dc.coverage.spatial | Florida | en_US |
dc.coverage.spatial | U.S. Caribbean | en_US |
dc.coverage.spatial | Flower Garden Banks | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-16T16:47:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-12-16T16:47:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.citation | NOAA, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (2021) Benthic Assessment Protocols for the Atlantic Region: U.S.
Caribbean, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico: 2021. Silver Spring, MD, NOAA, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP), 26pp. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25607/obp-1686 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.oceanbestpractices.org/handle/11329/1817 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.25607/obp-1686 | |
dc.description.abstract | The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (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 ( e.g., Florida, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Flower Garden B anks
National Marine Sanctuary [FGBNMS]) is partitioned by habitat type and depth, sub-regional
location (e.g., along-shelf position) and management zone. NCRMP will provide broader
geographic context to supplement local monitoring efforts and studies of tropical reef ecosystems.
Line point-intercept (LPI) sampling, the main component of the Benthic Assessment protocols,
provides benthic cover estimates for ecologically important cover types/groups (e.g., macroalgae,
turf algae, crustose coralline algae, corals, sponges, sand/sediment, etc.). This method is
complementary to the NCRMP Coral Demographics sampling method that collects detailed
information on scleractinian corals, including density, size and condition (percent mortality and
bleaching) measurements (Refer to Coral Demographic Survey Protocol for the Atlantic Region:
U.S. Caribbean, Florida and Gulf of Mexico: 2021).
As a result of NCRMP standardization throughout the project’s regions (e.g. Florida and Pacific
regions), the protocols previously known as the ‘LPI Survey Protocols’ have been renamed to
Benthic Assessment Protocols. Most notably, changes to the document format and sections have
been re-formatted to identify the four main components of the Benthic Assessment protocols.
Specific differences in methodologies between regions, where applicable, are noted within the
protocols. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program Project #743 | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | NOAA, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) | en_US |
dc.rights | CC0 1.0 Universal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | * |
dc.subject.other | Benthic communities | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Coral | en_US |
dc.subject.other | BioICE | |
dc.subject.other | IOOS Marine Life | |
dc.title | Benthic Assessment Protocols for the Atlantic Region: U.S. Caribbean, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico: 2021. | en_US |
dc.type | Report | en_US |
dc.description.status | Published | en_US |
dc.format.pages | 26pp. | en_US |
dc.contributor.corpauthor | NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program | en_US |
dc.description.refereed | Refereed | en_US |
dc.publisher.place | Silver Spring, MD | en_US |
dc.subject.parameterDiscipline | Biological oceanography | en_US |
dc.subject.dmProcesses | Data acquisition | en_US |
dc.description.currentstatus | Current | en_US |
dc.description.sdg | 14.a | en_US |
dc.description.eov | Hard coral cover and composition | en_US |
dc.description.adoption | Organisational | en_US |
dc.description.adoption | Multi-organisational | en_US |
dc.description.adoption | National | en_US |
dc.description.sensors | N/A | en_US |
dc.description.methodologyType | Method | en_US |
obps.contact.contactemail | erica.towle@noaa.gov | |
obps.resourceurl.publisher | https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/30723/noaa_30723_DS1.pdf | |