NCRMP: Assessment of coral communities in the Florida Reef Tract from 2016-05-01 to 2016-12-15 (NCEI Accession 0169401)

The Benthic Assessment (BA) is the first of two benthic surveys conducted in Florida as part of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). Benthic Assessment provides benthic cover estimates for ecologically important cover types/groups (e.g., macroalgae, turf algae, crustose coralline algae, corals, sponges, sand/sediment, etc.) using a 1-stage stratified random survey design in hardb...

底栖评估（BA）作为国家珊瑚礁监测计划（NCRMP）的一部分，在佛罗里达州开展的两次底栖调查中的首次。底栖评估通过采用单阶段分层随机抽样设计，对生态学上具有重要意义的覆盖类型/群体（例如，大型藻类、草坪藻类、石珊瑚藻类、珊瑚、海绵、沙/沉积物等）进行底栖覆盖估计。