Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Center for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR)
Unpublished material
NOAA Point Shapefile - 100m2 Fish Density of Flower Gardens National Marine Sanctuary, United States,R/V Manta, Shallow water Dive Cruise, August 2011, WGS84
Beaufort, North Carolina
NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
The design of this field mission is three fold: (1) to spatially characterize the distribution, abundance and size of both reef fishes and macro invertebrates within and around the waters of the Flower Gardens National Marine Sanctuary using, (2) to relate this information to in-situ data collected on associated habitat parameters and (3) to use hydroacoustics technologies for a comprehensive assessment of East and West Bank. This information collected will be used to evaluate the utility of an experimental fishing closure on one of the most pristine reefs under US jurisdiction in the tropical Western Atlantic. Data collected during this mission (pre-closure) will provide baseline information necessary to evaluate closure efficacy and assess whether the closure should become permanent.
1. To design and implement a mobile fisheries sonar survey in concert with multibeam echosounder hydrographic surveys to assess and map fish densities and biomass within and outside proposed management zones.2. To assess distribution of fish densities relative to management and ecological reserve boundaries and other differences that may be associated with management zones and habitat types, particularly as fish distributions relate to movements between habitat types.3. To assess the extent of fish density distributions in comparison with diver visual surveys and fish community assessments.
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-93.871277
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27.833496
NCEI Geoportal FilterCoRIS_Metadata
CRCP Project
F058 Baseline assessment of fish and benthic communities of the Flower Garden Banks
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20666
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Fisheries Acoustics
Hydrographic Acoustics
Fish Survey
Splitbeam Sonar
120kHz
Simard
NOAA
Reef
Coral
EK60
Acoustics
ISO 19115 Topic Category
biota
002
environment
007
oceans
014
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Geographic Information > Biology
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Acoustics > Acoustic Attenuation/Transmission > Bioacoustics > Fishes
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish
None
Flower Garden National Marine Sanctuary
Flower Garden Banks
East Flower Garden Banks
West Flower Garden Banks
Gulf of Mexico
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Mexico > Flower Garden Banks > East Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0001)
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Mexico > Flower Garden Banks > West Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0002)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Texas > East Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0001)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Texas > West Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0002)
CoRIS Region
FGB
Please cite any use of this data.
None
Department of Commmerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Nation Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR), Applied Ecology and Restoration Research Branch
Chris Taylor
Ecologist
mailing and physical
101 Pivers Island Road
Beaufort
North Carolina
28516
2527283595
chris.taylor@noaa.gov
Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm
ESRI ArcGIS 10
Prior to survey, calibration was performed utilizing a tungsten sphere to get accurate target strength returns and then the calibration data was applied to the survey data.
All data was scrutinized and edited for bad data returns. Apply a tracking algorithmic to detect fish in the water column. All data analyses were conducted using Echoview 5.1 software.
The fish acoustic data is for the East and West Banks for the Flower Garden National Marine Sanctuary. Surveyed predefined areas of the sanctuary in a variety of habitats.
A 120kHz scientific split-beam acoustic system(Simrad EK60)was used to collect the acoustic data. Data was record and backed up to external hard drive during survey in a *.raw file format. Deployment of the transducer was of the side pole mount aboard the R/V Manta. GPS data was recorded straight to the .raw file from a Garmin GPS antenna. All equipment offsets were applied prior to the start of the survey in the acquisition software. Survey was set at 50m line spacing for the coral caps and 100m line spacing for the other habitat within the Sanctuary. All data was processed in Echoview 5.1 and an exported *.csv file was converted to a *.shp file.
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Point
Point
0.000001
0.000001
Decimal degrees
FGBNMS2011_ShallowDive
Fish Distribution in the Flower Gardens Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Fish are in 100 square meter resolution and divided into three categories: Small Fish(<11cm), Medium Fish(between 11cm to 29cm), and Large Fish(>29cm).
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR)
FID
Unique Feature Identifier
ERSI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
Geometric Shape
ERSI
Defines Geometry of shape
Interval
Area of the survey divided into 100 meter square sections
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR)
1
518
Latitude
The angular distance north or south of the earth's equator, measured in degrees.
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR)
27.838496
27.931089
Longitude
The angular distance East or West from the Prime Meridian, measured in deqrees.
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR)
-93.578144
-93.871277
Sm_Fish
Average Size of Small Fish <11cm in a given interval.
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR)
0
10.863059
cm
Sm_Density
Density of Small Fish(<11cm) in a given interval.
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR)
0
21.353922
Md_Fish
Average Size of Medium Fish between 11cm and 29cm in a given interval
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR)
0
28.625977
cm
Md_Density
Density of Medium Size Fish(between11cm and 29cm) in a given interval
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR)
0
82.988798
Lg_Fish
Average Size of Large Fish >29cm in a given interval
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR)
0
543.389705
cm
Lg_Density
Density of Large Fish >29cm in a given interval
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR)
0
11.082323
Density
All fish in a given interval
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR)
0
111.22152
Dist_above
The average distance off the sea floor of fish in a given interval.
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR)
0
67.961205
meters
DateLocal
Average Date(EST) of the data during collection for a given interval
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR)
2011-08-01
2011-08-05
TimeLocal
Average Time(EST) of the data during collection for a given interval
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR)
00:00:01
23:59:52
Time
DateGMT
Average Date(GMT) of the data during collection for a given interval
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR)
2011-08-02
2011-08-05
TimeGMT
Average Time(GMT) of the data during collection for a given interval
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR)
00:15:25
05:49:56
Time
The fish distribution table cover all of the area surveyed in May 2011 during ROV cruise and are divide into different fish classes by length.
Fields within fish distribution table are described as attributes within the Detailed Descriptions for the Entity
Department of Commmerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Nation Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR), Applied Ecology and Restoration Research Branch
Chris Taylor
mailing and physical
101 Piver Island Road
Beaufort
North Carolina
28516
2528380833
Offline Data
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compressed .zip file
compressed in a zipped file
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Contact Chris Taylor @ chris.taylor@noaa.gov
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Department of Commmerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Nation Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR), Applied Ecology and Restoration Research Branch
Erik Ebert
mailing and physical
101 Piver Island Road
Beaufort
North Carolina
28516
2527288751
erik.ebert@noaa.gov
Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm EST
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
20120209022100
None
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https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/fgb_shallowdive_2011.html
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