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Coral Monitoring Data from the Florida Keys Coral Reef Monitoring Project

Entry ID: FMRI_CORAL_REEF_MONITOR

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Summary

Abstract: The Coral Reef Monitoring Project is designed to monitor the status
and trends of coral reef populations in the FLorida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS). Forty sites were sampled annually for
species number (s), percent cover of corals and other reef organsim
functional groups, and record incidence of coral disease. The 40
sites include 9 hardbottom reefs, 10 patch reefs, and 23 offshore
reefs distributed throughout the Upper, Middle, and Lower Florida Keys
from Key Largo to Key West.

For more information, see: http://www.cofc.edu/~coral/coral.htm

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: 25.0	S: 23.0	E: -80.0	W: -82.0

Min Depth: 0M Max Depth: 20M

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1995-01-01

Stop Date: 1999-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > FLORIDA > Florida Keys

Science Keywords

OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > CORAL REEFS

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

OCEANS

Ancillary Keywords

PERCENT COVER ESTIMATES

REEF CORALS

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

FLA/DEP/FMRI

Data Center

Florida Marine Research Institute, Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida

Data Center URL: http://www.floridamarine.org/

Data Center Personnel
Name: MICHELE PIAZZA Phone: 813-896-8626 Email: info at fmri.usf.edu Contact Address: Florida Marine Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue SE City: St. Petersburg Province or State: FL Postal Code: 33701 Country: USA