Georeferenced TIFF image displaying 1 meter resolution backscatter data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Steamboat Lumps Marine Protected Area, Gulf of Mexico in 2000 (UTM Zone 16N, WGS 84, GeoTIFF image)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mapped approximately 22 square miles of the Madison Swanson Marine Protected Area (MPA) and Steamboat Lumps MPA, which are located on the Florida shelf edge in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico in 2000 using sidescan sonar and high-resolution chirp seismic-reflection systems. This survey was conducted as part of a larger study of the effectiveness of no-fishing reserves in protecting grouper spawning aggregations. Field activity information for this cruise is available on-line through the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fa=2000-005-FA.

2000年，美国地质调查局（U.S. Geological Survey, USGS）借助侧扫声呐与高分辨率啁啾地震反射系统，对坐落于墨西哥湾东北部佛罗里达陆架边缘的麦迪逊·斯旺森海洋保护区（Marine Protected Area, MPA）及汽船暗礁海洋保护区（MPA）的约22平方英里区域完成了测绘工作。本次勘测是一项探究禁捕保护区保护石斑鱼产卵集群成效的大型研究的组成部分。该航次的野外作业相关信息可通过美国地质调查局海岸与海洋地球科学数据系统（U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System）在线获取，具体链接为：https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fa=2000-005-FA。