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Title: Acropora Spatial Survey Data of the Upper Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, 2005 - 2007 (NODC Accession 0046934)
Abstract: These data were collected by the NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center to document the presence or absence of Acropora spp at shallow reef sites in the Upper Florida Keys (USA). The presence or absence of acroporid corals was marked by handheld GPS during snorkel or tow surveys of shallow water (
Date received: 20081010
Start date: 20050101
End date: 20071231
Seanames: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
West boundary: -81.41079
East boundary: -80.19632
North boundary: 25.29129
South boundary: 24.54466
Observation types: benthic, biological, GIS product, survey - biological, survey - coral reef, visual observation
Instrument types: GPS
Datatypes: SPECIES IDENTIFICATION
Submitter: Miller, Dr. Margaret W.
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Miami, FL Laboratory
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Miami, FL Laboratory
Contributing projects: CORAL REEF STUDIES, CoRIS
Platforms:
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: The data originator metadata file (acrosppsurveymeta.txt) contains specific geospatial and attribute information.

These data were initially sent to the Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS) project by Margaret Miller and Dana Williams of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center. These data are also discoverable/accessible via the CoRIS web site at coris.noaa.gov/.
Availability date: 20090202
Metadata version: 5
Keydate: 2008-10-29 21:43:13+00
Editdate: 2019-08-23 12:13:56+00