gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:51962 eng UTF8 dataset National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science resourceProvider NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2026-03-31T19:17:57 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) NCCOS Sponsored Research Project: Understanding Coral Ecosystem Connectivity in the Gulf of Mexico from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys Project: Pulley Ridge 2012 creation 2015-10-17 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 51962 doi:10.7284/902464, doi:10.7284/904845, doi:10.7284/904902, doi:10.7284/906594 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/51962 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science 1305 East West Highway, Rm 8110 Silver Spring MD 20910 https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Website Website listed for National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science information Principal Investigator: Robert Cowen; Oregon State University Additional Principal Investigators: • George Haliwell, Ryan Smith; NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory • Andy David, Stacey Harter, Heather Moe; NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center • Louis Rocha; California Academy of Sciences • Shirley Pomponi, Stephanie Farrington, M. Dennis Hanisak, John Reed, Joshua Voss; Florida Atlantic University-Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, NOAA Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research and Technology (CIOERT) • Mahadev Bhat; Florida International University • Amy Baco-Taylor, Felicia Coleman, Christopher C. Koenig, Christopher R. Malinowski; Florida State University • Andrea Bernard, Mahmood Shivji; Nova Southeastern University • Su Sponaugle; Oregon State University • Arnoldo Valle-Levinson; University of Florida • Peter Ortner, Andrew Baker, David Die, Esther Goldstein, Villy Kourafalou, Chris Mader, Josefina Olascoaga, Margie Oleksiak, Claire Paris, Rocio-Perez Portola, Xayamara Serrano, Ana Vaz; University of Miami, NOAA Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) • Lance Horn, Jason White, Glenn Taylor, Undersea Vehicles Program; University of North Carolina, Wilmington principalInvestigator https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/13pulleyridge/welcome.html WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Coral Ecosystem Connectivity 2013: From Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys Coral Ecosystem Connectivity 2013: From Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys download https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/14pulleyridge/welcome.html WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Coral Ecosystem Connectivity 2014: From Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys Coral Ecosystem Connectivity 2014: From Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys download https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/15pulleyridge/welcome.html WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Coral Ecosystem Connectivity 2015: From Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys Coral Ecosystem Connectivity 2015: From Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys download https://coastalmodeling.rsmas.miami.edu/research-projects/florida-keys/index.html WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Florida Straits, South Florida and Keys Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (FKeyS-HYCOM) Florida Straits, South Florida and Keys Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (FKeyS-HYCOM) download https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/regional/pulleyridge/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NCCOS Regional Ecosystem Science: Pulley Ridge NCCOS Regional Ecosystem Science: Pulley Ridge download https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/coral-ecosystem-connectivity-gulf-florida-keys/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NCCOS Research Project Webpage: Understanding Coral Ecosystem Connectivity in the Gulf of Mexico from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys NCCOS Research Project Webpage: Understanding Coral Ecosystem Connectivity in the Gulf of Mexico from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys download http://mesophotic.ccs.miami.edu/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Pulley Ridge Decision Support Resource (DSR) Pulley Ridge Decision Support Resource (DSR) download This project investigated the role that the mesophotic coral ecosystems (~60–100 m) of Pulley Ridge (off the southwest coast of Florida) play in replenishing key species in the downstream reefs of the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas. Because of the well-documented decline of Florida’s reefs, it is important to identify, protect, and manage sources of larval reef species that can help sustain Florida’s reef ecosystems and the tourism economy that depends on it. This interdisciplinary study focused on determining the connectivity of reef species living at Pulley Ridge, the deepest known photosynthetic coral reef off the continental U.S., to those in the Florida Keys, as well as describing the community structure and determining the economic value of Pulley Ridge’s communities. Focal