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Ichthyoplankton (biological) data collected aboard NOAA Ship Nancy Foster during cruise 0903 from 2009-04-07 to 2009-04-20 (NCEI Accession 0071978)

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Station data and ichthyoplankton (biological) data from cruise 0903 from the US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Anegada Passage, Leeward Islands and Saba Bank. In addition, inshore data from St. Thomas seine net tows is included. Data is housed in in a spreadsheet database (Excel) format to be maintained, updated and utilized by members the Early Life History (ELH) group and all project partners.
  • Cite as: Malca, Estrella; US DOC/NOAA/NMFS > Southeast Fisheries Science Center (2020). Ichthyoplankton (biological) data collected aboard NOAA Ship Nancy Foster during cruise 0903 from 2009-04-07 to 2009-04-20 (NCEI Accession 0071978). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0071978. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 2009-04-07 to 2009-04-20
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -65.207
East: -62.947
South: 17.223
North: 18.923
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Publication Dates
  • publication: 2020-05-13
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Supplemental Information
The USVI larval distribution and supply study completed its third research cruise aboard the NOAA ship Nancy Foster during April 7-20, 2009. Ichthyoplankton sampling yielded 314 samples (217 MOCNESS and 97 bongo) from 105 stations and 125 fish families were identified from a total of 24,593 larvae collected. MOCNESS (Multiple Opening and Closing Environmental Sampling System) samples were collected from 100 m to the surface at 25 m increments while Bongo samples were collected from just below the sea surface for 10 minute intervals at each station. A total of 23,512 larvae have been successfully identified taxonomic family level or beyond, with only 4.2% or 1,041 categorized as unidentifiable due to early stage at development or damage that occurred during the sample collection and/or processing. Approximately 76 % of the fish larvae samples were represented by 20 principle families: Bregmacerotidae, Labridae, Myctophidae, Carangidae, Clupeidae, Mullidae, Sternoptychidae, Scombridae, Eleotridae, Gobiidae, Apogonidae, Sphyraenidae, Serranidae, Coryphaenidae, Pomacentridae, Gonostomatidae, Chauliodontidae, Epigonidae, Bythitidae, and Lutjanidae. All samples collected have been identified using taxonomic keys and a subsample will be identified using genetic techniques.
Purpose This project seeks to determine the extent of the larval reef fish population connections within the US Virgin Islands reef ecosystems and adjacent banks in the Caribbean taking into account the potential importance that such a connection plays in replenishing and subsidizing stocks of reef fish in Marine Protected Areas and in the overall Caribbean region.
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Malca, Estrella; US DOC/NOAA/NMFS > Southeast Fisheries Science Center (2020). Ichthyoplankton (biological) data collected aboard NOAA Ship Nancy Foster during cruise 0903 from 2009-04-07 to 2009-04-20 (NCEI Accession 0071978). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0071978. Accessed [date].
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  • Related Funding Agency: NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
  • Numeric Data Sets > Biology
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Species Recruitment
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Microbiota > Plankton > Fish Eggs and Larvae
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords Provider Keywords
  • Dispersal and recruitment connectivity
  • Fish eggs
  • Fish larvae
  • Fisheries
  • Fisheries oceanography
  • Ichthyoplankton
  • Ichthyoplankton > Abundance
  • Ichthyoplankton > Distribution
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Platform keywords NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS CoRIS Place Thesaurus
  • COUNTRY/TERRITORY > British Overseas Territory > British Virgin Islands > Anegada > Anegada (18N064W0001)
  • COUNTRY/TERRITORY > British Overseas Territory > British Virgin Islands > British Virgin Islands (18N064W0000)
  • COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000)
  • COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Vieques > Vieques Island (18N065W0002)
  • 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 /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000)
  • OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Vieques Island > Vieques Island (18N065W0002)
  • OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Anegada > Anegada (18N064W0001)
  • OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > British Virgin Islands > British Virgin Islands (18N064W0000)
  • OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Lesser Antilles > U. S. Virgin Islands (17N064W0000)
  • OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords Provider Place Names
  • Anegada Passage
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Leeward Islands
  • Puerto Rico
  • Saba Bank
  • US Virgin Islands
  • Vieques
Project keywords NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS CRCP Project
  • 10233
  • USVI Larval Reef Fish Distribution & Supply: connectivity science, MPAs, and fisheries management
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  • Cite as: Malca, Estrella; US DOC/NOAA/NMFS > Southeast Fisheries Science Center (2020). Ichthyoplankton (biological) data collected aboard NOAA Ship Nancy Foster during cruise 0903 from 2009-04-07 to 2009-04-20 (NCEI Accession 0071978). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0071978. Accessed [date].
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  • 2020-05-13T07:59:40Z - NCEI Accession 0071978 v1.1 was published.
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  • Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System (MOCNESS)
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  • NOAA Ship Nancy Foster
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