Program Info
- Website
- http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/species/corals/acropora.htm
- Region(s)
- SE
- Summary
- Coral distribution
- Parameters
- Elkhorn coral counts, size, recruitment, mortality, condition assessments, disease, percent live
- Notes
- This is an on-going monitoring project with thrice yearly surveys in the upper Florida Keys and annual surveys in Curaçao and only episodic surveys in Navassa (2006, 2009, 2012). Study units are 150 m2 plots in which all attached Acropora palmata colonies are mapped and surveyed each year. In Florida, individually tagged A. palmata colonies are surveyed more frequently to document their condition.
- Application
- To collect basic elkhorn coral population data so that changes to the population can be documented and a future trajectory can be estimated.
- Publications
- Reports, publications
- Start
- 2004
- End
- Current
- Frequency
- Annual
- Method
- permanent study plots, underwater mapping
- Discontinuity
- Fifteen plots have data beginning in 2004, the other 10 have data beginning in 2010
- Data Location
- https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0142175 Updates available upon request
- Data Format
-
database, images
Access - Habitats
- Coral/Coral Reef
- SEACAR Citation
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Southeast Fisheries Science Center. (2022). Population Status of Elkhorn Coral. Updated 03/14/2024. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/136
- Alternative Citation
indicates priority attributes
Contacts
Program Extent
Export Standardized Data
| Habitat(s) : Indicator(s) | Last Updated | File Download |
|---|---|---|
| Coral/Coral Reef : Community Composition, Grazers and Reef Dependent Species, Percent Cover | 03/06/25 03:37 PM | Download File - Coral - 136.zip |
| DIP Document | N/A | Download File - DIP |
Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection Managed Areas
Coupon Bight, Florida Keys NMS
Indicators
| Indicator |
|---|
| Coral/Coral Reef - Community Composition |
| Coral/Coral Reef - Additional Indicators |
Documentation and Data provided by program
| File Type | File Name | Added On | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data | 0142175 updated 09-02-2020.zip | 10/01/20 08:23 AM | |
| Data | 0142175.2.2.tar.gz | 01/19/21 08:50 AM | |
| Data | 0142175.3.3.tar | 02/13/24 02:23 PM | |
| Data | 0142175.4.4.zip | 04/30/25 03:55 PM | |
| GIS | data.zip | 03/21/19 10:24 AM | |
| Logo | noaa.png | 07/15/21 12:53 PM | |
| Protocols | DATA DICTIONARY.pdf | 03/10/20 12:03 PM | |
| Protocols | Description_Abstract.pdf | 03/10/20 12:03 PM |