gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66801 eng UTF8 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 Grove, Laura (305) 361-4479 (305) 365-4103 75 VA Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 jay.grove@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:17 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Refinement of the Southern Florida Reef Tract Benthic Habitat Map with habitat use patterns of reef fish species (NCEI Accession 0224176) 2019 creation 2020 revision 2021 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 66801 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/66801 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information Ault, Jerald S (305) 421-4884 j.ault@miami.edu https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jerald-Ault WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Ault, Jerald S Website Researchgate Page Jerald Ault information principalInvestigator https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0224176 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Landing Page NCEI Accession 0224176 Online Resource download tableDigital Cite as: Ault, S. Jerald; Smith, G. Steven; Luo, Jiangang; Grove, J. Laura; Johnson, W. Matthew; Blondeau, Jeremiah (2021). Refinement of the Southern Florida Reef Tract Benthic Habitat Map with habitat use patterns of reef fish species (NCEI Accession 0224176). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0224176. Accessed [date]. This data set summarized biological and environmental sampling data from Reef Visual Census (RVC) surveys in southern Florida in conjunction with remote-sensed, high-resolution mapping data to take significant strides in moving from qualitative to quantitative habitat characterization of the RVC coral reef sampling frame. The data set contains two GIS shape files, one for the Dry Tortugas region and one for the Florida Keys, of survey sampling grids with habitat-depths quantitatively characterized to a 50 x 50 m resolution. Each sampling grid has region code, grid number, average depth (m), habitat code, zone code indicating onshore-offshore, MPA-code indicating whether inside or outside a protected area, depth strata code, rugosity strata code, fish strata code, and coral strata code. There is a dictionary file which describes the details of each habitat code categories. The refined sampling grid will have significant improvements to the accuracy, precision, and cost-effectiveness of RVC surveys in the Florida Keys and Tortugas regions. The study findings suggest some clear mapping priorities for fully characterizing the RVC sampling grid for the Florida Keys and Tortugas regions. To refine sampling grid to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and precision of RVC surveys by developing a refined benthic habitat map for the southern Florida reef tract based on quantitative habitat metrics at a spatial scale of 50 x 50 m map units completed Ault, Jerald S (305) 421-4884 j.ault@miami.edu https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jerald-Ault WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Ault, Jerald S Website Researchgate Page Jerald Ault information custodian asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0224176/1.1/about/0224176_map.jpg JPG DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 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 > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > COASTAL LANDFORMS > CORAL REEFS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH 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 LIDAR > Light Detection and Ranging MBES > Multibeam Mapping System instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 17.2 31242 Refinement of benthic habitat map for South Florida Reef Tract with habitat use patterns of reef fish species theme CRCP Project 0224176 224176 theme NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science theme NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS CORAL HABITAT - BENTHIC WATER DEPTH - AVERAGE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS laboratory analyses model output theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS CORAL REEF STUDIES Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) theme NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science theme NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Florida Reef Tract (25N080W0002) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Florida Reef Tract (26N080W0007) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract (26N080W0007) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Florida Reef Tract (25N080W0002) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus Coastal Waters of Florida Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Gulf of Mexico North Atlantic Ocean place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS LIDAR multibeam sonar swimmer/diver instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS RVC Reef Visual Census rugosity theme 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]: Refinement of the Southern Florida Reef Tract Benthic Habitat Map with habitat use patterns of reef fish species (NCEI Accession 0224176) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/66801. 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: No access constraints unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 66801 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/66801.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 -83.1045455 -80.0853609 24.4292568 25.7569911 for the Dry Tortugas region and one for the Florida Keys 1999-05-01 2019-10-31 false eng false GIS File Data Table Shape File From The Dry Tortugas 2023-08-28 publication Shape File From The Florida Keys 2023-08-28 publication DRTO_SampGrid_Dictionary-HABITAT_CD.csv 2023-08-28 publication FKEYS_SampGrid_Dictionary-HABITAT_CD.csv 2023-08-28 publication FKEYS_SampGrid_Dictionary-MPA_NR.csv 2023-08-28 publication DRTO_SampGrid_Dictionary-MPA_NR.csv 2023-08-28 publication DRTO_SampGrid_Dictionary-ZONE_NR.csv 2023-08-28 publication FKEYS_SampGrid_Dictionary-ZONE_NR.csv 2023-08-28 publication FKEYS_SampGrid_Dictionary-SUBREGION_NR.csv 2023-08-28 publication DRTO_SampGrid_Dictionary-SUBREGION_NR.csv 2023-08-28 publication DRTO_SampGrid_Dictionary-DEP_STRAT.csv 2023-08-28 publication FKEYS_SampGrid_Dictionary-DEP_STRAT.csv 2021-01-11 20:59 164 2023-08-28 publication FKEYS_SampGrid_Dictionary-RUG_STRAT.csv 2023-08-28 publication DRTO_SampGrid_Dictionary-RUG_STRAT.csv 2023-08-28 publication DRTO_SampGrid_Dictionary-STRAT_CORA.csv 2023-08-28 publication DRTO_SampGrid_Dictionary-STRAT_FISH.csv 2023-08-28 publication DRTO_SampGrid_Dictionary-Variables.csv 2023-08-28 publication FKEYS_SampGrid_Dictionary-Variables.csv 2023-08-28 publication NCEI Data Archive 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/224176 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link 224176.1.1.tar.gz download dataset Parameter or Variable: Habitat class (calculated); Units: discrete unit; Observation Category: model output; Sampling Instrument: diver, and lidar; Sampling and Analyzing Method: diver observed rugosity were compared with fish density, and to the rugosity generated from lidar bathymetry data.