gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66518 eng UTF8 dataset CSV and Excel Files 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 Blondeau, Jeremiah 305-361-4252 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA jeremiah.blondeau@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:18 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral communities in the Florida Reef Tract from 2014-05-01 to 2014-10-01 (NCEI Accession 0156879) NCRMP: Assessment of coral communities in the Florida Reef Tract from 2014-05-01 to 2014-10-01 2017 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 66518 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/66518 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 NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (301) 713-3155 1305 East West Highway 10th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910-3281 https://coralreef.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program Website Link to the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program website information originator https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/legacy-pdfs/tr41.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Technical Report NMFS 41 July 1986 A Stationary Visual Census Technique for Quantitatively Assessing Community Structure of Coral Reef Fishes James A. Bohnsack Scott P. Bannerot July 1986 download https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/CRCP_Benthic_Cover_Florida.html WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Coral Reef Conservation Program ERDDAP Page Online Resource download tableDigital Cite as: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission; National Park Service; University of Miami; Nova Southeastern University (2016). National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral communities in the Florida Reef Tract from 2014-05-01 to 2014-10-01 (NCEI Accession 0156879). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0156879. Accessed [date] This coral demographics protocol was devised to provide additional, species-specific insight (and signal magnitude) for corals than is provided by percent cover. Specifics of the protocol are based closely on other long-established monitoring programs in the Atlantic region, including Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA; Caribbean-wide), Sanctuaries Coral Reef Ecosystem Assessment and Monitoring, Florida (SCREAM), and the Florida Reef Resilience Program (FRRP). However, the sampling resolution may not capture the population structure of rare or uncommon corals, including currently-listed or candidate Endangered Species Act (ESA) species. Precise designations of coral condition (e.g. attributed disease, minor bleaching/paling conditions) are NOT included in this data. This is due to the low temporal resolution of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) sampling (biennial and potentially not seasonally consistent) and the wide array of surveyors involved, which is why the survey protocol is designed to capture the least ambiguous colony conditions likely to be encountered: recent mortality (i.e. dead white skeleton) and bright-white bleaching on a partial or an entire coral colony. The Line Point-Intercept (LPI) sampling is designed to provide resolution of benthic cover estimates for ecologically important cover types/groups (e.g. macroalgae, turf algae, crustose coralline algae, corals, sponges, sand/sediment, etc.). More detailed information on scleractinian corals, specifically density, size, and condition (percent mortality and bleaching) measurements, is being collected via the NCRMP Coral Demographics sampling. The goals of benthic surveys are to provide: (1) a quantification of percent cover of biotic and abiotic benthic components using a linear point intercept (LPI) method; (2) information on topographic complexity (substratum rugosity) of the survey locations (3) quantitative information on local commercially and ecologically-important macroinvertebrates (Caribbean spiny lobster [Panulirus argus], queen conch [Strombus gigas], long-spined sea urchin [Diadema antillarum]); and (4) presence-absence information for ESA-listed Threatened corals. Surveys are concurrent with and along the same transect with Coral Demographic surveys. The goal of the coral demographic surveys is to collect and report information on species composition, density, size, abundance, and specific parameters of condition (% live vs. dead, bleaching, disease) of non-juvenile scleractinian corals (>4 cm maximum diameter), and of overall species diversity (all corals) using 10m x 1m belt transects in a stratified random sampling design in hardbottom and coral reef habitats less than 30m in depth National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission; National Park Service; University of Miami; Nova Southeastern University completed Blondeau, Jeremiah 305-361-4252 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA jeremiah.blondeau@noaa.gov pointOfContact Blondeau, Jeremiah 305-361-4252 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA jeremiah.blondeau@noaa.gov custodian notPlanned DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS/NMS > National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOI/NPS > National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior U-MIAMI/RSMAS > Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 17.0 EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > COASTAL LANDFORMS > CORAL REEFS theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 17.0 OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan (NCRMP) Implementation theme CRCP Project Numeric Data Sets > Biology Numeric Data Sets > Fish Census theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Reef fish census > Belt transect EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Census theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus 0156879 156879 theme NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Florida