Building sustainable fisheries in Florida's coral reef ecosystem: Positive signs in the dry tortugas
"In a series of synoptic research cruises including 4000 research dives, we surveyed reef-fish populations and habitats before and 3 yrs after 2001 implementation of no-take marine reserves covering approximately 566 km2 in the Dry Tortugas, Florida. Spec...
Reef fish visual census monitoring in the Florida Keys Reef Tract
"In FY12 abundance and size data for reef-fishes were collected by highly trained and experienced SCUBA divers using a standard, in situ, nondestructive monitoring method (Bohnsack and Bannerot 1986; Brandt et al. 2009). A probabilistic sampling approach ...
Evaluation of average length as an indicator of exploitation status for the Florida coral reef fish community
Simulation and empirical analyses were conducted to evaluate the utility and robustness of average length (Lbar) of animals in the exploited population as an estimator of fishing mortality (F), and therefore as an indicator of exploitation status for Flor...