Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

This site is currently in beta, and your feedback is helping shape its ongoing development.

NCCOS Assessment: Biogeographic Surveys of Benthic and Fish Communities in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico from 2001-01-09 to 2012-11-02 (NCEI Accession 0206670)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 29, 2026 | Last Modified: 2019-11-22T00:00:00.000+00:00
This data compilation includes benthic and fish survey data collected in St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI); La Parguera, Guanica, Jobos Bay, and Vieques, Puerto Rico; and Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) in the Gulf of Mexico. Data were collected on a biennial basis from 2001 through 2012 and in a consistent manner with established protocols by NOAA's NCCOS Biogeography Branch. In 2013, these long-term Caribbean and FGBNMS monitoring efforts merged with other monitoring programs funded by Coral Reef Conservation Program to form the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP), an ongoing program designed to monitor and assess changes in the composition of coral and reef fish communities.

Find Related Datasets

Click any tag below to search for similar datasets

0206670 BENTHIC SPECIES biological data CORAL CORAL - CENSUS CORAL - SPECIES IDENTIFICATION FISH - CORAL REEF FISH CENSUS FISH SPECIES HABITAT - BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE CENSUS SPECIES IDENTIFICATION SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT swimmer/diver visual observation biological in situ visual observation NOAA Ship Nancy Foster Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary National Park Service NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science United States Geological Survey University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Department of Marine Sciences NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) CORAL REEF STUDIES Caribbean Sea Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Gulf of Mexico oceanography DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS/NMS > National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOI/NPS > National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior DOI/USGS > U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior 1085 1417 180 20464 20641 2067 20704 20734 437 526 534 586 691 Baseline assessment of fish and benthic communities of the Flower Garden Banks Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Characterization of Land-Based Sources of Pollution and Effects in the St. Thomas East End Reserve (STEER): Year 2 Contaminants in Marine Resources of Vieques F057 Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring F058 Baseline assessment of fish and benthic communities of the Flower Garden Banks L051 Baseline Assessment of Guanica Bay, Puerto Rico in Support of Watershed Restoration Land-sea characterization of East End Marine Park to evaluate zones and support management plan review - Year 2 USVI 246 Land-sea characterization of East End Marine Park to evaluate zones and support management plan review USVI 252 Characterization of Land-Based Sources of Pollution and Effects in the St. Thomas East End Reserve (STEER) NCCOS Project #164 - Land and Sea Characterization of St. Croix East End Marine Park NCCOS Project #18 - Characterization of Land-Based Sources of Pollution and Effects in the St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER) NCCOS Project #180 - National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Implementation: Biological and Socioeconomic Monitoring NCCOS Project #206 - Characterizing Fish and Invertebrates of the Shallow Coral Reefs of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, NCCOS Project #246 - Contaminants in Marine Resources of Vieques NCCOS Project #34 - Baseline Assessment of Guanica Bay, Puerto Rico in Support of Watershed Restoration NCCOS Project #44 - Research to Support Management of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary NCCOS Project #57 - Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Project NCCOS Project #74 - Coral Reef Ecosystem Studies: Integrating Science and Management in the Caribbean NCCOS Project #99 - Baseline Assessment of Contaminants and Ecological Resources in Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico Numeric Data Sets > Benthic Numeric Data Sets > Fish Census EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Algal Cover EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > ESA Listed Species EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Damage Assessment EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census > Belt Transect EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Census Earth Science > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat > Description Earth Science > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring And Assessment Earth Science > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring And Assessment > Baseline Studies Earth Science > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring And Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Quadrat Monitoring > In Situ Earth Science > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Marine Protected Areas Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Macroinvertebrates Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Plants > Seagrass EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > COASTAL LANDFORMS > CORAL REEFS Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecosystems > Marine Ecosystems > Reef > Coral Reef Marine Spatial Ecology > Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments Field Observation Long-term Monitoring VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS Ships NANCY FOSTER (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 33NF, 2004-) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Jobos Bay ( Bahia de Jobos ) (17N066W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > La Parguera > La Parguera (17N067W0002) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Vieques > Vieques Island (18N065W0002) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Croix > St. Croix (17N064W0003) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. John > St. John (18N064W0011) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Thomas > St. Thomas (18N064W0033) Country/Territory > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Guanica (17N066W0005) Country/Territory > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000) 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 > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Jobos Bay ( Bahia de Jobos ) (17N066W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > La Parguera > La Parguera (17N067W0002) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Vieques Island > Vieques Island (18N065W0002) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Leeward Islands > St. Thomas (18N064W0033) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Virgin Islands > St. Croix (17N064W0003) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Virgin Islands > St. John (18N064W0011) Ocean Basin > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Guanica (17N066W0005) Ocean Basin > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000) 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 > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Puerto Rico Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands U.S. States and Territories > Puerto Rico U.S. States and Territories > U.S. Virgin Islands Waterbodies > Caribbean Sea Waterbodies > Gulf of Mexico Buck Island Reef National Monument (BIRNM) Caribbean Sea Coastal Ocean Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) Gulf of Mexico Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (JBNERR) St. Croix East End Marine Park (EEMP) St. Thomas East End Reserve (STEER) Virgin Islands National Coral Reef Monument (VICR) Virgin Islands National Park (VIIS) XCJLWR