species for connectivity studies were the red grouper (Epinephelus morio), the bicolor damselfish (Stegastes partitus), the Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois spp.), the great star coral (Montastraea cavernosa), lettuce corals (Agaricia spp.), and the giant barrel sponge (Xestospongia muta). The study was advised by a Stakeholder Advisory Board, a collaboration of federal, state, and nongovernmental stakeholders to ensure the utility of outputs for resource managers. The goal of this study is to provide a better understanding of the underlying processes that regulate Pulley Ridge and whether Pulley Ridge helps sustain the coral reef communities in the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas, as well as provide information on whether Pulley Ridge would benefit from further protection. Mesophotic coral ecosystems, such as Pulley Ridge, are characterized by light-dependent corals and associated communities that live in relatively deep, low-light environments (30–100 m in the Gulf of Mexico). Corals and other habitat-forming organisms help create hard bottom habitat that becomes home to a diverse community of plants and animals, many of which are unique to these communities, but other species are also found in shallower reef habitats. This project was led by the University of Miami and represented a collaboration of over 30 scientists at 9 different universities pooling their expertise with state and federal agency scientists through NOAA’s Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies at the University of Miami in coordination with the Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research, and Technology at Florida Atlantic University. 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It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None otherRestrictions Use Constraints: None unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 51962 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/51962.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 -85 -79 23 28 2011-09-01 2018-02-01 Partners: • US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) • US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Gulf of Mexico Regional Collaboration Team • US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Regional Office (SERO) • US DOC; NOAA; NOS; Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) • US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) • NOAA Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) • NOAA Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research, and Technology (CIOERT) • University of Miami • Florida Atlantic University • California Academy of Sciences • Florida International University • Florida State University • Nova Southeastern University • Oregon State University • University of Florida • University of North Carolina, Wilmington Funding: • This project was funded by the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) under award NA11NOS4780045 to the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) at the University of Miami, and by the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research under awards NA09OAR4320073 and NA14OAR4320260 to the Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research and Technology (CIOERT) at Florida Atlantic University – Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. • US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), NCCOS Project #63, “Understanding Coral Ecosystem Connectivity in the Gulf of Mexico from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys” • US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) NCEI Archived Data Accession R2R Archived Data Accession R2R Archived Data Accession NIH NCBI GEO Archived Data Accession NCEI Archived Data Accession NCEI Archived Data Accession NCEI Archived Data Accession NCEI Archived Data Accession Dryad Archived Data Accession PLoS ONE Supporting Information NCEI Archived Data Accession R2R Archived Data Accession R2R Archived Data Accession NCEI Archived Data Accession NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov distributor National Institutes of Health, National Center for Biotechnology Information, Gene Expression Omnibus geo@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Home Page Homepage for the organization. information https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/ distributor 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 Rolling Deck to Repository info@rvdata.us http://www.rvdata.us/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Home Page Homepage for the organization. information http://www.rvdata.us/ distributor PLoS ONE https://journals.plos.org/plosone/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link homepage main information page for the organization information PLoS ONE, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/ distributor Dryad Digital Repository help@datadryad.org https://datadryad.org/stash WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Dryad Home Page main information page for the organization information Dryad, https://datadryad.org/stash/ distributor https://doi.org/10.25921/fvpw-6337 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Oceanography: Drifters Smith, R.H., V. Kourafalou, and A. Valle-Levinson. 