Abstract:
The Florida Institute of Oceanography's (FIO) SEAKEYS (Sustained Ecological Research Related to Management of the
Florida Keys Seascape) program began in 1989 and has continued until the present. This program, now being supported
through NOAA's South Florida Ecosystem Restoration, Prediction and Modeling Program (SFERPM), implements a framework
for long-term monitoring and research along the 220 mile Florida coral reef tract and in Florida Bay at a geographical
scale encompassing the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS). The network consists of six instrument-enhanced
Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) stations, cooperatively managed with NOAA's National Data Buoy Center, plus a
proposed new one in northwest Florida Bay. These stations measure the usual C-MAN meteorological parameters, such as
wind speed, gusts and barometric pressure, but are enhanced with oceanographic instruments measuring salinity, sea
temperature, fluorometry and turbidity.
Purpose:
The impetus for such a framework was the perceived marked regional decline in coral reefs and the critical need to
provide data and options for resource management.
Supplemental_Information:
Salinity is in parts per thousand; Wind speed is in knots; barometric pressure is in millibars; wind direction is in
degrees of the compass; temperature is in Celsius; Photosynthetically Active Radiation is in microEinsteins; -9 in
the data set indicates that the parameter is unavailable
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NCEI Geoportal Filter
Theme_Keyword: CoRIS_Metadata
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CRCP Project
Theme_Keyword: Coral Reef Watch - CREWS component
Theme_Keyword: 1101-04
Theme_Keyword: Coral Reef Watch - CREWS component
Theme_Keyword: 1264
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets > Oceanography
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity
Theme_Keyword:
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
Theme_Keyword:
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Air Temperature
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Surface Winds
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Conductivity
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
Theme_Keyword:
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Mangroves > Monitoring > Remote Sensing
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Physical Oceanography
Theme_Keyword: SEAKEYS
Theme_Keyword: C-MAN
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: 014
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus
Place_Keyword:
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Lower Florida Keys > Sand Key (24N081W0012)
Place_Keyword:
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Sand Key (24N081W0012)
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Florida Keys
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Region
Place_Keyword: Florida