Parrotfish census and foraging parameters in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary from 2013-05-01 to 2013-07-31 (NCEI Accession 0185785)
Parrotfishes were surveyed using two different methods:
1. the Reef Visual Census program (See Smith et al 2011 and Brandt et al 2009 and https://grunt.sefsc.noaa.gov/rvc_analysis20/ for more information about this program) has been conducting a visual su...
Ecosystem & Socioeconomic Profile of uku (Aprion virescens) in the main Hawaiian Islands
This report is an initial attempt to develop an ESP in the Pacific Islands Region for uku (Aprion virescens) in the main Hawaiian Islands. This profile illuminates the social importance of uku, the variation in uku markets across Hawai‘i, how and when fis...
Parrotfish abundance and biomass in St. Croix from 2001-02-06 to 2016-10-01
Data on the abundance and biomass of parrotfishes were compiled
from three monitoring programs in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands: The Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Project and National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (both led by NCCOS) as well...
Abundance and behavior of parrotfishes (Labridae, Scarinae) in the upper Florida Keys (NODC Accession 0127525)
To better understand the functional roles of parrotfishes on Caribbean reefs we documented abundance, habitat preferences, and diets of nine species of parrotfishes (Scarus coelestinus, Scarus coeruleus, Scarus guacamaia, Scarus taeniopterus, Scarus vetul...
Updated Blacktip Shark Abundance Indices from NMFS Bottom Longline Surveys in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
The Southeast Fisheries Science Center Mississippi Laboratories (MSLABS) has conducted standardized bottom longline surveys in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and U.S. South Atlantic Ocean since 1995. In addition to the annual survey, in 2011, the Congress...
Using machine learning to achieve simultaneous, georeferenced surveys of fish and benthic communities on shallow coral reefs
Surveying coastal systems to estimate distribution and abundance of fish and benthic organisms is labor‐intensive, often resulting in spatially limited data that are difficult to scale up to an entire reef or island. We developed a method that leverages t...
Herbivory through the lens of ecological processes across Pacific coral reefs
Coral reefs are in global decline primarily due to climate change. Herbivory is often viewed as key to maintaining coral‐dominated reefs, and herbivore management is gaining traction as a possible strategy for promoting reef resilience. The functional imp...
Petrogenesis of Alkalic Seamounts on the Galápagos Platform
In the hotspot-fed Galápagos Archipelago there are transitions between volcano morphology and composition, effective elastic thickness of the crust, and lithospheric thickness in the direction of plate motion from west to east. Through sampling on the isl...
The Emergence and Initial Impact of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) in the United States Virgin Islands
Coral communities in the Caribbean face a new and deadly threat in the form of the highly virulent multi-host stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD). In late January of 2019, a disease with signs and characteristics matching that of SCTLD was found affec...
NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Southeast Deep Coral Initiative (SEDCI) 2016-2019: Final Report
This report details activities undertaken between 2016-2019, including 21 expeditions on five research vessels and a dozen small projects. Small projects produced an online geodatabase,
Parrotfish census and foraging parameters in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary from 2013-05-01 to 2013-07-31 (NCEI Accession 0185785)
Ecosystem & Socioeconomic Profile of uku (Aprion virescens) in the main Hawaiian Islands