Reef Visual Census (RVC) data.
Data Set (DS) | Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:8585 | Updated: August 9, 2022 | Published / External
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Summary
Short Citation
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 2025: Reef Visual Census (RVC) data., https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/8585.
Full Citation Examples
Provide data on frequency of occurrence , density abundance, and length frequency of reef fish throughout Florida reef tract from 1978 forward.
Distribution Information
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Landing Page for Data Download Program
None
Please cite
Child Items
| Type | Title |
|---|---|
| Entity | Benthic Data |
| Entity | Samples |
| Entity | Stratum |
| Entity | Taxonomic_Data.csv |
Contact Information
Point of Contact
Jeremiah Blondeau
jeremiah.blondeau@noaa.gov
305-361-4252
Metadata Contact
Jeremiah Blondeau
jeremiah.blondeau@noaa.gov
305-361-4252
Extents
-83.031809° W,
-79.982536° E,
26.996169° N,
24.549402° S
Atlantic Ocean, U.S. South
1979 - Present
Item Identification
| Title: | Reef Visual Census (RVC) data. |
|---|---|
| Short Name: | Reef Fish Visual Census Data |
| Status: | In Work |
| Abstract: |
Provide data on frequency of occurrence , density abundance, and length frequency of reef fish throughout Florida reef tract from 1978 forward. |
| Purpose: |
Long-term monitoring of Florida reef fishery species. |
| Notes: |
Continuous, long-term, fisheries independent two-stage stratified random monitoring program. Starting in 2014, RVC folded into the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) and now includes a more focused line-point intercept and coral demographic Data from 1999 forward is available for download via interactive program |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
|---|---|
| UNCONTROLLED | |
| None | abundance |
| None | benthic data |
| None | distribution |
| None | Environmental Data |
| None | fisheries-independent data |
| None | habitats |
| None | queryable data |
| None | Reef Fish |
| None | Reefs |
| None | survey data |
Temporal Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
|---|---|
| UNCONTROLLED | |
| None | 1978-present |
Spatial Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
|---|---|
| UNCONTROLLED | |
| None | Coastal Waters of Florida |
| None | Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary |
| None | Gulf Of Mexico |
Physical Location
| Organization: | Southeast Fisheries Science Center |
|---|---|
| City: | Miami |
| State/Province: | FL |
| Country: | USA |
| Location Description: |
Location Of The Main Office Of The South East Fisheries Science Center |
Data Set Information
| Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
|---|---|
| Data Presentation Form: | Table (digital) |
Support Roles
Data Steward
| Date Effective From: | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Blondeau, Jeremiah |
| Address: |
75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, FL 33149 USA |
| Email Address: | jeremiah.blondeau@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | 305-361-4252 |
| Contact Instructions: |
Contact by email preferred. |
Distributor
| Date Effective From: | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Organization): | Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) |
| Address: |
75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, FL 33149 USA |
| Phone: | (305)361-5761 |
| URL: | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center |
| Business Hours: | 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST |
Metadata Contact
| Date Effective From: | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Blondeau, Jeremiah |
| Address: |
75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, FL 33149 USA |
| Email Address: | jeremiah.blondeau@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | 305-361-4252 |
| Contact Instructions: |
Contact by email preferred. |
Point of Contact
| Date Effective From: | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Blondeau, Jeremiah |
| Address: |
75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, FL 33149 USA |
| Email Address: | jeremiah.blondeau@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | 305-361-4252 |
| Contact Instructions: |
Contact by email preferred. |
Extents
| Currentness Reference: | Ground Condition |
|---|
Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
| W° Bound: | -83.031809 | |
|---|---|---|
| E° Bound: | -79.982536 | |
| N° Bound: | 26.996169 | |
| S° Bound: | 24.549402 | |
| Description |
Atlantic Ocean, U.S. South |
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Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
| Time Frame Type: | Continuing |
|---|---|
| Start: | 1979 |
Access Information
| Security Class: | Unclassified |
|---|---|
| Data Access Policy: |
To qualified Researchers |
| Data Access Procedure: |
Download from provided links |
| Data Access Constraints: |
None |
| Data Use Constraints: |
Please cite |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
| Download URL: | https://grunt.sefsc.noaa.gov/rvc_analysis20/ |
|---|---|
| Distributor: | Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) (1978 - Present) |
| Description: |
Landing Page for Data Download Program |
URLs
URL 1
| URL: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2011.01.012 |
|---|---|
| Name: | Multispecies survey design for assessing reef-fish stocks, spatially explicit management performance, and ecosystem condition |
| URL Type: |
Online Resource
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| Description: |
Steven G. Smith, Jerald S. Ault, James A. Bohnsack, Douglas E. Harper, Jiangang Luo, David B. McClellan, Multispecies survey design for assessing reef-fish stocks, spatially explicit management performance, and ecosystem condition, Fisheries Research, Volume 109, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-41, ISSN 0165-7836, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2011.01.012 |
Data Quality
| Quality Control Procedures Employed: |
Data entry (server and client-side) error and bound checks.Physical proofing that field datasheets match computer entered data.Automated (R, SAS, Python) checks for additional miss-entry and bound errors. |
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Data Management
| Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: | No |
|---|---|
| Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: | 10 |
| Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: | Yes |
| Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: | No |
| If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate: | No |
| Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: | 90 |
| If Delay is Longer than Latency of Automated Processing, Indicate Under What Authority Data Access is Delayed: |
None |
| Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: | To Be Determined |
| If To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended, Explain: |
N/A |
| Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: | 120 |
| How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?: |
The data resides on a secure government network requiring multi-factor authentication for network access. |
Lineage
Process Steps
Process Step 1
| Description: |
Data is proofed for accuracy through a series of QAQC steps. Elemental data is currently stored in MS Access Database. An additional Analysis Ready dataset is housed on NOAA server. Analysis Ready datasets area created upon completion of QAQC procedures, yearly, and are a long flat text file where replicate samples are averaged (at the Second Stage Unit) and all zeros added to insure appropriate calculations are made. |
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Child Items
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Type | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Entity | Benthic Data | |
| Entity | Samples | |
| Entity | Stratum | |
| Entity | Taxonomic_Data.csv |
Catalog Details
| Catalog Item ID: | 8585 |
|---|---|
| GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:8585 |
| Metadata Record Created By: | Lee M Weinberger |
| Metadata Record Created: | 2008-12-11 03:08+0000 |
| Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
| Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2022-08-09 17:11+0000 |
| Metadata Record Published: | 2022-03-21 |
| Owner Org: | SEFSC |
| Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
| Do Not Publish?: | N |
| Metadata Last Review Date: | 2022-03-21 |
| Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
| Metadata Next Review Date: | 2023-03-21 |