Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico, 2007-2008 (NODC Accession 0070125)

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Title:
Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico, 2007-2008 (NODC Accession 0070125)
Abstract:
The Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks 2007-2008 dataset includes biological and oceanographic measurements collected to satisfy the BOEMRE and NOAA contract 1435-01-04-CT-33137 (M04PC00033) for years 2007 and 2008 (years 2002-2006 previously submitted to NODC in December 2006 and filed under accession 0012632). The Flower Garden Banks (FGB) are located in the northwest Gulf of Mexico and are unique within the region. Although coral species richness is lower at the FGB than on Caribbean reefs, 31 species of scleractinian corals have been documented as well as 177 species of tropical Atlantic fish. Annual monitoring is conducted at the East and West Flower Garden Banks within 100 m by 100 m study sites. These data are the results of the 2007 and 2008 monitoring events and are presented in technical reports and presentations. The data included in this accession are: (1) random transect data (i.e., percent cover of benthic components) obtained from videography (2007 and 2008); (2) sclerochronology data calculated from 2007 cores, showing short-term coral growth rates; (3) lateral growth/recession of marked Diploria strigosa colony margins calculated from annual photographs (2006-2007); (4) percent cover of benthic components and coverage of coral bleaching, paling, fish biting, and disease (2007 and 2008) and planimetry data (gain/loss in area of specific coral colonies from 2006-2007 and 2007-2008) acquired from repetitive 8m2 quadrat photographs; (5) water quality data recorded on YSI datasondes, Sea-Bird SBE 37-SMP MicroCAT, and Hobotemp thermographs and water chemistry results including nutrients (2006-2008); and (6) annual fish population surveys to monitor species abundance and size over time (2007). Statistical analyses, photographs, and videography are not included in this submission. Photographs and video collected during the 2007 and 2008 monitoring events were placed on DVD and sent to NODC via mail. These photographs and videos were placed in individual folders within this accession at the NODC.The Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks 2007-2008 data include biological and oceanographic data collected to satisfy the BOEMRE and NOAA contract 1435-01-04-CT-33137 (M04PC00033) for years 2007 and 2008 (years 2002-2006 previously submitted to NODC in December 2006).
Supplemental_Information: Resource Description: NODC Accession number 0070125
  1. How might this data set be cited?
    Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan, Incorporated (PBS & J), 20110204, Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico, 2007-2008 (NODC Accession 0070125): Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks to satisfy BOEMRE and NOAA contracts. 2007-2008, NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.A..

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    Other_Citation_Details:
    Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico data, 2002-2006 were previously archived at the NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center under NODC accession number 0012632.
  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -93.598361
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -93.596944
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 27.908861
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 27.875167
    Description_of_Geographic_Extent:
    Reefs of the East and West Flower Garden Banks, app. 70-115 miles off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico.
  3. What does it look like?
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
    Beginning_Date: 11-Jun-2007
    Beginning_Time: Unknown
    Ending_Date: 06-Nov-2008
    Ending_Time: Unknown
    Currentness_Reference: ground condition
  5. What is the general form of this data set?
    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: digital data files, photos, videos
  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?
    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?
  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
    PBS&J: L.D. Manzello, A. Gelber, A. Hazra, M. Henry, B. Zimmer, L. Childs, D. Deis, V. Herrera, K. Jones, S. Roberts, D. Ebert, B. Freeman, M. Reiter, C. Wapnick, A. Willis, R. WoitheOther Organizations: R. Aronson, G. Boland, M. Conn, A. Delaney, M. Heaney, E. Hickerson, L. Kaufman, M. Robbart, D. Roberts, C. Saltonstall, G.P. Schmahl, J. Sinclair, K.J.P Deslarzes, D. Evans, R. Kurz, T. Lunsman, J. Marshall, C. Miller, R. Nawojchik, W. Precht, E. Weil, S. Wilcox
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
    PBS & J
    Attn: Leslie D. Manzello
    scientist
    2001 NW 107th Ave
    Doral, Florida
    United States

    305-514-3368 (voice)
    305-594-9574 (FAX)
    ldmanzello@pbsj.com
    Hours_of_Service: 9-5PM, EST
    Contact_Instructions:
    Phone/e-mail/FAX. Additional contact - Adam Gelber, Senior Scientist - Group Manager, 305-514-3387

Why was the data set created?

The purpose of these biological and oceanographic data is to serve as a long-term record of the conditions of the coral reef communities within the Flower Garden Banks study sites. BOEMRE and NOAA continue environmental monitoring for continuity of data and for generating information needed for resource management and regulatory decision-making. In addition, the monitoring data are needed to validate and sustain the present understanding of BOEMRE lease stipulations for providing effective mitigation of impacts to the offshore environment.

