This data set is an ArcView shapefile set that contains locations of sampled coral reef fish species at the National Marine Sanctuary along the Florida Keys. The dataset contains information about 5 classes of coral reefs, 216 fish species, and 6 benthic habitat. The data were collected from 1982.
This data set is a result of the effort by the NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program to monitor and map coral reef fish population in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Files 1979-98_Site-Bottom-Species_Matrix5-dbf.doc (MSWord) and Species.dbf are included as part of this data set in addition to Arcview-specific (.shp, .shx,) and shape files. For correct display, .dbf, .shx, .shp files are used in conjunction with Arcview (ESRI) or compatible software. The supplemental files and the NOAA Technical Memorandum 427 Baseline Data for Evaluating Reef Fish Populations in the Florida Keys, 1979-1998 (TM427.pdf) are available in the in this directory http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0001/0001394/01-version/data/0-data/ Definition of fields in species.dbf (table) accessible with spreadsheet software. CODE - Species code in the data table. It is composed of the first 3 letters of the genus and the first 4 letters of the species separated by a space. SCIENTIFIC- Scientific name of the fish species. COMMON- Common name of the fish species. FAMILY- Scientific name of the fish family. COMMONFAM- Common name of the fish family. FAM_ORD- Phyletic sequence of the fish family based on literature. Values are codes that represent the levels of evolutionary development of the family. The higher level of evolutionary development (more advanced), the higher value in the numeric code. The lower level of evolutionary development (more primitive), the lower value in the numeric code. Robins, C. R., R. M. Bailey, C. E. Bond, J. R. Brooker, E. A. Lachner, R. N. Lea, and W. B. Scott, 1991. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 20, 183p. MIN_SIZE- Minimum size (diver observable) of the fish based on literature. MAX_SIZE- Maximum size of the fish based on literature. PREDATOR- "P" denotes the predator status of the fish based on literature. Resource Description: Florida Reef Fish Visual Census 1978-1998 Matrix
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This FGDC /NBII format metdata record was developed as a joint effort by the SEFC and the NODC. The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS; http://www.itis.usda.gov/) was utilized as an aid to complete upper level species classifications FOR THIS METADATA RECORD ONLY. *NO ORIGINAL DATA IS ALTERED BY THE NODC.* Additional taxomic resources utilized to complete the METADATA RECORD include Bishop Museum webite (http://www.bishopmuseum.org/); MarLIN is an initiative of the Marine Biological Association of the UK in collaboration with major holders and users of marine biological data (http://www.marlin.ac.uk/index2.htm?demo/Litcor.htm); The Tree of Life is a collaborative web project, produced by biologists from around the world. On more than 2600 World Wide Web pages, the Tree of Life provides information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their history, and characteristics (http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html); Australian Opheliidae (Polychaeta) DELTA database (http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/poly/ophitems.html); European register of Marine Species (http://erms.biol.soton.ac.uk/lists/brief/Polychaeta.shtml); CRUSTACEANS OF THE CNMI (http://www.crm.gov.mp/marine/biodiversity/crusties/crust.htm); Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification (http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Main/Classification/..%5C..%5C..%5CMain%5CClassification%5C15265.htm); Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce (http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLSpec/aspecies2.htm); Cephalaspidea from around the world (http://www.medslugs.de/Opi/CEPHALASPIDEA.htm): Sea slug forum (http://www.seaslugforum.net/species.htm); A Biotic Database of Indo-Pacific Marine Mollusks (http://data.acnatsci.org/obis/); The Academy of Natural Sciences: Online collections databases (http://erato.acnatsci.org/databases/index.php): The Amphipod Homepage (http://web.odu.edu/sci/biology/amphome/index.html): The Dutch Ascidians Homepage (http://www.ascidians.com/). *Although every effort is made at the NODC to insure accuracy of the taxonomy contained in this metadata record, information is provided as an aid to search engines and is not designed to serve as a definitive taxonomic guide.* Notes are included in this metdata record where the originator data spelling and/or classification differs from that as given by ITIS. NO ORIGINAL DATA IS ALTERED AT THE NODC.
Specimens processed and identified by staff of the NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center.
Specimens identified to genus and species.
Dataset credit required. The NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center and/or the National Oceanographic Data Center would appreciate recognition as the resource from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these data.
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.SHP, .SHX,.DBF files must be downloaded and utilized for shapefiles to display correctly
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