Stetson Bank Long-Term Monitoring: 2015–2018 Synthesis Report

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• Personal Author:
  Nuttall, Marissa F. ; Blakeway, Raven ; MacMillian, James ; Sterne, Travis ; O'Connell, Kelly ; Hu, Xinping ; Embesi, John A. ; Hickerson, Emma L. ; Johnston, Michelle A. ; Schmahl, G.P. ; Sinclair, James
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Ocean Service. Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NOS (National Ocean Service) ; ONMS (Office of National Marine Sanctuaries)
• Description:
  This report documents methods, analyses, and results from annual long-term monitoring of fish and benthic communities at Stetson Bank over a period of four years, 2015–2018. Stetson Bank is an uplifted claystone/siltstone feature, located within Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, that supports a well-developed coral community of tropical marine sponges and coral. Due to a wide range of temperatures and variable light availability, Stetson Bank has marginal environmental conditions for coral reef development and growth. The fish community is similar to other Caribbean reefs, but has comparatively reduced diversity.
• Keywords:
  Coral Reef Ecology Marine Parks And Reserves Monitoring Coral Reef Ecology Marine Parks And Reserves
• Series:
  National marine sanctuaries conservation series   ONMS-21-01
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/br4m-h411
• Document Type:
  Non-series Report
• Place as Subject:
  Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (Tex.) ; Mexico, Gulf of ; United States
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e42a599f6220c0a367a659ec5b8a0f278dce287650e1211d704fdb43dc559fe9
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/28171/noaa_28171_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 15.86 MB ]