Complete Metadata
@type dcat:Dataset
accessLevel non-public
contactPoint 
                                            {
  "fn": "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information",
  "@type": "vcard:Contact",
  "hasEmail": "mailto:ncei.info@noaa.gov"
}
describedByType application/octet-steam
description This data compilation includes benthic and fish survey data collected in St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI); La Parguera, Guanica, Jobos Bay, and Vieques, Puerto Rico; and Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) in the Gulf of Mexico. Data were collected on a biennial basis from 2001 through 2012 and in a consistent manner with established protocols by NOAA's NCCOS Biogeography Branch. In 2013, these long-term Caribbean and FGBNMS monitoring efforts merged with other monitoring programs funded by Coral Reef Conservation Program to form the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP), an ongoing program designed to monitor and assess changes in the composition of coral and reef fish communities.
distribution 
                                            [
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "NCEI Dataset Landing Page",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links.",
    "downloadURL": "https://doi.org/10.25921/rt0s-ty25",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Descriptive Information",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links.",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/206670",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "HTTPS",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download.",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/206670",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "FTP",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP).",
    "downloadURL": "ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0149/0206670/",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "NCCOS Data Collection: Biogeographic Surveys of Benthic and Fish Communities in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico from 2001-2012.",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. 2019. NCCOS Data Collection: Biogeographic Surveys of Benthic and Fish Communities in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico from 2001-2012. Data Webpage. https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/biogeo/benthic-fish-surveys-caribbean-gulf-of-mexico-2001-2012/",
    "downloadURL": "https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/biogeo/benthic-fish-surveys-caribbean-gulf-of-mexico-2001-2012/",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Protocols for Characterizing Fish and Associated Benthic Communities in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico: 2001-2012",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "Hile, S.D., C.F.G. Jeffrey, C. Caldow, J.D. Christensen, M.E. Monaco, and J.A. Morgan. 2019. Protocols for Characterizing Fish and Associated Benthic Communities in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico: 2001-2012. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 256. Silver Spring, MD. XX pp. https://doi.org/10.25923/z3yt-sh37",
    "downloadURL": "https://doi.org/10.25923/z3yt-sh37",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/9287",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "NOAA Central Library: Technical Memorandum",
    "downloadURL": "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/9287",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://doi.org/10.18785/gcr.1402.02",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "related journal article",
    "downloadURL": "https://doi.org/10.18785/gcr.1402.02",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Coral Bleaching Around Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "Clark, R., C.F.G. Jeffrey, K. Woody, Z. Hillis-Starr, and M. Monaco. 2009. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Coral Bleaching Around Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Bulletin of Marine Science, 84(2):167-182. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2009/00000084/00000002/art00003",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2009/00000084/00000002/art00003",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://doi.org/10.17128/9781589484603",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "related book",
    "downloadURL": "https://doi.org/10.17128/9781589484603",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1023255022513",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "related journal article",
    "downloadURL": "https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1023255022513",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.601",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "related journal article",
    "downloadURL": "https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.601",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2400.2006.00521.x",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "related journal article",
    "downloadURL": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2400.2006.00521.x",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07052",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "related journal article",
    "downloadURL": "https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07052",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.12.017",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "related journal article",
    "downloadURL": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.12.017",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/789",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "NOAA Central Library: Technical Memorandum",
    "downloadURL": "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/789",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/566",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "NOAA Central Library: Technical Memorandum",
    "downloadURL": "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/566",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/493",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "NOAA Central Library: Technical Memorandum",
    "downloadURL": "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/493",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/792",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "NOAA Central Library: Technical Memorandum",
    "downloadURL": "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/792",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/791",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "NOAA Central Library: Technical Memorandum",
    "downloadURL": "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/791",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/880",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "NOAA Central Library: Technical Memorandum",
    "downloadURL": "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/880",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/tm-nos-nccos-218",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "NOAA Central Library: Technical Memorandum",
    "downloadURL": "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/tm-nos-nccos-218",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5vd6wts",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "Related data",
    "downloadURL": "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5vd6wts",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5057d81",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "Related data",
    "downloadURL": "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5057d81",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5pg1q23",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "Related data",
    "downloadURL": "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5pg1q23",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5t72frz",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "Related data",
    "downloadURL": "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5t72frz",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5ww7fqk",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "Related data",
    "downloadURL": "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5ww7fqk",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5f769mm",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "Related data",
    "downloadURL": "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5f769mm",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "GCMD Keyword Forum Page",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords",
    "downloadURL": "https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "NCEI Contact Information",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "Information for contacts at NCEI.",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  }
]
identifier gov.noaa.nodc:0206670
issued 2019-11-08T00:00:00.000+00:00
keyword 
                                            [
  "0206670",
  "BENTHIC SPECIES",
  "biological data",
  "CORAL",
  "CORAL - CENSUS",
  "CORAL - SPECIES IDENTIFICATION",
  "FISH - CORAL REEF",
  "FISH CENSUS",
  "FISH SPECIES",
  "HABITAT - BENTHIC",
  "MACROINVERTEBRATE CENSUS",
  "SPECIES IDENTIFICATION",
  "SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT",
  "swimmer/diver",
  "visual observation",
  "biological",
  "in situ",
  "visual observation",
  "NOAA Ship Nancy Foster",
  "Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary",
  "National Park Service",
  "NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science",
  "United States Geological Survey",
  "University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Department of Marine Sciences",
  "NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science",
  "Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP)",
  "CORAL REEF STUDIES",
  "Caribbean Sea",
  "Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary",
  "Gulf of Mexico",
  "oceanography",
  "DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "DOC/NOAA/NOS/NMS > National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "DOI/NPS > National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior",
  "DOI/USGS > U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior",
  "1085",
  "1417",
  "180",
  "20464",
  "20641",
  "2067",
  "20704",
  "20734",
  "437",
  "526",
  "534",
  "586",
  "691",
  "Baseline assessment of fish and benthic communities of the Flower Garden Banks",
  "Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring",
  "Characterization of Land-Based Sources of Pollution and Effects in the St. Thomas East End Reserve (STEER): Year 2",
  "Contaminants in Marine Resources of Vieques",
  "F057 Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring",
  "F058 Baseline assessment of fish and benthic communities of the Flower Garden Banks",
  "L051 Baseline Assessment of Guanica Bay, Puerto Rico in Support of Watershed Restoration",
  "Land-sea characterization of East End Marine Park to evaluate zones and support management plan review - Year 2",
  "USVI 246 Land-sea characterization of East End Marine Park to evaluate zones and support management plan review",
  "USVI 252 Characterization of Land-Based Sources of Pollution and Effects in the St. Thomas East End Reserve (STEER)",
  "NCCOS Project #164 - Land and Sea Characterization of St. Croix East End Marine Park",
  "NCCOS Project #18 - Characterization of Land-Based Sources of Pollution and Effects in the St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER)",
  "NCCOS Project #180 - National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Implementation: Biological and Socioeconomic Monitoring",
  "NCCOS Project #206 - Characterizing Fish and Invertebrates of the Shallow Coral Reefs of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary,",
  "NCCOS Project #246 - Contaminants in Marine Resources of Vieques",
  "NCCOS Project #34 - Baseline Assessment of Guanica Bay, Puerto Rico in Support of Watershed Restoration",
  "NCCOS Project #44 - Research to Support Management of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary",
  "NCCOS Project #57 - Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Project",
  "NCCOS Project #74 - Coral Reef Ecosystem Studies: Integrating Science and Management in the Caribbean",
  "NCCOS Project #99 - Baseline Assessment of Contaminants and Ecological Resources in Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico",
  "Numeric Data Sets > Benthic",
  "Numeric Data Sets > Fish Census",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Algal Cover",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > ESA Listed Species",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Damage Assessment",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census > Belt Transect",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Census",
  "Earth Science > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat > Description",
  "Earth Science > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring And Assessment",
  "Earth Science > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring And Assessment > Baseline Studies",
  "Earth Science > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring And Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Quadrat Monitoring > In Situ",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Marine Protected Areas",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Macroinvertebrates",
  "Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Plants > Seagrass",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > COASTAL LANDFORMS > CORAL REEFS",
  "Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecosystems > Marine Ecosystems > Reef > Coral Reef",
  "Marine Spatial Ecology > Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments",
  "Field Observation",
  "Long-term Monitoring",
  "VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS",
  "Ships",
  "NANCY FOSTER (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 33NF, 2004-)",
  "COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Jobos Bay ( Bahia de Jobos ) (17N066W0001)",
  "COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > La Parguera > La Parguera (17N067W0002)",
  "COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Vieques > Vieques Island (18N065W0002)",
  "COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Croix > St. Croix (17N064W0003)",
  "COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. John > St. John (18N064W0011)",
  "COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Thomas > St. Thomas (18N064W0033)",
  "Country/Territory > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Guanica (17N066W0005)",
  "Country/Territory > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000)",
  "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 > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Jobos Bay ( Bahia de Jobos ) (17N066W0001)",
  "OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > La Parguera > La Parguera (17N067W0002)",
  "OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Vieques Island > Vieques Island (18N065W0002)",
  "OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Leeward Islands > St. Thomas (18N064W0033)",
  "OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Virgin Islands > St. Croix (17N064W0003)",
  "OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Virgin Islands > St. John (18N064W0011)",
  "Ocean Basin > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Guanica (17N066W0005)",
  "Ocean Basin > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000)",
  "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 > CARIBBEAN SEA",
  "OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA",
  "OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO",
  "Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Puerto Rico",
  "Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands",
  "U.S. States and Territories > Puerto Rico",
  "U.S. States and Territories > U.S. Virgin Islands",
  "Waterbodies > Caribbean Sea",
  "Waterbodies > Gulf of Mexico",
  "Buck Island Reef National Monument (BIRNM)",
  "Caribbean Sea",
  "Coastal Ocean",
  "Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS)",
  "Gulf of Mexico",
  "Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (JBNERR)",
  "St. Croix East End Marine Park (EEMP)",
  "St. Thomas East End Reserve (STEER)",
  "Virgin Islands National Coral Reef Monument (VICR)",
  "Virgin Islands National Park (VIIS)",
  "XCJLWR"
]
landingPage https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language 
                                            []
license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2019-11-22T00:00:00.000+00:00
publisher 
                                            {
  "name": "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
references 
                                            [
  "https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/biogeo/benthic-fish-surveys-caribbean-gulf-of-mexico-2001-2012/",
  "https://doi.org/10.25923/z3yt-sh37",
  "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/9287",
  "https://doi.org/10.18785/gcr.1402.02",
  "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2009/00000084/00000002/art00003",
  "https://doi.org/10.17128/9781589484603",
  "https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1023255022513",
  "https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.601",
  "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2400.2006.00521.x",
  "https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07052",
  "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.12.017",
  "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/789",
  "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/566",
  "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/493",
  "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/792",
  "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/791",
  "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/880",
  "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/tm-nos-nccos-218",
  "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5vd6wts",
  "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5057d81",
  "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5pg1q23",
  "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5t72frz",
  "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5ww7fqk",
  "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5f769mm"
]
rights otherRestrictions
spatial -64.0324,17.63764,-93.82449,27.9265
temporal 2001-01-09T00:00:00+00:00/2012-11-02T00:00:00+00:00
title NCCOS Assessment: Biogeographic Surveys of Benthic and Fish Communities in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico from 2001-01-09 to 2012-11-02 (NCEI Accession 0206670)

data.gov

An official website of the GSA's Technology Transformation Services

Looking for U.S. government information and services?
Visit USA.gov