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Description:
Title:
Summary Report: Workshops report for mesophotic and deep benthic community fish, mobile invertebrates, sessile invertebrates and infauna
Author(s):
Bassett, Rachel
Harter, Stacey L.,
Clark, Randy
Zink, Ian
Hornick, Katherine
Hart, Jennifer
Bliska, Hanna
Carle, Melissa
Sutton, Tracey
Demopoulos, Amanda
David, Andy
Benson, Kristopher
Bourque, Jill
Nizinski, Martha
Prouty, Nancy
Sharuga, Stephanie
Caporaso, Alicia
Le, Jennifer
Herting, Jennifer
Morrison, Cheryl
Poti, Matthew
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
United States. National Ocean Service
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.)
Consolidated Safety Services-Dynamac
Tech Global, Inc.
United States. National Marine Fisheries Service
Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Office of Habitat Conservation
Earth Resources Technology
Industrial Economics, Inc.
Geological Survey (U.S.)
United States. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Nova Southeastern University
Fish and Mobile Invertebrates Workshop (2021)
Sessile Invertebrates and Infauna Workshop (2021)
Corporate Name:
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
United States. National Ocean Service
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.)
Consolidated Safety Services-Dynamac
Tech Global, Inc.
United States. National Marine Fisheries Service
Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Office of Habitat Conservation
Earth Resources Technology
Industrial Economics, Inc.
Geological Survey (U.S.)
United States. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Nova Southeastern University
Dates of Publication:
2022
Abstract:
Two workshops with subject matter experts in the appropriate fields, were held in November and December 2021 to elicit guidance and feedback from the broader mesophotic and deep benthic scientific community. These workshops focused on best practices/approaches and identifying data gaps relative to habitat assessment and evaluation goals of the Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Community (MDBC) restoration portfolio. The first workshop was a combined effort of the Habitat Assessment and Evaluation (HAE) Project Team and the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Program. Industrial Economics, Inc. (IEc) provided extensive workshop planning, organizing, execution, and facilitation support during all stages of the workshop. Based on a questionnaire sent to scientists in August, 2021, the workshop focused on fish and mobile invertebrate habitat associations, abundance trends, community metrics, and food web functionality. Topical presentations and discussions focused not only on demersal fish and mobile invertebrates that are directly associated with mesophotic and deep benthic habitats, but also considered water column species and communities that benefit from these habitats more broadly. The second workshop, intended to complement the first workshop, focused on identifying best practices and critical information gaps for key community metrics, larval dispersal modeling, connectivity, effects and variability of environmental parameters, and recovery trajectories of corals, infauna, and other sessile invertebrates. Through literature review, internal HAE scientists considered these topics to be critical for restoration success. Products from the literature review included topical summaries (see Appendix B) that summarized the current state-of-the-science and provided the framework for the workshop. Information generated from the workshops will assist the MDBC HAE Project, and more broadly the DWH Program, identify data gaps and develop a suite of best practices for restoration activities.
Keywords:
Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Oil Spill
Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities (MDBC)
Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA)
Local Corporate Name:
DWH (Deepwater Horizon)
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center)
OHC (Office of Habitat Conservation)
NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center)
NOS (National Ocean Service)
NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Type of Resource:
Summary Report
Genre:
DWH MDBC Summary Report 2022-01
Note:
New series name established previous series name DWH MDBC Summary Report ; SR-22-01
Note:
Two workshops with subject matter experts in the appropriate fields, were held in November and December 2021 to elicit guidance and feedback from the broader mesophotic and deep benthic scientific community. These workshops focused on best practices/approaches and identifying data gaps relative to habitat assessment and evaluation goals of the Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Community (MDBC) restoration portfolio. The first workshop was a combined effort of the Habitat Assessment and Evaluation (HAE) Project Team and the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Program. Industrial Economics, Inc. (IEc) provided extensive workshop planning, organizing, execution, and facilitation support during all stages of the workshop. Based on a questionnaire sent to scientists in August, 2021, the workshop focused on fish and mobile invertebrate habitat associations, abundance trends, community metrics, and food web functionality. Topical presentations and discussions focused not only on demersal fish and mobile invertebrates that are directly associated with mesophotic and deep benthic habitats, but also considered water column species and communities that benefit from these habitats more broadly. The second workshop, intended to complement the first workshop, focused on identifying best practices and critical information gaps for key community metrics, larval dispersal modeling, connectivity, effects and variability of environmental parameters, and recovery trajectories of corals, infauna, and other sessile invertebrates. Through literature review, internal HAE scientists considered these topics to be critical for restoration success. Products from the literature review included topical summaries (see Appendix B) that summarized the current state-of-the-science and provided the framework for the workshop. Information generated from the workshops will assist the MDBC HAE Project, and more broadly the DWH Program, identify data gaps and develop a suite of best practices for restoration activities.
New series name established previous series name DWH MDBC Summary Report ; SR-22-01
Contract no. EA133C17BA0062
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