2018. Coral Ecosystem Connectivity from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys: Surface Drifting Buoy Position Data from 2012-08-08 to 2016-05-12 (NCEI Accession 0178107). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. doi:10.25921/fvpw-6337 download https://doi.org/10.7284/904845 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link 2013 Cruise Data Cowen, R. 2015. Cruise WS1312 on RV F.G. Walton Smith, Population Connectivity of the Pulley Ridge-South Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem. Rolling Deck to Repository Program. Field Expedition Dataset. doi:10.7284/904845 download https://doi.org/10.7284/906594 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link 2015 Cruise Data Hanisak, M.D. 2016. Cruise WS15234 on RV F.G. Walton Smith, Population Connectivity of the Pulley Ridge-South Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem. Rolling Deck to Repository Program. Field Expedition Dataset. doi:10.7284/906594 download https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE107688 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Montastraea cavernosa genomics (Transcriptomic data) Studivan, M.S., and J.D. Voss. 2019. Transcriptome-wide analysis of Montastraea cavernosa gene expression across shallow and mesophotic natural populations and a transplant experiment (NIH NCBI GEO Accession GSE107688). NIH NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus. Dataset. download https://doi.org/10.25921/ha6m-s136 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Oceanography: CTD Data Smith, R.H., V. Kourafalou, and A. Valle-Levinson. 2019. Coral Ecosystem Connectivity from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys: Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Cast Data from 2013-08-20 to 2014-08-24 (NCEI Accession 0190533). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. doi:10.25921/ha6m-s136 download https://doi.org/10.25921/kcqd-p997 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Modeling: Fish Biology Data Goldstein, E.D., E.K. D’Alessandro, and S. Sponaugle. 2019. Coral Ecosystem Connectivity from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys: Bicolor Damselfish (Stegastes partitus) Population Demographic Data from 2012-07-15 to 2015-06-21 (NCEI Accession 0178639). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. doi:10.25921/kcqd-p997 download https://doi.org/10.25921/hhjr-bm33 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Modeling: Temperature Data Goldstein, E.D., E.K. D’Alessandro, and S. Sponaugle. 2019. Coral Ecosystem Connectivity from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys: Temperature Time Series Data from 2012-07-20 to 2014-08-13 (NCEI Accession 0190271). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. doi:10.25921/hhjr-bm33 download https://doi.org/10.25921/anqp-1b45 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Oceanography: ADCP Data Smith, R.H., V. Kourafalou, and A. Valle-Levinson. 2019. Coral Ecosystem Connectivity from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys: Moored Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Time-Series Data from 2012-08-15 to 2015-06-24 (NCEI Accession 0181331). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. doi:10.25921/anqp-1b45 download https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.tj146fn WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Montastraea cavernosa genomics (Microsatellite data) Studivan, M.S., and J.D. Voss. 2019. Data from: Population connectivity among shallow and mesophotic Montastraea cavernosa corals in the Gulf of Mexico identifies potential for refugia. Dryad Digital Repository. Dataset. doi:10.5061/dryad.tj146fn download https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203732 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Montastraea cavernosa genomics (supporting information) Studivan, M.S., G. Milstein, and J.D. Voss. 2019. Supporting information for "Montastraea cavernosa corallite structure demonstrates distinct morphotypes across shallow and mesophotic depth zones in the Gulf of Mexico." PLoS ONE, 14(3):e0203732. Supporting Information. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0203732 download https://doi.org/10.25921/9gc5-x022 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Modeling: 3D Connectivity Data Vaz, A.C., and C.B. Paris. 2019. Coral Ecosystem Connectivity from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys: Modeled 3D Connectivity Matrices from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys for Coral and Fish Species (NCEI Accession 0191355). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. doi:10.25921/9gc5-x022 download https://doi.org/10.7284/902464 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link 2012 Cruise Data Cowen, R. 2015. Cruise WS1213 on RV F.G. Walton Smith, Population Connectivity of the Pulley Ridge-South Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem. Rolling Deck to Repository Program. Field Expedition Dataset. doi:10.7284/902464 download https://doi.org/10.7284/904902 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link 2014 Cruise Data Hanisak, M.D. 2015. Cruise WS1412 on RV F.G. Walton Smith, Population Connectivity of the Pulley Ridge-South Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem. Rolling Deck to Repository Program. Field Expedition Dataset. doi:10.7284/904902 download https://doi.org/10.25921/hskq-8j11 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Modeling: Hydrodynamic Model Data Kourafalou, V. and H. Kang. 2019. Coral Ecosystem Connectivity from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys: Simulated Current Velocity and Temperature from Hydrodynamic Modeling (NCEI Accession 0178799). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. doi:10.25921/hskq-8j11 download dataset Completeness Report Project created 27 observed datasets and 12 derived datasets. For details, see Distribution Information. This study is directed at determining the connectivity of reef species living in Pulley Ridge, the deepest known photosynthetic coral reef off the continental U.S., to those in the Florida Keys, as well as describing the community structure and determining the economic value of Pulley Ridge’s mesophotic communities. Results from this study are intended for use by resource managers. The project is divided into six separate groups: Physical Oceanography, Biological-physical Modeling, Population Genetics, Population Dynamics, Community Structure, and Bio-economics. There are three research themes: Understanding Connectivity: Four of the research groups are working to address the research objective focused on understanding population connectivity between Pulley Ridge and the Florida Keys. The Biological-physical Modeling group is split into modelers and larval fish biologists. The modelers require information on ocean currents from the Physical Oceanography group, biological data from the fish biologists within their own group, and information on adult fish growth and reproduction from the Population Dynamics group. These data are then used to develop a model to predict the degree of connectivity, which is then verified by information from the Population Genetics group. Assessing Community Structure: To assess the community structure of mesophotic coral ecosystems, the Community Structure group provides for their diverse expertise with benthic organisms (corals, sponges, algae, invertebrates, and fishes) and with remote sampling tools (notably remotely operated vehicles, or ROVs). Information key to describing the full mesophotic community will be provided by the Population Dynamics group as they focus on adult fish such as groupers. The information from these two groups is then synthesized into Geographic Information System (GIS) maps showing the distribution and abundance of benthic organisms across Pulley Ridge. Determining the Value of a Resource: The Bio-economics group will use information from the Community Structure group, as well as assimilate fisheries data, to evaluate the potential economic value of the different components of the mesophotic reef communities. They will do so not just from a fishery perspective, but also for tourism and ecosystem services (fundamental life-support processes upon which all organisms depend). 01. Andradi-Brown, D., J. Laverick, I. Bejarano, T. Bridge, P.L. Colin, G. Eyal, R. Jones, S. Kahng, J. Reed, T. Smith, H.L. Spalding, and E. Wood. 2016. Threats to mesophotic coral ecosystems and management options. In: E.K. Baker, Puglise, K.A. and Harris, P.T. (Eds.), Mesophotic coral ecosystems – A lifeboat for coral reefs? The United Nations Environment Programme and GRID-Arendal, Nairobi and Arendal, p 67-82. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/7566 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/7566 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 02. Baker, E.K, K.A. Puglise, and P.T. Harris (Eds.). 2016. Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems - A Lifeboat for Coral Reefs?. The United Nations Environment Programme and GRID-Arendal, Nairobi and Arendal, 98 p. ISBN: 978-82-7701-150-9. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/7566 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/7566 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 03. Díaz, M.C., and S.A. Pomponi. 2018. New Poecilosclerida from mesophotic coral reefs and the deep-sea escarpment in the Pulley Ridge region, eastern Gulf of Mexico: Discorhabdella ruetzleri n. sp. (Crambeidae) and Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) vaceleti n. sp. (Hymedesmiidae). Zootaxa, 4466(1):229-237. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4466.1.17 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4466.1.17 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 04. Goldstein, E.D., E.K. D’Alessandro, and S. Sponaugle. 2016. Demographic and reproductive plasticity across depth distribution of a coral reef fish. Scientific Reports, 6:34077. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep34077 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep34077 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 05. Goldstein, E.D., E.K. D’Alessandro, and S. Sponaugle. 2017. Fitness consequences of habitat variability, trophic position, and energy allocation across the depth distribution of a coral-reef fish. Coral Reefs, 36(3):957-968. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-017-1587-4 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-017-1587-4 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 06. Goldstein, E.D., E.K. D’Alessandro, J. Reed, and S. Sponaugle. 2016. 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