Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 1995

Jerald Ault; Jim Bohnsack

doi:10.15468/uzpt9m

Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 1995

Citation

South Florida Reef Visual Census; https://grunt.sefsc.noaa.gov/rvc_analysis20/samples/index https://doi.org/10.15468/uzpt9m accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-11.

Description

These data are reef fish observations from surveys conducted in the Florida Keys in 1995. These surveys were part of the developmental years of what became the Reef Visual Census, described in the project metadata, Bohnsack et al. 1999 and Smith et al. 2011

Purpose

In 1998, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) Fisheries Independent Monitoring (FIM) program began a long-term monitoring effort of key reef fish populations in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. This effort was aimed at evaluating the relative abundance, size structure, and habitat utilization of specific reef fish species that are targeted by commercial and recreational fisheries.

Additional info

marine, harvest by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Reef fish, i.e. limbless cold-blooded vertebrate animal with gills and fins and living wholly in water and near coral reefs.

Teleostei
common name: Teleosts rank: class
Elasmobranchii
common name: Elasmobranchs rank: subclass

Geographic Coverages

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Florida

Bibliographic Citations

Smith, S.G., et al. 2011, Multispecies survey design for assessing reef-fish stocks, spatially explicit management performance, and ecosystem condition. Fisheries Research 109(2011)25-41 -
Brandt, M. E., et. al. 2009, A Cooperative Multi-agency Reef Fish Monitoring Protocol for the Florida Keys Coral Reef Ecosystem. Retrieve from http://www.coris.noaa.gov/activities/fish_monitoring_protocol/ -

Contacts

Jerald Ault
originator
position: Project Lead
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science
email: jault@rsmas.miami.edu

Jim Bohnsack
originator
position: Project Lead
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Southeast Fisheries Science Center
email: Jim.Bohnsack@noaa.gov

Abigail Benson
metadata author
position: Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey
email: albenson@usgs.gov

Stephen Formel
metadata author
position: Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey
email: sformel@usgs.gov

Abigail Benson
processor
email: albenson@usgs.gov

Mathew Biddle
distributor
position: Physical Scientist
United States Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (US MBON)
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring
20910
MD
US
Telephone: 3017134928
email: mathew.biddle@noaa.gov
homepage: https://ioos.noaa.gov/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4897-1669

Jerald Ault
administrative point of contact
position: Project Lead
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science
email: jault@rsmas.miami.edu

Jim Bohnsack
administrative point of contact
position: Project Lead
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Southeast Fisheries Science Center
email: Jim.Bohnsack@noaa.gov

Stoessel
administrative point of contact
position: Data manager
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System
email: mstoessel@ocean.tamu.edu