Coral Demographics Survey Protocol for the U.S. Caribbean and Flower Garden Banks
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Summary
NCRMP is a broad-spatial snapshot for reef condition (i.e. fish species composition/density/size, benthic cover, and coral density/size/condition) to provide context for local-scale studies of tropical reef ecosystems. Data collection will occur at stratified random sites where the sampling domain for each region (e.g. Puerto Rico, USVI, Flower Garden Banks and Florida) is partitioned by habitat type and depth, sub-regional location (e.g. along-shelf position) and management zone. NCRMP is intended to supplement local monitoring efforts by providing large-scale data on reef fishes and the benthos.
This coral demographics protocol was devised to provide additional, species-specific insight (and signal magnitude) for corals than is provided by percent cover. Specifics of the protocol are based closely on other long-established monitoring programs in the Atlantic region, including AGRRA (Caribbean-wide), SCREAM (Florida), and FRRP (Florida). However, the sampling resolution may not capture the population structure of rare or uncommon corals, including currently-listed or proposed ESA species.
Document Information
Document Type
Documentation
Document Format
Acrobat Portable Document Format
Publication Date
2021
Distribution Information
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PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format, 1.1 MB
2014 Coral Demographics Survey Protocol for the U.S. Caribbean and Flower Garden Banks
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PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format, 1.3M
2016 Coral Demographics Survey Protocol for the U.S. Caribbean and Flower Garden Banks
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Distributor
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD)
(301) 713-3277
Item Identification
| Title: | Coral Demographics Survey Protocol for the U.S. Caribbean and Flower Garden Banks |
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| Short Name: | 2014 and 2016 Coral Demographics Survey Protocols |
| Status: | Completed |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Abstract: |
NCRMP is a broad-spatial snapshot for reef condition (i.e. fish species composition/density/size, benthic cover, and coral density/size/condition) to provide context for local-scale studies of tropical reef ecosystems. Data collection will occur at stratified random sites where the sampling domain for each region (e.g. Puerto Rico, USVI, Flower Garden Banks and Florida) is partitioned by habitat type and depth, sub-regional location (e.g. along-shelf position) and management zone. NCRMP is intended to supplement local monitoring efforts by providing large-scale data on reef fishes and the benthos. This coral demographics protocol was devised to provide additional, species-specific insight (and signal magnitude) for corals than is provided by percent cover. Specifics of the protocol are based closely on other long-established monitoring programs in the Atlantic region, including AGRRA (Caribbean-wide), SCREAM (Florida), and FRRP (Florida). However, the sampling resolution may not capture the population structure of rare or uncommon corals, including currently-listed or proposed ESA species. |
| Notes: |
There are two versions of this document that may be downloaded , the 2014 version and the 2016 version. |
Document Information
| Document Type: | Documentation |
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| Format: | Acrobat Portable Document Format |
| Status Code: | Published |
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Author
| Date Effective From: | 2014 |
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| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Organization): | NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) |
| Address: |
1305 East West Highway 10th Floor Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281 |
| Phone: | (301) 713-3155 |
| URL: | https://coralreef.noaa.gov |
Distributor
| Date Effective From: | 2021 |
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| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Organization): | National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) |
| Address: |
NOAA/NESDIS E/OC SSMC3, 4th Floor, 1351 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 |
| Phone: | (301) 713-3277 |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
| Start Date: | 2021 |
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| End Date: | Present |
| Download URL: | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0224418/1.1/data/0-data/NCRMP_PR2014-2016_Benthics_Updated_Submission/Documentation/NCRMP_CaribGOM_Protocol_Benthic_CoralDemographic_2014.pdf |
| Distributor: | National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2021 - Present) |
| File Name: | NCRMP_CaribGOM_Protocol_Benthic_CoralDemographic_2014.pdf |
| Description: |
2014 Coral Demographics Survey Protocol for the U.S. Caribbean and Flower Garden Banks |
| File Date/Time: | 2015-09-18 11:24:00 |
| File Type (Deprecated): | |
| Distribution Format: | PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format |
| File Size: | 1.1 MB |
Distribution 2
| Start Date: | 2021 |
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| End Date: | Present |
| Download URL: | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0224418/1.1/data/0-data/NCRMP_PR2014-2016_Benthics_Updated_Submission/Documentation/NCRMP_CaribGOM_Protocol_Benthic_CoralDemographic_2016.pdf |
| Distributor: | National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2021 - Present) |
| File Name: | NCRMP_CaribGOM_Protocol_Benthic_CoralDemographic_2016.pdf |
| Description: |
2016 Coral Demographics Survey Protocol for the U.S. Caribbean and Flower Garden Banks |
| File Date/Time: | 2021-01-12 16:59:00 |
| File Type (Deprecated): | |
| Distribution Format: | PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format |
| File Size: | 1.3M |
Catalog Details
| Catalog Item ID: | 70755 |
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| GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:70755 |
| Metadata Record Created By: | Lee M Weinberger |
| Metadata Record Created: | 2023-09-03 21:45+0000 |
| Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
| Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2023-10-17 16:12+0000 |
| Metadata Record Published: | 2023-09-04 |
| Owner Org: | SEFSC |
| Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
| Do Not Publish?: | N |
| Metadata Last Review Date: | 2023-09-04 |
| Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
| Metadata Next Review Date: | 2024-09-04 |