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Coral ecosystem connectivity from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys: light trap invertebrate zooplankton abundance data from 2012-08-10 to 2014-08-27 (NCEI Accession 0228806)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 29, 2026 | Last Modified: 2021-04-14T00:00:00.000+00:00
This dataset comprises invertebrate zooplankton abundance data from light traps deployed in Pulley Ridge, Dry Tortugas, and the lower Florida Keys (American Shoal and Looe Key). Replicate light traps were deployed overnight from small boats in August of 2012, 2013, and 2014. Deployments were, ~5–6 m off the seafloor at all collection sites during the third quarter to new moon lunar periods. Simultaneous sampling across all sites was not possible. Larval fishes were removed from the samples and the remaining zooplankton were split using a Folsom Plankton Splitter or a box splitter. Raw counts of zooplankton were multiplied by the split denominator to determine zooplankton/trap. A total of two replicates for 19 nights of light trap deployments were identified for 29 major taxonomic zooplankton groups.

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0228806 biological data INVERTEBRATE SPECIES ZOOPLANKTON ABUNDANCE trap biological in situ R/V F.G. Walton Smith NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Oregon State University University of Miami NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Gulf of Mexico North Atlantic Ocean Straits of Florida oceanography DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce NCCOS Project #63: Understanding Coral Ecosystem Connectivity in the Gulf of Mexico from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON Marine Spatial Ecology > Regional Ecosystem Science Field Observation Appendicularia Brachiolaria Calanoida Chaetognatha Clopoida Cumacea Decapods Demersal plankton Euphausiacea Gammaridea Gelatinous plankton Gymnosomata Harpacticoida Heteropoda Holoplankton Hyperiidae Isopoda Megalopae Meroplankton Mysida Ostracoda Phyllosoma Plankson species richness Poecilostomatoida Polychaeta Pteropoda Shrimp Stomatopoda Tanaidacea Zoea TRAPS > TRAPS Light trap F. G. Walton Smith (call sign: WCZ6292, ICES code: 33WA, 1999-) R/V F.G. Walton Smith OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO U.S. States and Territories > Florida Waterbodies > Atlantic Ocean Waterbodies > Gulf of Mexico Dry Tortugas Dry Tortugas Ecological Reserve North Dry Tortugas Ecological Reserve South Florida Keys Reef Tract Pulley Ridge Pulley Ridge Habitat Area of Particular Concern Southwest Florida Shelf West Florida Shelf E0NJJY

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title Coral ecosystem connectivity from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys: light trap invertebrate zooplankton abundance data from 2012-08-10 to 2014-08-27 (NCEI Accession 0228806)

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