gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:24259 eng UTF8 gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:68639 dataset Southeast Fisheries Science Center (305)361-5761 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA www.sefsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST resourceProvider Gerard, Trika 305-361-4493 305-365-4103 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA trika.gerard@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:24 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) NF-0705 30 March - 10 April 2007, Virgin Islands NF-0705 Data 2007 creation 2009 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 24259 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/24259 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information Southeast Fisheries Science Center (305)361-5761 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Southeast Fisheries Science Center Website About SEFSC information 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST originator Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory 305-361-4420 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami FL 33149 https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory Website Website listed for Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory information originator https://www.omao.noaa.gov/learn/marine-operations/ships/nancy-foster WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Home Page Nancy Foster NOAA Ship Nancy Foster ship supports fish habitat and populations studies, seafloor mapping surveys, physical and chemical oceanography studies, and maritime heritage surveys.. This was the ship that conducted the survey download https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0043165/1.1/data/1-data/fallrate/nf0705/data/orig/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NCEI Accession 0043165 Fallrate data for Cruise NF0705 Oceanographic temperature and salinity measurements collected using CTD and XBT from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster/Ronald H Brown in the North Atlantic from 1998 to 2007 (NCEI Accession 0043165) It includes data from cruise NF0705 download tableDigital DATASET CONTRIBUTORS: John Lamkin, Trika Gerard, Estrella Malca, Akihiro Shiroza (NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC and NOAA/OAR/AOML) Biologic, Data collected from plankton collecting gear and LADCP. CNV and TSG data collected aboard the NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER during cruise #NF-0705, March 30th - April 10th, 2007 as part of the Coral Reef Ecosystem Research (CRER) project and from inshore larval collections in Brewer's Bay, St. Thomas April . The United States Virgin Islands' (USVI) Grammanik Bank, located to the south of St. Thomas, is the site of multi-species spawning aggregation for economically important fish including yellowfin grouper, Nassau grouper, tiger grouper, and dog snapper. Fishing pressure at this suspected source of larval recruits prompted the Caribbean Fisheries Council in 2004 to close the bank yearly from February - April. A series of banks south of the USVI (St. Thomas and St. John) and the British Virgin Islands (BVI) provide similar habitats and spawning aggregation sites. Unfortunately, the biological and physical processes which drive production on these banks, the circulation connecting these banks, and the flows across these banks have yet to be quantified. Absent such data, management decisions (including Marine Protected Area [MPA] designations and temporary closures) are presently based on professional judgment rather than quantifiable, defensible scientific information. To address this data gap, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists from the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) and Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) in Miami, Florida, working with scientists from the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) in St. Thomas will be conducting a three-year interdisciplinary research project using the R/V NANCY FOSTER to conduct biological and physical oceanographic surveys of the Virgin Islands' (VI) bank ecosystems and surrounding regional waters. The long-term sustainability of fisheries in the VI and surrounding regions will depend on a comprehensive understanding of regional spawning aggregations, larval transport, and overall larval recruitment in the study area. The project will be directed at answering one over-arching question: How are unprotected VI banks, MPAs such as the Hind Bank Marine Conservation District, seasonally closed areas such as the Grammanik Bank, and inshore areas ecologically linked via regional reef fish larval dispersal, transport, and life-history patterns? To gain the information necessary to develop more specific hypotheses, the first research cruise of this project was conducted between March 30, 2007 and April 10, 2007 aboard the R/V NANCY FOSTER. This survey sampled water properties, currents, and dispersal and transport of settlement-stage larvae in the VI and neighboring regions. It should yield not only an understanding of regional spatial variation in the supply of settlement-stage fishes, but also insights into the relative importance of Grammanik Bank and its MPAs as a source of juvenile fishes recruiting to the waters of the VI. Specifically, the cruise will address the following questions: 1) How do the abundance and composition of ichthyoplankton around Grammanik Bank and other similar banks change with space and time? 2) How much of this variation in abundance and composition can be explained by the oceanographic setting? 3) How do the oceanography and ichthyoplankton assemblages interface with the boundary areas of seasonally or permanently closed MPAs? This survey included neuston, bongo, and MOCNESS trawl tows, as well as CTDO2/LADCP casts measuring, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, light transmission, chlorophyll, and water velocity. Continuous surface measurements of temperature, salinity, light transmission, chlorophyll, and water velocity werel also collected via the ship's flow-through system and hull-mounted ADCP. Satellite imagery of sea surface temperature, altimetry, and ocean color was used to aid in the interpretation of and extrapolation from shipboard observations. Identification and analysis of samples and shipboard data analysis commenced immediately after the cruise and should be completed by the end of 2009. Initially, the success of the project will be measured by the extent of the surveys made and the number of samples collected, as well as the utility and quality of useful information generated from analysis of the data collected. Settlement-stage larvae collected from inshore sampling will constitute another measure of success for the field study portion of this project. Determination of the utility of stable isotope analysis of these larvae will provide an additional benchmark. The synthesis of these data, to determine the location and relative importance of spawning sites, and the incorporation of this information into fisheries oceanographic models that help local resource managers in making decisions as to MPA sites and optimal seasonal closures with respect to time and place, will provide the ultimate measure of project success. In addition, it is our intention that all data generated and analyzed will be published in peer-reviewed literature. We consider this an essential step both to guarantee data quality and to assure that management decisions based on this information are defensible. completed Gerard, Trika 