Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at https://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Point
VARIABLES:
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
SampleCode
StationCode
Station
Description
WaterBody
sea_water_salinity (PSU)
sea_water_temperature (degree_Celsius)
DissolvedOxygen (mass_concentration_of_oxygen_in_sea_water, mg l-1)
GearCode
... (9 more variables)


Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at https://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Point
VARIABLES:
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
StationCode
BayCode
SpeciesCode
cpue (number caught hectar-1)
ScientificName
CommonName
ReferenceCode
TotalNumber (1)
NumberMeasured (1)
... (18 more variables)


Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at https://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Point
VARIABLES:
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
SampleCode
CSA
StationCode
GearCode
Station
SiteName
SubBay
SalinityMethodCode
sea_surface_salinity (PSU)
... (33 more variables)


Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at https://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Point
VARIABLES:
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
SampleCode
StationCode
Description
Bay
SpeciesCode
ScientificName
Phylum
Class
Order
... (17 more variables)


Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at https://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Point
VARIABLES:
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
Sample_Code
Station_Code
YYYY
MM
DD
Site_Number
Bay_Code
SubBay_Code (Sub Bay Code)
gear
... (30 more variables)


The purpose of this study was to develop a baseline on the distribution and abundance of cetaceans and to identify areas of critical habitat in the Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Four aerial surveys were conducted between August 2015-February 2017 using distance sampling protocols and folowing a predetermined zig-zag pattern.

cdm_data_type = Other
VARIABLES:
eventID (event ID)
datasetID (Dataset ID)
datasetName (Dataset Name)
institutionCode (Institution Code)
time (Event Date, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventTime (Event Time, HH:mm)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
locality
stateProvince (State Province)
country
waterBody (Water Body)
scientificName (Scientific Name)
taxonRank (Taxon Rank)
kingdom
phylum
class
order
family
genus
species
individualCount (Individual Count)
recordedBy (Recorded By)
identifiedBy (Identified By)
... (10 more variables)


Collection station measurements of the Juvenile Sportfish Monitoring in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park.

This dataset includes just the collection station measurements of the larger set of collected data. The dataset is a component of the Restoration Coordination and Verification (RECOVER) Monitoring and Assessment Plan which is a part of the Comprehensive Everglade Restoration Program(CERP).; Thayer,G. and A.J.Chester. 1989. Distribution and abundance of fishes among basin and channel habitats in Florida Bay. Bull. Mar. Sci. 44:200-219

cdm_data_type = Point
VARIABLES:
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
Keyfield
Station
Genus_sp
Common_Name
Standard_Length (mm)
Total_Length (mm)
weight (g)
Length (mm)
Species_Code

AOML Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division


CREMP Dry Tortugas Yearly Revisited Stony Coral Percent Coverage

The primary goal of the Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project (CREMP) is to measure the status and trends of these communities to assist managers in understanding, protecting, and restoring the living marine resources of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Data from the project will be used to determine (1) overall net increase or decrease in stony coral percent cover and stony coral species richness, (2) overall net change in measurable reef community parameters, (3) changes observed in individual reef communities with no overall change on a landscape scale (decreases in one location balanced by increases elsewhere) or changes that are linked to specific regions of the landscape. Each of these potential mechanisms of change will result in different spatial patterns of change. A Sanctuary-wide, rather than a single-location survey, is necessary to detect ecosystem change.

cdm_data_type = Point
VARIABLES:
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
Year
Subregion
Habitat (Habitat type)
SiteID
Site_name
StationID
points
Acropora_cervicornis (0.01percent)
Acropora_palmata (0.01percent)
Acropora_prolifera (0.01percent)
Agaricia_fragilis (0.01percent)
Agaricia_lamarcki (0.01percent)
Cladocora_arbuscula (0.01percent)
Colpophyllia_natans (0.01percent)
Dichocoenia_stokesii (0.01percent)
... (30 more variables)

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWC-FWRI)


CREMP Florida Keys Yearly Revisited Stony Coral Percent Coverage

The primary goal of the Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project (CREMP) is to measure the status and trends of these communities to assist managers in understanding, protecting, and restoring the living marine resources of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Data from the project will be used to determine (1) overall net increase or decrease in stony coral percent cover and stony coral species richness, (2) overall net change in measurable reef community parameters, (3) changes observed in individual reef communities with no overall change on a landscape scale (decreases in one location balanced by increases elsewhere) or changes that are linked to specific regions of the landscape. Each of these potential mechanisms of change will result in different spatial patterns of change. A Sanctuary-wide, rather than a single-location survey, is necessary to detect ecosystem change.

