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/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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