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Density of Cetaceans and Turtles in the Gulf of Mexico
The goal of this research was to develop Gulf-wide cetacean and sea turtle spatial density models (SDMs) based on line-transect surveys conducted in the U.S. waters of the Gulf... -
Oculina Habitat Area of Concern Assessment
Scientists and students will be exploring the deepwater coral reefs of the Oculina Banks, which stretch 30 miles offshore from Ft. Pierce to Cape Canaveral. This remote area... -
Recovery of Queen Conch in the U. S. Virgin Islands
The queen conch is an important cultural component and an extremely valuable coral reef fishery resource throughout the Caribbean, historically second only to the spiny lobster.... -
Pelican Spit 1988-1997
Densities of nekton were measured in three created salt marshes to examine habitat development rate. All three marshes were created from dredged material from the Gulf... -
Telemetery CIS 2014 (acoustic monitoring data of bonnethead and Atlantic sharpnose in Crooked Island Sound summer 2014)
Coastal habitat use and residency of small juvenile Atlantic sharpnose (Rhizoprionodon terraenove) and bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo) sharks in relation to larger juvenile blacktip... -
Biscayne National Park study on reef fish community changes over time
Reef fish assemblage structure was assessed in 20062007 (recent period) in Biscayne National Park, Florida, USA , and compared with data collected from 1977 to 1981 (historical... -
Barataria Bay 2005-2006
Nekton in the northern Gulf of Mexico often depend on marsh habitat and estuarine nursery areas during their life history, but patterns of habitat use and the underlying... -
Vallisneria 2003-2004
We compared nekton use of Vallisneria americana Michx. (submerged aquatic vegetation, SAV) with marsh shoreline vegetation and subtidal nonvegetated bottom (SNB) using a 1-m2... -
GSS Gulf of Mexico Data Atlas White Shrimp Datafile
Summarized data set of white shrimp catch by grouped subarea and grouped depth from 2002 to 2011 -
Caernarvon 2001
Sampled marshes and ponds along two transects within the intermediate and brackish marsh zones of Breton Sound, Louisiana, from May 7-11, 2001. Sampling followed several planned... -
Gulf of Mexico killer whale photo-ID catalog
Photo-identification data on killer whales occupying the northern Gulf of Mexico have been collected in association with large vessel surveys since 1991. Photographs of killer... -
Adult loggerhead turtle size, age, stage duration
This study involves analysis of skeletal growth marks in humerus bones of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) ranging from hatchling to adult stranded dead along either the... -
Baseline of the Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Fishery 1874-1986
In the late 1800s and early 1900s a fishery for Red Snapper developed rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico. Shortly thereafter, recreational fishing for Red Snapper became popular... -
Burrowing behavior of penaeid shrimps
Brown shrimp, Farfantepenaeus aztecus, and white shrimp, Litopenaeus setiferus, were held were held under natural light conditions before experiments. Experiments were conducted... -
EPA GOMEX Wild Goose Lagoon 2006
We compared nekton use of prominent habitat types within a lagoonal system of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico (GoM). These habitat types were defined by combinations of... -
Oyster Reef Projects 2000-2001
We used a quantitative sampling device to compare nekton use among high-relief live oyster reef, vegetated marsh edge Spartina alterniflora, and nonvegetated bottom habitat types. -
Radiofrequency identification technology and sea turtles
This study investigated the compatibility of various PIT tag scanner technologies and available PIT tag frequencies, as well as testing the read depth potential of Passive... -
West Florida Shelf - (HAB) Harmful Algal Bloom Ecopath model
An Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) model of the WFS explicitly simulating HABs was recently developed for illuminating the potential ecosystem impacts of red tides within the WFS...