cdm_data_type = Point
VARIABLES:
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
Year
Subregion
Habitat
SiteID
Site_name
StationID
Surveyed_all_years
points
Acropora_cervicornis (0.01percent)
Acropora_palmata (0.01percent)
Agaricia_fragilis (0.01percent)
Agaricia_lamarcki (0.01percent)
Cladocora_arbuscula (0.01percent)
Colpophyllia_natans (0.01percent)
Dendrogyra_cylindrus (0.01percent)
... (33 more variables)


East Flower Garden Banks Benthic_Covage Monitoring 1989-2017 - DATA

These datasets are part of the longterm monitoring program of the water quality and benthic communities in the East Flower Garden Bank (EFGB), West Flower Garden Bank (WFGB) and Stetson Bank.

cdm_data_type = Point
VARIABLES:
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
geodeticDatum (geodetic Datum)
depth (sea water depth, m)
organismQuantity (percent cover, percent)
organismQuantityType (percent of areal covering)
percent_colonizable_substrate (percent of colonizable substrate)
vernacularName (Common, vernacular Name)
scientificName (Scientific Name)
scientificNameID (World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Aphia Database Identification Number)
scientificNameAuthorship (Authorship information for the scientificName)
acceptedNameUsage (Accepted Scientific Name)
acceptedNameUsageID (World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Accepted Aphia Database Identification Number)
acceptedAuthority (Accepted Authorship information for the scientificName)
kingdom
phylum
class
order
family
genus
specificEpithet (Species Name)
taxonRank (Taxon Rank,taxonomic hierarchy of the Scientific Name)
samplingEffort (Time intervalls trained divers collect fish data, increments of 5 Minutes.)
waterBody (Water Body Name)
country
locality (Sample Region)
crs

NOAA Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary


East Flower Garden Banks Fish Monitoring 2009-2017 - DATA

These datasets are part of the longterm monitoring program of the water quality and benthic communities in the East Flower Garden Bank (EFGB), West Flower Garden Bank (WFGB) and Stetson Bank.

cdm_data_type = Point
VARIABLES:
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
geodeticDatum (geodetic Datum)
depth (sea water depth, m)
watervisibility (Sea Water Visibility, m)
sea_water_temperature (degree_Celsius)
sea_water_current
abiotic_sand_percentage (percent)
abiotic_hard_bottom_percentage (percent)
hard_substrate_relief_lt_0_2m (Hard Substrate Relief < 0.2m, percent)
hard_substrate_relief0_2_0_5m (Hard Substrate Relief 0.2m < 0.5m, percent)
hard_substrate_relief0_5_1_0m (Hard Substrate Relief 0.5m < 1.0m, percent)
hard_substrate_relief1_0_1_5m (Hard Substrate Relief 1.0m < 1.5m, percent)
hard_substrate_relief_gt_1_5m (Hard Substrate Relief > 1.5m, percent)
hard_substrate_relief_sum (percent)
hard_substrate_max_relief_meters (Hard Substrate Max Relief in meters, percent)
timebracket (Time bracket)
stationNumber (Location identification)
basisOfRecord (basis Of Record)
recordedBy (Buddy Pair Method for Data Collection)
methodType (name of method type)
organismQuantityType (Individuals collected)
occurrenceStatus (A statement about the presence or absence of a Taxon at a Location.)
primarytrophicguild (primary trophic guild)
... (36 more variables)


East Flower Garden Banks Physical Monitoring 1990-2019

These datasets are part of the longterm monitoring program of the water quality and benthic communities in the East Flower Garden Bank (EFGB), West Flower Garden Bank (WFGB) and Stetson Bank.

cdm_data_type = TimeSeries
VARIABLES:
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (sea water depth, m)
sea_water_temperature (degree_Celsius)
sea_water_salinity (Sea Water Temperature, PSU)
sea_water_turbidity (NTU)
locality (Sample Region)
crs


Juvenile Sportfish Monitoring in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park.

