Website

http://discover.pbcgov.org/erm/Pages/default.aspx

Region(s)

SE

Summary

The Palm Beach County Reef Research Team (RRT) performed 22 monitoring and mapping dives on 17 artificial and 4 natural reefs for the monitoring period of January 20, 2017 to February 17, 2018, to complete the requirements of Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission Grant #16144 in cooperation with Palm Beach County Department of Environmental Resources Management (ERM). The objectives of this project were to: 1. Assess and compare fish and benthic assemblages on artificial reefs of differing structural makeup to adjacent natural reefs; and 2. Assess and compare fish and benthic assemblages on artificial reefs consisting of different structural materials, depths, and ages.

Parameters

Benthic assessments; sediment cover; sediment depth; acres (Palm Beach Co. – digitized); percent cover of epibenthics, algae and substrates; abundance of fish and benthic species (for fish, abundance codes and counts); fish size, life stage and species identifications

Notes

Application

Publications

Start

2017

End

2018

Frequency

TBD

Method

Fish data was collected using two methods: Bohnsack Point Count and R.E.E.F. Roving Diver. The point count method occurs in a defined space and is timed; whereas, the R.E.E.F. method covers a larger area and is not timed.

Discontinuity

Data Location

Data Format

Habitats

Coral Reef

SEACAR Citation

Palm Beach County. (2018). Palm Beach County Artificial and Natural Reef Monitoring Program. Updated 09/17/2020. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/3024

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