66803
Refinement of the Southern Florida Reef Tract Benthic Habitat Map With Habitat Use Patterns of Reef Fish Species
CRCP Report 31242
Document
Published / External
66801
Refinement of the Southern Florida Reef Tract Benthic Habitat Map with habitat use patterns of reef fish species (NCEI Accession 0224176)
Data Set
Completed
2020-11-02
2021
The benthic habitat map for the southern Florida coral reef ecosystem provides the critical infrastructure for: (i) large-scale baseline ecosystem monitoring surveys of fishes, corals, and macroinvertebrates and their habitats; (ii) ecological understanding of animal use of habitats and evaluation of the efficacy of spatial fishery management strategies (e.g., no-take marine reserves); and (iii) habitat-based fish abundance at length data for the entire reeffish community (exploited and non-targeted) with high spatial resolution for use in multi-species stock assessment models. Habitats are currently classified according to a qualitative, descriptive scheme e.g., patch reefs, reef pavement, reef rubble, etc. at a minimum resolution of 100 x 100 m map units (i.e., grid cells). At this scale, monitoring costs increase and usability is limited because the ability to discriminate among highly productive habitats is reduced. Recently, high resolution remote-sensed mapping products for bathymetry have become available for the southern Florida coral reef tract. Concurrently, analytical methods utilizing these mapping products have been developed to derive quantitative metrics of benthic characteristics, e.g., reef complexity, etc., which enable more refined classification of reef habitats
To develop a refined benthic habitat map for the southern Florida reef tract based on quantitative habitat metrics at a spatial scale of 50 x 50 m map units
Author
2021
Person
Luo, Jiangang
j.luo@miami.edu
(305) 421-4847
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jiangang-Luo-2
Jiangang Luo Researchgate Page
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Author
2021
Person
Ault, Jerald S
j.ault@miami.edu
(305) 421-4884
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jerald-Ault
Researchgate Page Jerald Ault
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Author
2021
Person
Smith, Steven G
s.smith3@miami.edu
(305) 978-7547.
Collaborator
2021
Person
Grove, Laura
jay.grove@noaa.gov
75 VA Beach Drive
Miami
FL
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Collaborator
2021
Person
Johnson, Matthew W
matthew.johnson@noaa.gov
75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami
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33149
305-361-4213
305-365-4103
Collaborator
2021
Person
Blondeau, Jeremiah
jeremiah.blondeau@noaa.gov
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Miami
FL
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USA
305-361-4252
Distributor
2021
Organization
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
NCEI-MD
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2021
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0224176/1.1/data/0-data/DRTO_50m_SampFrame/DRTO_50m_SampFrame/CRCP_Final_Project_Report_31242_FL_Reef_Tract_Habitat_Mapping_50m_grid_2Nov2020.pdf
2021
Organization
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
CRCP_Final_Project_Report_31242_FL_Reef_Tract_Habitat_Mapping_50m_grid_2Nov2020.pdf
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66803
Lee Weinberger
2022-03-14T18:21:17
Lee Weinberger
2023-08-28T19:52:39
2023-08-28
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
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2022-03-16
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2023-03-16