CI) in the Gulf of Mexico

    Zhang, Y., and C. Hu. 2021. Data from: Ocean temperature and color frontal zones in the Gulf of Mexico: Where, when, and why. Mendeley Data. Dataset. http://doi.org/10.17632/g6sn7ppk42.1

  • Microplastics

    Lestrade, O., and F. Hernandez. 2021. NOAA RESTORE Science Program: linking habitat to recruitment: evaluating the importance of pelagic sargassum to fisheries management in the Gulf of Mexico: microplastic concentration and ingestion in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, 2017-07-20 to 2019-06-04 (NCEI Accession 0232040). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/99m4-wn96

  • Sargassum density from MODIS

    Wang, M., C. Hu, and B. Barnes. 2019. Sargassum density and coverage using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite data from 2001-01-01 to 2018-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0190272). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0190272

  • CRUISE ID: PS1922

    Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. 2020. Point Sur 1922, Gulfport, Mississippi, 2019-05-28 to 2019-06-05. Rolling Deck to Repository. https://doi.org/10.7284/908581

  • CRUISE ID: PS1903

    Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. 2020. Point Sur 1903, Gulfport, Mississippi, 2018-07-08 to 2018-07-17. Rolling Deck to Repository. https://doi.org/10.7284/908580

Access Constraints:

None

Use Constraints:

None

Controlled Theme Keywords

BROWN ALGAE, DYNAMIC VEGETATION/ECOSYSTEM MODELS, FISHERIES

Child Items

No Child Items for this record.

Contact Information

Point of Contact
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Metadata Contact
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-98° W, -82° E, 31° N, 18° S

RESTORE Program

Time Frame 1
2017-06 - 2021-05

Project

Time Frame 2
2018-07-08 - 2018-07-17

Field cruise

Time Frame 3
2019-05-28 - 2019-06-05

Field cruise

Item Identification

Title: RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: Linking habitat to recruitment: evaluating the importance of pelagic Sargassum to fisheries management in the Gulf of Mexico
Short Name: Project: Hernandez, Sargassum
Status: In Work
Creation Date: 2017
Publication Date: 2020
Abstract:

This project will evaluate the importance of Sargassum as a nursery habitat for fish in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Purpose:

Sargassum is thought to serve as nursery habitat for recreationally and commercially important fishes in the Gulf of Mexico, such as gray triggerfish and mahi mahi. However, information about the nursery function of Sargassum for juvenile life stages of these fishes is lacking, and managers know little about the environmental factors that drive variability in Sargassum abundance and distribution.

The relationship between Sargassum and fish recruitment will be used to develop a long-term forecast system to provide fishery managers with a way to link changes in weather, ocean, and climate conditions to changes in Sargassum and subsequent changes in fish recruitment. This study will try to determine if a “good” Sargassum year results in “good” recruitment for a suite of managed fisheries species.

This project is led by the University of Southern Mississippi in partnership with the University of South Florida and NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center.

This project is funded by the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) RESTORE Science Program under award NA17NOS4510099 to the University of Southern Mississippi.

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES > FISHERIES
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MACROALGAE (SEAWEEDS) > BROWN ALGAE
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Service Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > MODELS > DYNAMIC VEGETATION/ECOSYSTEM MODELS
UNCONTROLLED
NCCOS Keywords NCCOS Research Data Type > Field Observation
NCCOS Keywords NCCOS Research Data Type > Model
NCCOS Keywords NCCOS Sponsored Research > RESTORE Science Program

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA
UNCONTROLLED
NCCOS Keywords NCCOS Research Location > Region > Gulf of Mexico

Physical Location

Organization: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
City: Silver Spring
State/Province: MD

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Presentation Form: Table (digital)

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 993586
Date Effective From: 2020
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
Email Address: NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Distributor

CC ID: 1183899
Date Effective From: 2021
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Email Address: ncei.info@noaa.gov
URL: NCEI Contact Information

Distributor

CC ID: 1183898
Date Effective From: 2019
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Email Address: ncei.info@noaa.gov
URL: NCEI Contact Information

Distributor

CC ID: 993679
Date Effective From: 2018
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R)
Email Address: info@rvdata.us
URL: Website Home Page

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 993587
Date Effective From: 2020
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
Email Address: NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Point of Contact

CC ID: 993588
Date Effective From: 2017
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
Email Address: NCCOS.data@noaa.gov
Contact Instructions:

Mandy Karnauskas, NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center, mandy.karnauskas@noaa.gov

Frank Parker, NOAA RESTORE Science Program, frank.parker@noaa.gov
View Historical Support Roles

Extents

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 993599
W° Bound: -98
E° Bound: -82
N° Bound: 31
S° Bound: 18
Description

RESTORE Program

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 993597
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2017-06
End: 2021-05
Description:

Project

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 2

CC ID: 993606
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2018-07-08
End: 2018-07-17
Description:

Field cruise

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 3

CC ID: 993677
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2019-05-28
End: 2019-06-05
Description:

Field cruise

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Procedure:

Download from website
Data Access Constraints:

None
Data Use Constraints:

None

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 1183897
Start Date: 2022
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://doi.org/10.7284/909403
Distributor: Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) (2018 - Present)
File Name: CRUISE ID: PS1826
Description:

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. 2022. Point Sur 1826, Gulfport, Mississippi, 2018-05-30 to 2018-06-06. Rolling Deck to Repository. https://doi.org/10.7284/909403
File Type (Deprecated): Multiple formats

Distribution 2

CC ID: 1183896
Start Date: 2022
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://www.rvdata.us/search/cruise/PS1804
Distributor: Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) (2018 - Present)
File Name: CRUISE ID: PS1804
Description:

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. 2022. Point Sur 1804, Gulfport, Mississippi, 2017-07-20 to 2017-07-28. Rolling Deck to Repository. https://doi.org/10.7284/909356
File Type (Deprecated): Multiple formats

Distribution 3

CC ID: 1183902
Start Date: 2021-09-18
End Date: Present
Download URL: http://doi.org/10.17632/g6sn7ppk42.1
Distributor:
File Name: Monthly SST and color index (CI) in the Gulf of Mexico
Description:

Zhang, Y., and C. Hu. 2021. Data from: Ocean temperature and color frontal zones in the Gulf of Mexico: Where, when, and why. Mendeley Data. Dataset. http://doi.org/10.17632/g6sn7ppk42.1
File Type (Deprecated): Zip
Compression: Zip

Distribution 4

CC ID: 1183901
Start Date: 2021-09-13
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://doi.org/10.25921/99m4-wn96
Distributor: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2021 - Present)
File Name: Microplastics
Description:

Lestrade, O., and F. Hernandez. 2021. NOAA RESTORE Science Program: linking habitat to recruitment: evaluating the importance of pelagic sargassum to fisheries management in the Gulf of Mexico: microplastic concentration and ingestion in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, 2017-07-20 to 2019-06-04 (NCEI Accession 0232040). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/99m4-wn96
File Type (Deprecated): NCEI Archived Data Accession

Distribution 5

CC ID: 1183900
Start Date: 2019-06-26
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0190272
Distributor: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2019 - Present)
File Name: Sargassum density from MODIS
Description:

Wang, M., C. Hu, and B. Barnes. 2019. Sargassum density and coverage using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite data from 2001-01-01 to 2018-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0190272). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0190272
File Type (Deprecated): NCEI Archived Data Accession

Distribution 6

CC ID: 993678
Start Date: 2019-05-28
End Date: 2019-06-05
Download URL: https://www.rvdata.us/search/cruise/PS1922
Distributor: Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) (2018 - Present)
File Name: CRUISE ID: PS1922
Description:

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. 2020. Point Sur 1922, Gulfport, Mississippi, 2019-05-28 to 2019-06-05. Rolling Deck to Repository. https://doi.org/10.7284/908581
File Type (Deprecated): Multiple formats

Distribution 7

CC ID: 993604
Start Date: 2018-07-08
End Date: 2018-07-17
Download URL: https://doi.org/10.7284/908580
Distributor: Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) (2018 - Present)
File Name: CRUISE ID: PS1903
Description:

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. 2020. Point Sur 1903, Gulfport, Mississippi, 2018-07-08 to 2018-07-17. Rolling Deck to Repository. https://doi.org/10.7284/908580
File Type (Deprecated): Multiple formats

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 993590
URL: https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/restore/restore_tagbottom.png
Name: RESTORE Science Program
URL Type:
Browse Graphic
RESTORE Science Program
Description:

RESTORE Science Program Logo

URL 2

CC ID: 993591
URL: https://restoreactscienceprogram.noaa.gov/projects/sargassum
Name: Sargassum
URL Type:
Online Resource
Description:

RESTORE Research Project Webpage: Linking habitat to recruitment: evaluating the importance of pelagic Sargassum to fisheries management in the Gulf of Mexico

Data Quality

Completeness Report:

For details, see Distribution Information.
Quality Control Procedures Employed:

For details of data quality control methods, see Lineage Sources. All users should independently analyze the datasets according to their own needs and standards to determine data usability.

Data Management

Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: No
Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: Unknown
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: Yes
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: No
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: 2 years
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: Other
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: 2 years
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?:

NCCOS IT Policy

Lineage

Lineage Statement:

To evaluate the nursery function and importance of Sargassum to fisheries in a way that is useful to fisheries managers, and to better understand the ocean and climate conditions that result in “good” Sargassum years, the researchers will measure variability in the distribution and abundance of Sargassum in the northern Gulf of Mexico. They will also assess the nursery-role function of Sargassum relative to its location and variability in different habitats (open ocean vs. nearer to shore) and the morphology (i.e. thickness) of Sargassum mats. Additionally, they will develop and test the usefulness of including measures of the capacity for Sargassum to serve as juvenile fish nursery habitat (i.e. habitat indices) in population assessments of recreationally and commercially important fish species associated with Sargassum. These habitat indices will be developed using data collected from satellites and ships in the field.

Acquisition Information

Instruments

Instrument Unavailable Reason: Not Applicable

Platforms

Platform Unavailable Reason: Not Applicable

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 63230
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:63230
Metadata Record Created By: Jessica Morgan
Metadata Record Created: 2020-11-18 18:10+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2025-04-01 17:16+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2020-11-18
Owner Org: NCCOS
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2020-11-18
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2021-11-18