Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project Florida Keys 2018

James Porter1, Marion Stoessel2, Abby Benson3, Marion Stoessel4

1 University of Georgia, Odum School of Ecology, ; 2 GCOOS at Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, ; 3 U.S. Geological Survey, ; 4 GCOOS at Texas A&M University, Dept. of Oceanography, 

Corresponding author(s): James Porter (jporter@uga.edu), Marion Stoessel (mstoessel@ocean.tamu.edu)

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Resource Citation

Porter J, Stoessel M (2020). Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project Florida Keys 2018. United States Geological Survey. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/aa4ujk

Abstract

The purpose of the Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project (CREMP) is to monitor the status and trends of selected reefs in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary(FKNMS).CREMP assessments have been conducted annually at fixed sites since 1996 and data collectedprovides information on the temporal changes in benthic cover and diversity of stony corals andassociated marine flora and fauna. The core field methods continue to be underwatervideography and timed coral species inventories. Findings presented in this report include datafrom 109 stations at 37 sites sampled from 1996 through 2008 in the Florida Keys and 1999 through 2008 in the Dry Tortugas. The report describes the annual differences (between 2007 and 2008) in the percent cover of major benthic taxa (stony corals, octocorals, sponges, and macroalgae), mean coral species richness and the incidence of stony coral conditions. Additionally, it examines the long-term trends of the major benthic taxa, five coral complex, Montastraea cavernosa, Colpophyllia natans, Siderastrea siderea, and Porites astreoides) and the clionaid sponge, Cliona delitrix.

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General description

Additional information: marine, harvest by OBIS

Data published through GBIF: https://www1.usgs.gov/obis-usa/ipt/resource?r=coralreefevaluationandmonitoringproject-2018

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Florida Keys, Florida, United States
Coordinates: 24°27'7.2''N and 25°17'42''N Latitude; 81°55'8.4''W and 80°12'32.4''W Longitude 

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project Florida Keys 2018
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://www1.usgs.gov/obis-usa/ipt/archive.do?r=coralreefevaluationandmonitoringproject-2018
Publication date of data: 2020-06-01
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2020-05-12
Hierarchy level: Dataset