Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project Dry Tortugas 2009

James Porter1, Marion Stoessel2, Abby Benson3

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

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

Received {date}; Revised {date}; Accepted {date}; Published {date}

Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

Porter J, Stoessel M (2020). Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project Dry Tortugas 2009. United States Geological Survey. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ef89m2

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 collected provides information on the temporal changes in benthic cover and diversity of stony corals and associated marine flora and fauna. The core field methods continue to be underwater videography and timed coral species inventories. Findings presented in this report include data from 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. It is one of the longest running coral reef monitoring projects in south Florida and has been extremely important in documenting the temporal changes that have occurred in recent years.

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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=crempdrytortugas2009

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, United States
Coordinates: 24°36'28.8''N and 24°41'57.48''N Latitude; 83°0'7.92''W and 82°52'2.28''W Longitude 

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project Dry Tortugas 2009
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=crempdrytortugas2009
Publication date of data: 2020-06-11
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2020-06-11
Hierarchy level: Dataset