NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) Benthic Ecosystem Assessment and Research 20080901 vector digital data http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/accession/0046934 Presence or absence of acroporid corals marked by handheld GPS during snorkel or tow surveys of shallow water (<5m) reef habitats in the Upper Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (USA) To document the presence or absence of Acropora spp at shallow reef sites in the Upper Florida Keys (USA) 20050523 20070801 ground condition In Work None planned -81.410790 -80.196320 25.291290 24.544660 CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Geographic Information > Reef Locations CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Census > Population density EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral reef ecology EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Photic zone corals ISO 19115 Topic Category environment 007 biota 002 CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Upper Florida Keys > Key Largo (25N080W0010) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Key Largo (25N080W0010) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Upper Florida Keys > Grecian Rocks (25N080W0019) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Grecian Rocks (25N080W0019) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Upper Florida Keys > Dry Rocks (25N080W0011) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Dry Rocks (25N080W0011) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Upper Florida Keys > Elbow Reef (25N080W0020) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Elbow Reef (25N080W0020) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Upper Florida Keys > French Reef (25N080W0022) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > French Reef (25N080W0022) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Upper Florida Keys > White Bank Dry Rocks (25N080W0021) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > White Bank Dry Rocks (25N080W0021) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Upper Florida Keys > Conch Reef (24N080W0011) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Conch Reef (24N080W0011) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Upper Florida Keys > Molasses Reef (25N080W0003) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Molasses Reef (25N080W0003) CoRIS Region Florida http://coris.noaa.gov/data/taxonomy_031008.xls Acropora palmata Acropora cervicornis None Please cite contributors when using this data Dana Williams NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Protected Resources Division Physical Mailing

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Miami FL 33149 305-361-4569 Margaret W. Miller Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.0.1324 Not applicable data set includes spatial data from various shallow reef areas Dataset imported into ArcGIS for spatial representation. An accompanying field manual includes detailed information on survey methods, use of the handheld GPS (i.e. appropriate settings), as well as descriptions of attribute definitions which are defined and illustrated in photographs. http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0020/0046934/01-version/data/0-data/AcroporaGPSSurveyProtocol.pdf 20080905 Vector Entity Point 3865 0.000001 0.000001 Decimal Degrees D_WGS_1984 WGS_1984 6378137.000000 298.257224 Acropsppsurvey geodatabase multiple attributes FID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. Point_Name individual identifier for the GPS waypoint assigned by data manager 4 digit alphanumeric number Date_Marked Date the GPS waypoint was collected GPS Day month and year File_Name Name of the original waypoint file where raw data is archived assigned by data manager alphanumeric identifier Region General reef region of the survey assigned by data manager Two letter code Lat Latitude handheld GPS decimal degrees Long Longitude handheld GPS decimal degrees Attribute Code identifying the benthic feature marked by the waypoint recorded during field survey one word description GPS_Unit Code used to identify individual GPS unit that was used during the surveys recorded during field survey alphanumeric identifier Sampling_Method method used to survey area recorded at time of survey one word description Track_Overlay file name of GPS track of the survey in which the waypoint was marked Assigned by data manager alphanumeric file name Notes comments recorded during collection of data recorded by surveyor varies Dana Williams NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Protected Resources Division Physical Mailing

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Miami FL 33149 305-361-4569 Downloadable Data NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NODC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system. pdf http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0020/0046934/1.1/data/0-data/AcroporaSurveyFR-ML.pdf pdf http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0020/0046934/1.1/data/0-data/AcroporaSurveyGR-EL.pdf ESRI Shapefile http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0020/0046934/1.1/data/0-data/ None 20121220 20081010 Dana Williams NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Protected Resources Division Physical Mailing

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Miami FL 33149 305-361-4569 FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 Local Time http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html ESRI Metadata Profile 20081010015458 None 20050523 20070801 http://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/nmfs_acropsppsurvey_meta.html 2309