This data set is a component of the Restoration Coordination and Verification (RECOVER) Monitoring and Assessment Plan which is a part of the Comprehensive Everglade Restoration Program(CERP).; Thayer,G. and A.J.Chester. 1989. Distribution and abundance of fishes among basin and channel habitats in Florida Bay. Bull. Mar. Sci. 44:200-219

cdm_data_type = Point
VARIABLES:
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
Keyfield
Station
Location
Zone
Area_Towed (m2)
SpeciesCode
SpeciesCount (1)
IndividualLength (mm)
ScientificName
CommonName
sea_water_salinity (PSU)
sea_water_temperature (degree_Celsius)
Grass_percent_Cover_rep_1 (percent)
Grass_percent_Cover_rep_2 (percent)
Grass_percent_Cover_rep_3 (percent)
Grass_percent_Cover_rep_4 (percent)
Grass_percent_Cover_rep_5 (percent)
Grass_percent_Cover_rep_6 (percent)
Grass_percent_Cover_rep_7 (percent)
Grass_percent_Cover_rep_8 (percent)
Grass_percent_Cover_rep_9 (percent)
... (89 more variables)


Benthic core macrofauna samples from coastal Louisiana estuaries and corresponding environmental data collected via YSI.

cdm_data_type = Other
VARIABLES:
basin
site
replicate
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
date
time2 (Time)
sample_method
weather
wind (knots)
DO (mg/L)
pH (Sea Water Ph Reported On Total Scale)
temp (Temperature, degrees Celsius)
sal (psu)
bott_chlor (ug/L)
surf_chlor (ug/L)
depth (m)
sediment
high_organic
Nemerteans (count)
Oligochaetes (count)
Chironomidae_sp (Chironomidae Sp., count)
Bivalve (count)
Tellinidae_sp (Tellinidae Sp., count)
Ameritella_versicolor (count)
Psammotreta_brevifrons (count)
... (97 more variables)


This dataset contains opportunistic sightings of cetaceans off the coast of Veracruz during surveys by Manuel Fernandez with Pelagic Life. These surveys were conducted between 2019-2024.

cdm_data_type = Other
VARIABLES:
eventID (event ID)
datasetID (Dataset ID)
datasetName (Dataset Name)
institutionCode (Institution Code)
eventDate (Event Date)
eventTime (Time)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
locality
stateProvince (State Province)
country
waterBody (Water Body)
scientificName (Scientific Name)
taxonRank (Taxon Rank)
kingdom
phylum
class
order
family
genus
specie
individualCount (Individual Count, count)
recordedBy (Recorded By)
identifiedBy (Identified By)
dateIdentified (Date Identified, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
basisOfRecord (Basis Of Record)
... (8 more variables)


Phytoplankton Concentration by Class - Surfside, TX

Phytoplankton concentration by class derived from images collected by Imaging FlowCytobot at Surfside Beach, Texas

cdm_data_type = TimeSeries
VARIABLES:
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
station (station name)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (m)
Filename
instrument_name
ml_analyzed (ml)
Acantharian (1)
Akashiwo (1)
Alexandrium (1)
Anabaena (1)
Apedinella (1)
Asterionellopsis (1)
Asterionellopsis_single (1)
Azadinium (1)
Bacillaria (1)
Beads (1)
Brachidinium (1)
Centric (1)
Ceratoperidinium (1)
Chaetoceros (1)
Chaetoceros_danicus (1)
Chaetoceros_peruvianus (1)
Chaetoceros_simplex (1)
Chaetoceros_single (1)
... (112 more variables)


Stetson Flower Garden Banks Benthic_Covage Monitoring 1993-2018 - DATA


Stetson Flower Garden Banks Fish Monitoring 2010-2013 - DATA


Stetson Flower Garden Banks Physical Monitoring 1993-2018


West Flower Garden Banks Benthic_Covage Monitoring 1989-2017 - DATA

These datasets are part of the longterm monitoring program of the water quality and benthic communities in the East Flower Garden Bank (EFGB), West Flower Garden Bank (WFGB) and Stetson Bank.

cdm_data_type = Point
VARIABLES:
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
geodeticDatum (geodetic Datum)
depth (sea water depth, m)
basisOfRecord (basis Of Record)
organismQuantity (percent cover, percent)
organismQuantityType (percent of areal covering)
percent_colonizable_substrate (percent of colonizable substrate)
vernacularName (Common, vernacular Name)
scientificName (Scientific Name)
scientificNameID (World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Aphia Database Identification Number)
scientificNameAuthorship (Authorship information for the scientificName)
acceptedNameUsage (Accepted Scientific Name)
acceptedNameUsageID (World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Accepted Aphia Database Identification Number)
acceptedAuthority (Accepted Authorship information for the scientificName)
kingdom
phylum
class
order
family
genus
specificEpithet (Species Name)
taxonRank (Taxon Rank,taxonomic hierarchy of the Scientific Name)
samplingEffort (Time intervalls trained divers collect fish data, increments of 5 Minutes.)
waterBody (Water Body Name)
country
locality (Sample Region)
crs


West Flower Garden Banks Fish Monitoring 2009-2017 - DATA


West Flower Garden Banks Physical Monitoring 1990-2018

NOAA Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary