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National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef fish communities in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: February 28, 2026 | Last Modified: 2025-04-16T00:00:00.000+00:00
This collection contains data on species composition, density, size, abundance and derived metrics (e.g., species richness, diversity) gathered from fish surveys at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) in the Gulf of Mexico as part of the ongoing National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). Data provided in this collection were gathered within FGBNMS as part of NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)-led missions in collaboration with partners at NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries FGBNMS, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Southeast Fisheries Science Center and Texas A&M. Data in this collection gathered in 2013 and 2015 were collected using the Belt Transect method. After 2015 data were collected using the stationary point count method.

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0208240 0224405 0277994 0292107 0302939 biological data FISH - CORAL REEF FISH BIOMASS FISH CENSUS FISH SPECIES HABITAT - BENTHIC REEF AND/OR BOTTOM REGIME - PERCENT COVER SPECIES IDENTIFICATION SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ORGANISM LENGTH swimmer/diver visual observation biological in situ survey survey - biological survey - coral reef survey - swimmer/diver visual estimate visual observation MV Fling NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) CORAL REEF STUDIES National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) Gulf of Mexico oceanography US DOC; NOAA; NFMS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) US DOC; NOAA; NOS; Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) US DOC; NOAA; NFMS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) US DOC; NOAA; NOS; Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 743 National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan (NCRMP) Implementation National Coral Reef Monitoring Program CRCP Project #743 National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan (NCRMP) Implementation NCCOS Project #180 National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Implementation: Biological and Socioeconomic Monitoring NOAA's SEFSC Reef Visual Census Fish Analysis Ready datasets and custom R-package Numeric Data Sets > Fish Census EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Species Richness EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census > Belt Transect EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census > Stationary EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Census EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > REEF > CORAL REEF EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > COASTAL LANDFORMS > CORAL REEFS NCCOS Research Data Type > Field Observation NCCOS Research Data Type > Long-term Monitoring NCCOS Research Priorities > Marine Spatial Ecology NCCOS Research Topics > Ecological and Biological Characterization Marine Spatial Ecology > Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments Field Observation Long-term Monitoring VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS ruler Ships Fling (call sign: WDA7435, ICES code: 336N) R/V Manta COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Texas > East Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Texas > West Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0002) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of America > Flower Garden Banks > East Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of America > Flower Garden Banks > West Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0002) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Mexico > Flower Garden Banks > East Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Mexico > Flower Garden Banks > West Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0002) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO NCCOS Research Location > Regions > Gulf of America U.S. States and Territories > Puerto Rico Waterbodies > Caribbean Sea Waterbodies > Gulf of Mexico Caribbean Sea Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) Gulf of Mexico Puerto Rico Biennial VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA FLOOR 69J0RJ H5A43D LNT7DF X3BU67 YAJDLH

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