305-361-4493 305-365-4103 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA trika.gerard@noaa.gov pointOfContact Malca, Estrella 305-361-4295 75 Va Beach Dr Miami FL Estrella.Malca@noaa.gov pointOfContact Smith, Ryan H (305) 361-4328 (305) 361-4392 4301 Rickenbacker Cswy Miami FL 33149-1026 United States ryan.smith@noaa.gov pointOfContact Gerard, Trika 305-361-4493 305-365-4103 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA trika.gerard@noaa.gov custodian notPlanned https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0273560/1.1/data/0-data/NF0705_State_Dept_CD/NF0705_final_cruise_track.pdf DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/OAR/AOML > Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 17.0 EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 17.0 OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA > PUERTO RICO OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA > VIRGIN ISLANDS place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth MOCNESS > MOCNESS Plankton Net NETS > NETS THERMOSALINOGRAPHS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 17.2 SEINE NETS > Beach seines instrument International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing Gear (ISSCFG) 1 Nancy Foster > NOAA Ship Nancy Foster Ships platform Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords 17.2 0273560 273560 theme NCEI Accession US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory theme NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS ANIMALS - GROUP - NUMBER IN GROUP WATER TEMPERATURE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS in situ laboratory analyses theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS CORAL REEF STUDIES Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) theme NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center theme NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Caribbean Sea place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS ADCP CTD Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System (MOCNESS) net visual observation instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS NOAA Ship Nancy Foster platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS 2007 temporal British Virgin Islands Puerto Rico U. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Coral Reef Ecosystem Research Consisting Of Biologic Data, LADCP, SADCP, and Flowthrough Data from Nancy Foster in Caribbean Sea from 2007-03-30 to 2011-05-07 (NCEI Accession 0273560) project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: NF-0705 30 March - 10 April 2007, Virgin Islands [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/24259. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: N/A otherRestrictions Use Constraints: N/A otherRestrictions Distribution Liability: Data were collected for scientific purposes only and should only be used for general scientific interest/endeavours. NOAA/OAR/AOML & NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC cannot be held liable for use of these data in any other manner. unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 24259 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/24259.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference eng; US oceans -67.16 -62.66 17.35 18.55 Virgin Islands | Currentness: Ground Condition 2007-03-30 2007-04-19 Biological data collected aboard the NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER during cruise #NF0705, March 30th - April 10th, 2007 Biological data collected during larval collections in Brewer's Bay, St. Thomas April 12 -19th, 2007.Gear used was light traps, channel nets and beach seine false eng false Data Table Other NF0705.xls 2023-01-12 publication NF0705_final_station_list.txt 2023-01-12 publication NF0705_FISH_DATA_REPORT.xls 2023-01-12 publication LADCP Data 2007 2023-01-12 publication NF0705_flowthrough_dataset.dat 2023-01-12 publication NF0705_OS150_surface_vels_part1.asc 2023-01-12 publication CtD Data 2007 2023-01-12 publication NF0705_OS150_surface_vels_part2.asc 2023-01-12 publication NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information distributor https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0273560/1.1/data/0-data/NF0705_State_Dept_CD/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0273560/1.1/data/0-data/NF0705_State_Dept_CD/ download dataset Accuracy Data have been processed using standard methodology with regard to plankton samples and identifications of fishes are ongoing with trained personnel. Horizontal Positional Accuracy: The exact location of each tow (either MOCNESS, or Bongo) cast is shown in the spreadsheet. This location is determined from the ship's GPS and should be considered very accurate.The exact location of each station (light trap) is shown in the spreadsheet, locations were determined from the vessel's GPS and should be considered accurate. Positions of net casts recoreded in the data files correspond with the beginning of each cast. As the ship may drift on station, the position of the net will change in time over the course of the cast. As such the position information is only accurate for the beginning of the cast (i.e. when the net first enters the water). This accuracy is on the order of 10 meters. Positions of inshore collections is in the order of 5 meters due to the shifting wind and current at each station. Geographical accuracy was determined by GPS NMEA data. Vertical Positional Accuracy: pressures (depth proxy) are determined using the MOCNESS pressure sensor.Depth of inshore stations was determined using the vessel's built in sounder. pressures (depth proxy) are accurate to within 1db Completeness Report N/A Net / Trawl Operations: Operations varied, utilizing either neuston, bongo, Methot, or 1 meter Multiple Opening and Closing Net Environmental Sampling System (MOCNESS) . Trawl type and location was dependent on the work area (depth). Plankton samples were collected at sea and preserved in Ethanol. Light trap, channel net operations were done daily and consisted of larval fish collections. Seine tows were done three times around the new moon to monitor recruitment of settlement size fishes. Sorting and identification of larval fish began immediately. All data was stored in a spreadsheet format and updated as samples were completed. Neuston Net Plankton Nets Neuston nets are designed to capture members of the neuston, the collective term for the organisms that inhabit the water’s surface. Neuston nets have a rectangular frame and are towed horizontally at the top of the water column. NOAA Ship Nancy Foster The Nancy Foster is a 187-ft research vessel that operates in all three SEFSC research areas. The Nancy Foster is used in habitat and fauna characterization in the nation’s National Marine Sanctuaries as well as pollution assessments, bathymetric surveys, physical and chemical oceanography studies, maritime heritage surveys, and pollution assessments. On board equipment includes two cranes, A-frame, J-frame and two winches. Special research equipment includes wet and dry laboratories, computers for data acquisition and analysis, and instruments for obtaining oceanographic and atmospheric data. The ship also carries four different launches, ranging from 17-ft rigid hull inflatable boats to a 23-ft aluminum boat for diving and oceanographic operations in shallow water. Neuston Net Plankton Nets Neuston nets are designed to capture members of the neuston, the collective term for the organisms that inhabit the water’s surface. Neuston nets have a rectangular frame and are towed horizontally at the top of the water column.