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NCCOS Assessment: Fish and benthic communities in the East End Marine Park, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands from 2022-04-25 to 2022-06-18 (NCEI Accession 0290374)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 29, 2026 | Last Modified: 2024-04-03T00:00:00.000+00:00
This dataset includes fish count and benthic cover data collected at 138 sites during 2022 in East End Marine Park (EEMP), St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Fish were counted, identified to species, and sized along a transect (Menza et al. 2006, Pittman et al. 2013). Biological benthic data was collected along the transect using the line point intercept method wherein cover types were identified on hard, soft, and rubble substrates (CRCP 2022).

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0290374 BENTHIC SPECIES CORAL CORAL - SPECIES IDENTIFICATION FISH - CORAL REEF FISH SPECIES HABITAT - BENTHIC REEF AND/OR BOTTOM REGIME - PERCENT COVER SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ORGANISM LENGTH swimmer/diver visual estimate visual observation biological in situ survey - biological survey - coral reef survey - swimmer/diver visual observation NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NOAA National Ocean Service NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) CORAL REEF STUDIES Caribbean Sea oceanography BioImpact U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources DOC/NOAA/NOS > National Ocean 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 31228 Assessment of MPA boundaries and fish movements in the East End Marine Park, USVI Geographic Information > Biology Geographic Information > Ecological Characterization Geographic Information > Habitats Geographic Information > Marine Management Areas Numeric Data Sets > Biology EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Transect Monitoring > Belt Transect EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census > Belt Transect EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Benthic biology EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Coral Cover EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Coral Communities EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Assemblages EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Census 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 Marine Spatial Ecology > Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments Marine Spatial Ecology > Regional Ecosystem Science Field Observation observed biological bottom cover and substrate observed fish VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS diver visual survey COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Croix > East Point (17N064W0010) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Croix > St. Croix (17N064W0003) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > St. Croix > East Point (17N064W0010) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Virgin Islands > St. Croix (17N064W0003) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA U.S. States and Territories > U.S. Virgin Islands Waterbodies > Caribbean Sea St. Croix East End Marine Park 5NR82N

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