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Title: Coral Demographics Survey Field Protocols for U.S. Atlantic: Florida, Flower Garden Banks, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands 2022
Abstract:

The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP)'s biological sampling provides a biennal ecological characterization of general reef condition for reef fishes, corals, and benthic habitat (i.e., fish species composition, density, and size; coral species composition, density, size, condition; and benthic community cover) at a broad spatial scale ( CRCP 2021). In the U.S. Atlantic, NCRMP biological sampling includes coral reef and hardbottom habitats in Florida, Flower Garden Banks, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. NCRMP conducts surveys at stratified random sites where the sampling domain for each geographic region is partitioned by habitat type and depth, sub-regional location (e.g., along-shelf position), and management zone.

NCRMP surveying provides data from a broader geographic context that complements a mosaic of regional and local (site-specific) coral reef monitoring. For corals and benthic communities, NCRMP data are compatible with stratified random sampling programs (Florida Reef Resilience Program's Disturbance Response Monitoring (DRM, Florida; 2005-present), and Sanctuary Coral Reef Ecosystem Assessment and Monitoring [SCREAM, Florida; 1999, “2011]). Coral reef monitoring is also led by each region in programs that include the Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project (CREMP, Florida), the U.S. Virgin Islands Territorial Coral Reef Monitoring Program (TCRMP, USVI), and the Puerto Rico Coral Monitoring Program [PR CRMP]). Other sampling programs occur Caribbean-wide (e.g., Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment [AGRRA, Caribbean-wide])

Other Citation Details:

Coral Demographics Survey Field Protocols for U.S. Atlantic: Florida,

Flower Garden Banks, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands

2022 doi: 10.25923/9a1r-m911

DOI (Digital Object Identifier): 10.25923/9a1r-m911
DOI Registration Authority: NOAA

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Document Type: Documentation
Format: Acrobat Portable Document Format
Status Code: Published

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CC ID: 1276196
Date Effective From: 2022
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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

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CC ID: 1276197
Date Effective From: 2022
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Contact (Organization): NOAA Institutional Repository (REPOS)
Email Address: noaa.repository@noaa.gov
URL: NOAA Institutional Repository Home Page

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CC ID: 1276195
Start Date: 2022
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/41726/noaa_41726_DS1.pdf
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CC ID: 1276198
URL: https://www.doi.org/10.25923/9a1r-m911

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Catalog Item ID: 71089
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:71089
Metadata Record Created By: Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created: 2023-10-12 08:25+0000
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Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-10-17 16:12+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2023-10-12
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Metadata Last Review Date: 2023-10-12
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Metadata Next Review Date: 2024-10-12