South Atlantic proposed MPAs: Three years of pre-closure data on habitat and fish assemblages
The objectives of this study were to obtain estimates of reef fish density and species composition associated with bottom features within and outside the preferred proposed MPAs; describe habitat features within and outside the preferred proposed MPAs; an...
Rate and extent of decline in Corallium (pink and red coral) populations: existing data meet the requirements for a CITES Appendix II listing
"In June 2007, the US government proposed Corallium (pink and red corals) for listing on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). The proposal was adopted and later overturned due to perceived difficulties in imp...
Cruise Report for the Florida Middle Ground and West Shelf Edge Cruises
Provides overviews of three research legs of cruises during July and August 2005 to map areas in the Florida Middle Ground and West Shelf. Includes bathymetric data, mapping of the natural gas pipeline from Port Manatee, Florida to Alabama, preliminary in...
Survey of fish assemblages and habitat within two marine protected areas on the West Florida Shelf
The Madison-Swanson and Steamboat Lumps Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) were established by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council in 1999 to protect spawning aggregations of groupers. The primary goals of this project were to: 1) establish baseline ...
South Atlantic MPAs: Evaluation of habitat and fish assemblages in five no fishing zones
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have implemented a network of eight marine protected areas (MPAs) between Cape Hatteras, NC and the Florida Keys to protect seven species ...
Abundance estimates of the Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans/miles complex in the Western North Atlantic
"Less than a decade after being observed off Florida, the invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish is now widely distributed off the southeast coast of the United States. As a step towards measuring invasion impacts to native communities, we examine the magnitude a...
Fish assemblages within two marine protected areas on the west Florida shelf