How was the data set created?

  1. What methods were used to collect the data?
    Method 0 of 1
    Type: Field
    Random Transect Videography: A Sony DCR-VX 2000 digital video camera housed in an Ikelite underwater housing affixed with an aluminum bar protruding 40 cm towards the benthos (ensures correct distance from the substratum) with a depth gauge. Sclerochronology core extraction: SCUBA tank-powered pneumatic drill fitted with a diamond tipped 7.62-cm lapidary bit. Lateral growth (Diploria strigosa) photography: Nikonos V camera with a Nikonos close-up kit and strobe. Repetitive quadrat photography: Film set-up in 2007 included Nikonos V camera with a 15 mm lens and a 2.0-m long T-bar camera frame, with bubble level and compass. The digital set-up in 2008 consisted of a Sea&Sea DX-1G camera with two Inon D-2000S strobes attached to a 2.15-m long T-bar camera frame, with bubble level and compass. Water quality data collection: YSI 6600 series datasondes, Sea-Bird SBE 37-SMP MicroCAT, HoboTemp thermographs, and Wildco vertical sampling bottles for water samples. Fish survey: underwater paper and pencil. Reference:
  2. From what previous works were the data drawn?
  3. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
    Date: 2010 (process 1 of 1)
    Random transects: Percent cover of corals, macroalgae, and sponges were identified to lowest possible taxonomic group (macroalgae included algae longer than ~3 mm and included thick algal turfs). Crustose coralline algae, fine turfs and bare rock were grouped as CTB (crustose coralline, turf, and bare). Additional categories included cyanobacteria, other live, sand and rubble, and unknown. Sclerochronology: Annual growth bands, as measured from high density band to high density band in a longitudinally sectioned core. Lateral growth of Diploria strigosa colonies: difference in area (cm2) at the margins of Diploria strigosa colonies and proportional change from year to year. Repetitive 8 m2 quadrats: percent cover of corals identified to species, sponges were combined into a single group or identified to species when possible, macroalgae were identified to species when possible and included anything longer than approximately 3mm. Crustose coralline algae, fine turfs and bare rock were grouped as CTB (crustose coralline, turf, and bare). Additional categories included cyanobacteria, other live, sand and rubble, and unknown. Coverage of coral bleaching, paling, fish biting and disease also recorded. Also measured area of specific coral colonies (cm2) and calculated proportional change from year to year. Water quality: Temperature, specific conductivity, salinity, dissolved oxygen saturation, dissolved oxygen concentration, dissolved oxygen charge, pressure, depth, pH, pHmV, PAR, turbidity, battery, ammonia, chlorophyll a, nitrate, nitrite, ortho-phosphate, total kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN), and phosphorus. Fish data: fish species, number of individuals observed, and the minimum, maximum, and mode (cm) length of each fish species observed in each survey. Person who carried out this activity:
    Leslie D. Manzello
    PBS&J, an Atkins company
    scientist
    PBS&J, an Atkins company
    Doral, Florida
    U.S.A.

    305-514-3368 (voice)
    305-594-9574 (FAX)
    ldmanzello@pbsj.com
    Hours_of_Service: 9-5PM, EST
    Contact_Instructions:
    Phone, FAX, e-mail, additional contact Adam Gelber, Senior Scientist - Group Manager, 305-514-3387
  4. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?
    Zimmer, B., L. Duncan, R.B. Aronson, K.J.P. Deslarzes, D. Deis, M.L. Robbart, W.F. Precht, L. Kaufman, B. Shank, E. Weil, J. Field, D.J. Evans, and L. Whaylen. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 2010, Long-term monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks, 2004-2008. Volume I: Technical report.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, Louisiana. U.S.A..

    Other_Citation_Details: OCS Study BOEMRE 2010-052. 310 pp
    Zimmer, B., L. Duncan, R.B. Aronson, K.J.P. Deslarzes, D. Deis, M.L. Robbart, W.F. Precht, L. Kaufman, B. Shank, E. Weil, J. Field, D.J. Evans, and L. Whaylen, 2010, Long-term monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks, 2004-2008. Volume II: Appendices: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A..

    Other_Citation_Details: OCS Study BOEMRE 2010-053. 4389 pp.

