ResourceAssessment of fish populations and habitat on Oculina Bank, a deep-sea coral marine protected area off eastern Florida
"A portion of the Oculina Bank located off eastern Florida is a marine protected area (MPA) preserved for its dense populations of the ivory tree coral (Oculina varicosa), which provides important habitat for fish. Surveys of fish assemblages and benthic ...
ResourceSurvey of coral and fish assemblages on Pulley Ridge, SW Florida a report to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council
The coral reef community covering Pulley Ridge is the deepest known light-dependent coral reef on the US continental shelf. Located off the southwest coast of Florida, the ridge is a drowned barrier island colonized by several species of hermatypic coral ...
Offline DataNovember 2007 Multibeam Mapping of South West corner of Pulley Ridge
This disk or set of disks contain high-resolution multibeam and backscatter maps of the south-western corner of the Pulley Ridge Area, near the Tortugas, in the Gulf of Mexico. It includes the following products: 1) *.ASC File of the area mapped, 2) Caris...
Offline Data2006 Multibeam Mapping of along-shelf corridor, between Madison-Swanson and Steamboat Lumps Florida
This disk or set of disks contain high-resolution multibeam and backscatter maps of a long thin corridor at the shelf edge near he 74-m isobath spanning from Madison-Swanson (29.1667N, 85.6667W) in the north to Steamboat (28.1667N, 84.6667W), in West-Flor...
Offline Data2006 Multibeam Mapping of cross-shelf corridor, North of Madison-Swanson - Florida
This disk or set of disks contain high-resolution multibeam and backscatter maps of an area North of Madison-Swanson (29.1667N, 85.6667W), in the West-Florida shelf, not included in a previous mapping expedition to the area. It includes the following pro...
Downloadable DataFebruary 2007 Multibeam Mapping of Pulley Ridge, southwest Florida
This disk or set of disks contain high-resolution multibeam and backscatter maps of the Pulley Ridge Area, near the Tortugas, in the Gulf of Mexico. It includes the following products: 1) Text file containing X, Y, Z postprocessed bathymetry data, 2) Text...
ResourceFactors contributing to the regional decline of Montastraea annularis (complex)
"Over the last 15 years the massive framework coral, Montastraea annularis (complex) has experienced a rapid decline in abundance, size and condition, and on many reefs in the western Atlantic these species are no longer the dominant corals. Surveys condu...
ResourceHawaiian reef plants / John M. Huisman, Isabella A. Abbott, Celia M. Smith ; photography by John M. Huisman and friends.
Downloadable Data40 m Gridded bathymetry of Swains Island, American Samoa (netCDF format)
Metadata Thumbnail Gridded bathymetry (40 m cell size) of the slope environment of Swains Island, American Samoa. Almost complete bottom coverage was achieved in depths between 7 and 4800 m. The multibeam data are from the Simrad EM300 system aboard the NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai...
ResourceOur coral reefs / Stephan M. Soule ; [illustrated by Bernabe M. Remoquillo and Ovidio F. Espiritu, Jr.].