Author: Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coral reef ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Fish and Benthic Communities of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Author: Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coral reef ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Fish and Benthic Communities of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Author: Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coral reef ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Biogeographic Characterization of Fish Communities and Associated Benthic Habitats Within the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Author: Long-term Monitoring at East and West Flower Garden Banks, 2015 Annual Report
Author: Michelle Anne JohnstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Benthos
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
"Since 1989 a federally supported long-term coral reef monitoring program has focused on two study sites atop East Flower Garden Bank and West Flower Garden Bank (EFGB and WFGB) in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. In 27 years of continuous monitoring, mean coral cover was above 50% and represented a stable coral community. Despite global coral reef decline in recent decades, EFGB and WFGB have suffered minimally from hurricanes, coral bleaching, and disease, and the reef supports relatively diverse and abundant benthic and fish populations. This report summarizes fish and benthic community observations and water quality data from 2015 as part of the annual long-term monitoring program jointly funded by NOAA’s Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. The benthic and fish community surveys were conducted by a team of multi-disciplinary scientists using random transects to document components of benthic cover, repetitive photostations to document changes in the composition of benthic assemblages in shallow and deep repetitive sites, and modified Bohnsack and Bannerot (1986) fish surveys to examine fish population composition within designated study sites at EFGB and WFGB"--Executive Summary.
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Establishment, Management Plan (TX,LA)
Author: Long-term Monitoring at East and West Flower Garden Banks
Author: Michelle Anne JohnstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Benthos
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
This report summarizes fish and benthic community observations and water quality data collected from East Flower Garden Bank and West Flower Garden Bank long-term monitoring study sites in 2016. East Flower Garden Bank and West Flower Garden Bank are part of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and located in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. The annual long-term monitoring program officially began in 1989, and is funded by NOAA's Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation. In 2016, mean coral cover was 49.92% within the East Flower Garden Bank study site and 58.54% within the West Flower Garden Bank study site. Mean macroalgae cover was 37.15% within the East Flower Garden Bank study site and 25.69% within the West Flower Garden Bank study site. Percent coral cover within repetitive study site photostations and at deep repetitive photostations ranged from 60-75%. The Orbicella species complex, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, accounted for the majority of the coral cover within the study sites. Fish surveys conducted in 2016 indicated an abundant and diverse reef fish community, predominated by Labridae and Pomacentridae families. Water column temperatures warmed quickly in 2016, leading to the most severe coral bleaching event recorded at both banks. A localized mortality event was also documented and studied at East Flower Garden Bank. Decreased salinity, high temperatures, and low oxygen levels may have been contributing factors to the event. Bleached corals recovered after water temperatures dropped below threshold levels.
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Author: Christy Pattengill-SemmensPublisher:
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Category : Coral reef animals
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
The American Sea
Author: Rezneat Milton DarnellPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623493013
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
For more than a decade, Rezneat Darnell worked on this major synthesis of what is known about the Gulf of Mexico. His goal: to bring a deeper understanding of “the American Sea” to students, scientists, managers, and educated citizens of the public at large. The American Sea builds on Darnell’s own research, the research of his graduate students, government agency research reports, data synthesis reports, and literature summaries to present a holistic view of the Gulf of Mexico. Although he is recognized as a pioneer in the study of continental shelf ecology, Darnell largely resisted specialization, remaining throughout his career “the writer and bringer together of things.” Here, he has written a book that embraces history, geology, geography, meteorology, chemistry, biology, ecology, and human relations in one comprehensive reference. Although it is thorough and meticulous in coverage, what comes through in these pages is the enormity, complexity, and mystery of the world that lies just beyond the Texas vacation beach, the Louisiana wetland, or the Mexico fishing village. In addition to photographs of deep water and other organisms that are included in the book, a number of illustrations have been added to provide excellent visual material, including historical and ocean floor maps and many works of original art depicting marine species, sea turtles, fish, and crustaceans.
Coral Reefs of Cuba
Author: Vassil N. ZlatarskiPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031367197
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
This comprehensive volume gathers foremost experts on the coral reefs of Cuba who represent a spectrum of disciplines, including biology, conservation ecology, economics and geology. The volume is organized along general themes including the Cuban Reef biota, reefs occurring in the Mesophotic and Eutrophic zones, ecology, conservation, management and the economic importance of the coral reefs of Cuba. The combination of case studies, new and previously published research, historical overview and examples of the ways in which research has contributed to the management and conservation of Cuban coastal resources provides a unique reference for graduate students and professionals holding a wide range of interests and expertise related to coral reef systems.
Invasive Lionfish
Author: James Adiel Morris (Jr.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Introduced fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description