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?
    Random transects: Percent cover of corals, macroalgae, and sponges were identified to lowest possible taxonomic group (macroalgae included algae longer than ~3 mm and included thick algal turfs). Crustose coralline algae, fine turfs and bare rock were grouped as CTB (crustose coralline, turf, and bare). Additional categories included cyanobacteria, other live, sand and rubble, and unknown. Sclerochronology: Annual growth bands, as measured from high density band to high density band in a longitudinally sectioned core. Lateral growth of Diploria strigosa colonies: difference in area (cm2) at the margins of Diploria strigosa colonies and proportional change from year to year. Repetitive 8 m2 quadrats: percent cover of corals identified to species, sponges were combined into a single group or identified to species when possible, macroalgae were identified to species when possible and included anything longer than approximately 3mm. Crustose coralline algae, fine turfs and bare rock were grouped as CTB (crustose coralline, turf, and bare). Additional categories included cyanobacteria, other live, sand and rubble, and unknown. Coverage of coral bleaching, paling, fish biting and disease also recorded. Also measured area of specific coral colonies (cm2) and calculated proportional change from year to year. Water quality: Temperature, specific conductivity, salinity, dissolved oxygen saturation, dissolved oxygen concentration, dissolved oxygen charge, pressure, depth, pH, pHmV, PAR, turbidity, battery, ammonia, chlorophyll a, nitrate, nitrite, ortho-phosphate, total kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN), and phosphorus. Fish data: fish species, number of individuals observed, and the minimum, maximum, and mode (cm) length of each fish species observed in each survey.
  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?
  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?
  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?
    YSI 6600 series datasonde (YSI Inc., Model 660 Sonde), date of last calibration was November 16 2008 at the East and West Flower Garden Banks (last calibrated by PBSJ). The instruments were calibrated before and after use. File that contains specific calibration details: YSI_Calibration_Procedures.txt
  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?
    The files submitted to NODC are organized according to monitoring task. '2007and2008_RandomTransectData.txt' contains percent cover data of benthic components obtained from videography collected in 2007 and 2008. '2007_SclerochronologyData.txt' includes short-term coral growth rates obtained from 2007 coral cores. 'LateralGrowthData_2006to2007.txt' contains lateral growth/recession of marked Diploria strigosa colony margins from 2006-2007. '2007and2008_RQSPercentCoverData.txt' includes the percent cover of benthic components and coverage of coral bleaching, paling, fish biting, and disease from repetitive quadrat photographs collected in 2007 and 2008. '2006-2008_RQSPlanimetryData.txt' includes gain/loss in area of specific coral colonies from 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 from repetitive quadrat photographs. '2006-2008_EFGB_WaterQualityData.txt' contains all water quality data captured on YSI datasondes, Hobotemp thermographs, and Sea-Bird SBE 37-SMP MicroCAT at the East Flower Garden Bank from June 2006-November 2008. '2008_WFGB_WaterQualityData.txt' includes all water quality data captured on YSI datasondes, Hobotemp thermographs, and Sea-Bird SBE 37-SMP MicroCAT at the West Flower Garden Bank from June 2006-November 2008. '2007_Fish Data.txt' contains 2007 fish species abundance and size data. 'YSI_CALIBRATION_PROCEDURES.txt' includes the YSI calibration procedures. 'FGBNMS_Nutrients_2006-2008.txt' contains results of water sample analysis from May 2007 to November 2008. 'FGBNMS_NutrientsAboveDetectableLevels_2006-2008.txt' shows those water samples and parameters with concentrations above detectable levels.

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
None. PBS&J and the NODC would appreciate recognition as the resource from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these data.
  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
    NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center
    Attn: Andy Allegra or Kelly Logan
    NODC User Services
    NOAA/NESDIS E/OC1
    Silver Spring, Maryland
    U.S.A.

    301-713-3277 (voice)
    301-713-3302 (FAX)
    NODC.Services@noaa.gov
    Hours_of_Service: 8:00AM-6:00 PM, EST
    Contact_Instructions: Phone, FAX, E-mail, letter during standard business hours.
  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set? Downloadable Data
  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?
    NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NODC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system.
  4. How can I download or order the data?
  5. Is there some other way to get the data?
    Contact NODC User Services at the address provided in this metadata record.
  6. What hardware or software do I need in order to use the data set?
    Data files as ASCII, utilization of spreadsheet program suggested. Ability to view standard format video and image files suggested.

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 29-Mar-2020
Last Reviewed: 03-Feb-2011
To be reviewed: 15-Feb-2010
Metadata author:
Sheri Phillips
NOAA/NODC
Oceanographer
1315 East-West Highway, E/OC1, SSMC3, 4th Floor
Silver Spring, MD
U.S.A.

301-713-3280 x127 (voice)
301-713-3302 (FAX)
sheri.phillips@noaa.gov
Hours_of_Service: 9:30 AM - 6 PM Monday-Thursday
Contact_Instructions: E-mail, phone, FAX, mail
Metadata standard:
Content Standard for National Biological Information Infrastructure Metadata (FGDC-STD-001.1-1999)
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