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Recruitment of coral reef fishes: linkages across stages
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/recruitment-coral-reef-fishes-linkages-across-stages/
Recruitment, or the entry, of young coral reef fishes into benthic populations is essential to population survival, but because larvae typically spend ...
Determining Habitat Requirements and Connectivity for Reef Fishes in ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/determining-habitat-requirements-and-connectivity-for-reef-fishes-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/
We are investigating habitat requirements and connectivity for key reef-associated fishes in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and ...
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Implementation: Biological and ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/national-coral-reef-monitoring-program-biological-socioeconomic/
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) Reef Visual Census (RVC) Fish Survey Protocols for the U.S. Atlantic: Florida, Flower Garden Banks ...
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef fish ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/national-coral-reef-monitoring-program-assessment-of-coral-reef-fish-communities-in-the-florida-reef-tract/
Coral reef fish survey data provided in this collection are from three (3) distinct regions along the Florida reef tract; 1) Dry Tortugas, 2) Florida ...
Comparing Reef Fish Habitat Use Patterns In and Out of Hawaiian Marine ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/comparing-reef-fish-habitat-use-hawaiian-protected-areas/
The fishes of Hawaii play critically important economic and cultural roles, and their protection is a high priority among the people of Hawaii. What ...
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef fish ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/national-coral-reef-monitoring-program-assessment-of-coral-reef-fish-communities-in-the-u-s-virgin-islands-from-2017-06-12-to-2017-08-04-ncei-accession-0176080/
The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) assessed coral reef fish communities in St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands ...
Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Project
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/caribbean-coral-reef-ecosystem-monitoring-project/
We are monitoring the distribution, abundance, and size of reef fishes and macro-invertebrates and mapping habitats in the Caribbean. The work from ...
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of fish and coral ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/national-coral-reef-monitoring-program-assessment-of-fish-and-coral-reef-communities-in-puerto-rico-from-2014-05-19-to-2014-12-03-ncei-accession-0131260/
The National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan (NCRMP) is a framework for conducting sustained observations of biological, climate, and socioeconomic ...
Using Data on Reef Fish Foraging in Seagrass Beds to Design Better MPAs
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/incorporating-reef-fish-foraging-in-seagrass-beds-into-designing-optimal-mpas/
No-take marine reserves are critical tools for protecting reef fishes and should include all habitats the fishes use. However, we have little ...
Analysis of sample frames and subsampling methods for reef fish surveys
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/analysis-of-sample-frames-and-subsampling-methods-for-reef-fish-surveys/
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration s Biogeography Branch has conducted surveys of reef fish in the Caribbean since 1999. Surveys were ...
Biogeographic characterization of fish and benthic communities, Jobos ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/biogeographic-characterization-of-fish-and-benthic-communities-jobos-bay-puerto-rico-2009-06-08-to-2009-06-13-nodc-accession-0125200/
These protocols are standardized throughout the US Caribbean to enable quantification and comparison of reef fish abundance and distribution trends ...
Fitness consequences of habitat variability, trophic position, and ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/fitness-consequences-habitat-variability-trophic-position-energy-allocation-across-depth-distribution-coral-reef-fish/
We assessed the suitability of coral-reef habitats across the majority of the depth distribution of a common demersal reef fish (Stegastes partitus) ...
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science - NCCOS
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Shallow Water Corals Coral reefs are living, three-dimensional, underwater structures that provide habitat to algae, fish, crustaceans, and other ...
Patterns in larval reef fish distributions and assemblages with ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/patterns-in-larval-reef-fish-distributions-and-assemblages-with-implications-for-local-retention-in-mesoscale-eddies/
Benthic marine populations are often replenished by a combination of larvae from local and distant sources. To promote retention of locally spawned ...
Location and Status of Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations in the Florida ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/location-status-reef-fish-spawning-aggregations-florida-keys/
We are identifying and surveying historical and recently reported reef fish spawning aggregations in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary ...
Fish movement patterns in Virgin Islands National Park, Virgin Islands ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/fish-movement-patterns-virgin-islands-national-park-virgin-islands-coral-reef-national-monument-adjacent-waters/
The objective of the study was to define the movements of reef fishes among habitats within and between the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National ...
Design, Distribution of Artificial Reef Structures Affect Fish ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/design-distribution-of-artificial-reef-structures-affect-fish-abundance-video/
The team found that fish density was related to a reef structure’s vertical relief, horizontal area, and isolation. Findings also show that fish ...
Using bathymetric lidar to define nearshore benthic habitat complexity ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/using-bathymetric-lidar-to-define-nearshore-benthic-habitat-complexity-implications-for-management-of-reef-fish-assemblages-in-hawaii/
We also assessed the potential application of lidar data for examining the relationship between habitat complexity and Hawaiian reef fish assemblage ...
Close encounters with eddies: oceanographic features increase growth of ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/close-encounters-with-eddies-oceanographic-features-increase-growth-of-larval-reef-fishes-during-their-journey-to-the-reef/
Like most benthic marine organisms, coral reef fishes produce larvae that traverse open ocean waters before settling and metamorphosing into ...
Assessing the Ecological Function of Shipwrecks, Artificial Reefs and ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/assessing-the-ecological-function-of-shipwrecks-artificial-reefs-and-rocky-reefs-on-the-southeastern-us-continental-shelf/
Rocky reefs, artificial reefs, and shipwrecks provide ecologically valuable habitats for a diversity of marine species, ranging from reef fishes to ...