63230 Project: Hernandez, Sargassum Data Set Published / External 56760 FY17 Project In Work 2017 2020 This project will evaluate the importance of Sargassum as a nursery habitat for fish in the northern Gulf of Mexico. 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. Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES > FISHERIES Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MACROALGAE (SEAWEEDS) > BROWN ALGAE Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Service Keywords EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > MODELS > DYNAMIC VEGETATION/ECOSYSTEM MODELS Spatial Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA Theme NCCOS Keywords NCCOS Research Data Type > Field Observation Theme NCCOS Keywords NCCOS Research Data Type > Model Theme NCCOS Keywords NCCOS Sponsored Research > RESTORE Science Program Spatial NCCOS Keywords NCCOS Research Location > Region > Gulf of Mexico Spatial Gulf of Mexico National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Silver Spring MD Data Set Table (digital) None None None Data Steward 2020 Position NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov Distributor 2021 Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NCEI ncei.info@noaa.gov https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. Online Resource Distributor 2019 Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NCEI ncei.info@noaa.gov https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. Online Resource Distributor 2018 Organization Rolling Deck to Repository R2R info@rvdata.us http://www.rvdata.us/ Website Home Page Homepage for the organization. Online Resource Metadata Contact 2020 Position NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov Point of Contact 2017 Position NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov Mandy Karnauskas, NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center, mandy.karnauskas@noaa.gov Frank Parker, NOAA RESTORE Science Program, frank.parker@noaa.gov Principal Investigator 2017 2021 Position NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov Principal Investigator: • Frank Hernandez (Lead Investigator, The University of Southern Mississippi, frank.hernandez@usm.edu) Additional Principal Investigators: • Chuanmin Hu (University of South Florida) • Kevin Dillon (The University of Southern Mississippi) • Glenn Zapfe (NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center) • Walter Ingram (NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center) -98 -82 31 18 RESTORE Program Range 2017-06 2021-05 Project Range 2018-07-08 2018-07-17 Field cruise Range 2019-05-28 2019-06-05 Field cruise Unclassified Download from website None None http://doi.org/10.17632/g6sn7ppk42.1 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 Zip Zip https://doi.org/10.25921/99m4-wn96 2021 Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 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 NCEI Archived Data Accession https://doi.org/10.7284/908580 2018 Organization Rolling Deck to Repository 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 Multiple formats https://doi.org/10.7284/909403 2018 Organization Rolling Deck to Repository 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 Multiple formats https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0190272 2019 Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 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 NCEI Archived Data Accession https://www.rvdata.us/search/cruise/PS1804 2018 Organization Rolling Deck to Repository 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 Multiple formats https://www.rvdata.us/search/cruise/PS1922 2018 Organization Rolling Deck to Repository 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 Multiple formats https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/restore/restore_tagbottom.png RESTORE Science Program Browse Graphic RESTORE Science Program Logo https://restoreactscienceprogram.noaa.gov/projects/sargassum Sargassum Online Resource RESTORE Research Project Webpage: Linking habitat to recruitment: evaluating the importance of pelagic Sargassum to fisheries management in the Gulf of Mexico For details, see Distribution Information. 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. No Unknown Yes No 2 years Other 2 years NCCOS IT Policy 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. 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