State Department of Environmental Protection Nova Southeastern University Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science University of Miami US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center US DOC; NOAA; NOS; Coral Reef Conservation Program US DOC; NOAA; NOS; ONMS; Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary US DOI; National Park Service theme NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS BENTHIC COMMUNITIES BENTHIC SPECIES BIOLOGICAL DATA CORAL DEPTH - OBSERVATION FISH - CORAL REEF FISH CENSUS FISH SPECIES Fish HABITAT HABITAT - BENTHIC SPECIES IDENTIFICATION SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS benthic biological in situ survey - biological survey - coral reef survey - swimmer/diver theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS CORAL REEF STUDIES Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) theme NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Coastal Waters of Florida Florida Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Gulf of Mexico North Atlantic Ocean theme NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center theme NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Florida Reef Tract (26N080W0007) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract (26N080W0007) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus swimmer/diver instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Diver Visual Survey theme 2014 temporal DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Florida project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral communities in the Florida Reef Tract from 2014-05-01 to 2014-10-01 (NCEI Accession 0156879) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/66518. 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. 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NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. unclassified Not applicable Not applicable NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 66518 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/66518.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 -83.103 -79.9978 24.4361 27.1786 | Currentness: Ground Condition 2014-05-01 2014-10-01 The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) is a framework for conducting sustained observations of biological, climate, and socioeconomic indicators at 10 priority coral reefs across the U.S. and its territories. This integrated approach will consolidate monitoring of coral reefs under a uniform method in the Pacific, Atlantic, Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico for the first time. NCRMP is funded by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) and supported by NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) and many other partners. NCCOS is co-leading biological monitoring missions with NOAA's Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) to gather data on fish populations and coral reef communities in the U.S. Caribbean, Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico. Each year, our scientists work closely with CRCP and local partners to collect biological data from thousands of strategically selected sites. We then use innovative analysis techniques to develop products that give fellow scientists, managers, decision makers and the public a better understanding of a region's resources and how they are changing over time. The biological component of NCRMP provides a biennial ecological characterization at a broad spatial scale of general reef condition for reef fishes, corals and benthic habitat (i.e., fish species composition/density/size, benthic cover, and coral density/size/condition). Data collection occurs at stratified random sites where the sampling domain for each region is partitioned by habitat type and depth, sub-regional location (e.g., along-shelf position) and management zone. Data provided in this data set were collected along the Florida reef tract from Dry Tortugas to Martin County false eng false Data Table RawDataDictionary_Benthic-Boatlog.csv 2023-08-28 publication DRTO_2014_Boatlogs_All-boatlog.csv 2023-08-28 publication FKEYS_2014_Boatlogs-Boatlog.csv 2023-08-28 publication SEFCRI_2014_Boatlogs-Boatlog.csv 2023-08-28 publication Raw Data Dictionary Benthic Cover Sample 2023-08-28 publication DRTO_2014_benthic_covers-BenthicCoverSample.csv 2023-08-28 publication FKEYS_2014_benthic_covers-BenthicCoverSample.csv 2023-08-28 publication SEFCRI_2014_benthic_covers-BenthicCoverSamples.csv 2023-08-28 publication RawDataDictionary_Benthic-BenthicCoverCategories.csv 2023-08-28 publication DRTO_2014_benthic_covers-CoverCategories.csv 2023-08-28 publication SEFCRI_2014_benthic_covers-CoverCategories.csv 2023-08-28 publication FKEYS_2014_benthic_covers-CoverCategories.csv 2016-11-04 16:34 424K 2023-08-28 publication RawDataDictionary_Benthic-CoralDemographicCorals.csv 2023-08-28 publication DRTO_2014_coral_demographics-DemoCorals.csv 2023-08-28 publication FKEYS_2014_coral_demographic-DemoCorals.csv 2023-08-28 publication SEFCRI_2014_coral_demographic-DemoCorals.csv 2023-08-28 publication RawDataDictionary_Benthic-CoralDemographicsSample.csv 2023-08-28 publication DRTO_2014_coral_demographics-CoralDemoSample.csv 2023-08-28 publication FKEYS_2014_coral_demographic-CoralDemoSample.csv 2016-11-04 16:35 1.3M 2023-08-28 publication SEFCRI_2014_coral_demographic-CoralDemoSample.csv 2023-08-28 publication NCEI Archived Data Accession GTAR 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/archive-management-system/OAS/bin/prd/jquery/accession/download/156879 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link 156879.2.2.tar.gz download dataset Data sets and protocols are year specific. Data sets are based on year-specific protocols utilized for data collection. A Cooperative Multi-agency Reef Fish Monitoring Protocol for the Florida Keys Coral Reef Ecosystem 2009-09-01 publication National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) - Coral Reef Conservation Program