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Description:
Title:
Cruise Report for NOAA Ship Nancy Foster NF-19-01: Mapping Essential Fish Habitat in the US Caribbean to Inform MPA Management (2019)
Author(s):
Battista, Tim
Shuler, Andrew
Taylor, Chris
Kraus, Jennifer
Bassett, Rachel
Salgado, Enrique
Etnoyer, Peter J
United States. National Ocean Service
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.)
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Corporate Name:
United States. National Ocean Service
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.)
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Dates of Publication:
2020
Abstract:
In 2019, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) undertook its fifteenth year of scientific operations in the US Caribbean aboard NOAA Ship Nancy Foster, funded by Coral Reef Conservation Program. The purpose of the work is to map and survey coral reef habitat in support of marine management objectives. The purpose of this cruise (project number NF-19-01) in particular was to collect multibeam sonar bathymetry, acoustic backscatter, ROV optical validation, and fishery acoustics within coastal waters of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Scientists collected high-resolution multibeam and fishery acoustic data in mid-water depths approximately 11 to 3066 meters, in order to continue characterizing seafloor habitats within all U.S. States, Territories, and Commonwealths. Multibeam data was collected to conform to International Hydrographic Organization accuracy standards (IHO, 2019) under Order 1 (< 100m) and Order 2 (> 100m). The strategies developed for each survey area took into account the minimum depths, general bathymetry, and time allotment. Video and still images were collected by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to characterize habitat and biology, and ground truth mapping data. A manipulator was added in 2019 to allow for specimen collections. The specimens are vouchers for benthic corals observed in visual surveys.
Keywords:
Coral reef management
Fishes
Habitat
Multibeam Mapping
Nancy Foster (Ship)
Place Keywords:
Caribbean Sea
United States
Local Corporate Name:
NOS (National Ocean Service)
NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Type of Resource:
Technical Report
Genre:
NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS ; 274
Note:
In 2019, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) undertook its fifteenth year of scientific operations in the US Caribbean aboard NOAA Ship Nancy Foster, funded by Coral Reef Conservation Program. The purpose of the work is to map and survey coral reef habitat in support of marine management objectives. The purpose of this cruise (project number NF-19-01) in particular was to collect multibeam sonar bathymetry, acoustic backscatter, ROV optical validation, and fishery acoustics within coastal waters of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Scientists collected high-resolution multibeam and fishery acoustic data in mid-water depths approximately 11 to 3066 meters, in order to continue characterizing seafloor habitats within all U.S. States, Territories, and Commonwealths. Multibeam data was collected to conform to International Hydrographic Organization accuracy standards (IHO, 2019) under Order 1 (< 100m) and Order 2 (> 100m). The strategies developed for each survey area took into account the minimum depths, general bathymetry, and time allotment. Video and still images were collected by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to characterize habitat and biology, and ground truth mapping data. A manipulator was added in 2019 to allow for specimen collections. The specimens are vouchers for benthic corals observed in visual surveys.
2020
NOS (National Ocean Service)
NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Submitted
https://doi.org/10.25923/4d02-aj05
Public Domain
1936
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