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National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef fish communities in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: October 04, 2025 | Last Modified: 2024-07-26T00:00:00.000+00:00
Data provided in this dataset were collected around the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) as part of NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)-led missions in collaboration with partners at the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Southeast Fisheries Science Center, the National Park Service, USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources, University of the Virgin Islands, University of Miami, Nova Southeastern University, The Nature Conservancy, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In 2013 and 2015 the Belt Transect method was used to conduct fish surveys in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) as part of the ongoing National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). The Belt Transect method collects and reports information on fish species composition, density, size, abundance and derived metrics (e.g., species richness, diversity). Surveys were concurrent with and along the same transect as the Line Point-Intercept (LPI) benthic survey. Starting in 2017 fish data were collected using the stationary point count method. This method collects and reports information on fish species composition, density, size structure, abundance and derived metrics (e.g., species richness, diversity).

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0176080 0216069 0224406 0270582 0294866 biological data FISH - CORAL REEF FISH BIOMASS FISH CENSUS FISH SPECIES HABITAT - BENTHIC REEF AND/OR BOTTOM REGIME - PERCENT COVER SPECIES IDENTIFICATION SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ORGANISM LENGTH swimmer/diver visual observation biological in situ survey survey - biological survey - coral reef survey - swimmer/diver visual estimate visual observation NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) CORAL REEF STUDIES National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) Caribbean Sea North Atlantic Ocean oceanography The Nature Conservancy US DOC; NOAA; NFMS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) US DOI; National Park Service (NPS) US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources University of Miami University of the Virgin Islands DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 743 National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan (NCRMP) Implementation National Coral Reef Monitoring Program National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) CRCP Project #743 National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan (NCRMP) Implementation NCCOS Project #180 National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Implementation: Biological and Socioeconomic Monitoring NOAA's SEFSC Reef Visual Census Fish Analysis Ready datasets and custom R-package Numeric Data Sets > Fish Census EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat > Description EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Species Richness EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > In Situ Biological EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census > Belt Transect EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census > Stationary EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Census EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > REEF > CORAL REEF EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > COASTAL LANDFORMS > CORAL REEFS Marine Spatial Ecology > Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments Field Observation Long-term Monitoring VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS multiple small vessels COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Croix > St. Croix (17N064W0003) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. John > St. John (18N064W0011) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Thomas > St. Thomas (18N064W0033) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > U. S. Virgin Islands > U. S. Virgin Islands (17N064W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Leeward Islands > St. Thomas (18N064W0033) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Lesser Antilles > U. S. Virgin Islands (17N064W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Virgin Islands > St. Croix (17N064W0003) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Virgin Islands > St. John (18N064W0011) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA > VIRGIN ISLANDS U.S. States and Territories > Puerto Rico U.S. States and Territories > U.S. Virgin Islands Waterbodies > Caribbean Sea Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico Biennial VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA FLOOR 8521TU 9UMPC2 MEARKK U345N9 XC9X42

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describedByType application/octet-steam
identifier gov.noaa.nodc:NCRMP-Fish-USVI
issued 2018-09-20T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language []
references 
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  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151730/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Fish/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2013/NCRMP_BeltTransectFish_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2013.pdf",
  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151730/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Fish/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2013/NCRMP_CoralDemographic_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2013.pdf",
  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151730/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Fish/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2013/NCRMP_LinePointIntercept_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2013.pdf",
  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151730/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Fish/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2015/NCRMP_BeltTransectFish_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2015.pdf",
  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151730/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Fish/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2015/NCRMP_CoralDemographic_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2015.pdf",
  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151730/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Fish/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2015/NCRMP_LinePointIntercept_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2015.pdf",
  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151730/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Fish/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2015/NCRMP_TopographicComplexity_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2015.pdf",
  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151727/data/0-data/NCRMP_STX_2015_Fish/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Protocols_2015/NCRMP_Sampling_Design_Protocol_Caribbean_2013-2015_FINAL.pdf"
]
rights otherRestrictions
spatial -64.43145,17.63571,-65.14848,18.413803
temporal 2013-07-08T00:00:00+00:00/2019-08-09T00:00:00+00:00

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