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South Atlantic MPAs and deepwater coral HAPCs: Characterization of fish communities, benthic habitat, and benthic macrobiota. Final Report for 2012-2014 NOAA Cruises. A NOAA CIOERT Report

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Date Issued:
2015
Title: South Atlantic MPAs and deepwater coral HAPCs: Characterization of fish communities, benthic habitat, and benthic macrobiota. Final Report for 2012-2014 NOAA Cruises. A NOAA CIOERT Report.
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Name(s): Harter, Stacey
Reed, John K.
Farrington, Stephanie
David, Andrew
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Technical Report
Date Issued: 2015
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Florida
Physical Form: pdf
Extent: 75 p.
Language(s): English
Identifier: FA00007516 (IID)
Note(s): In 2009, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) established eight deepwaterMarine Protected Areas (MPAs) along the outer continental shelf off the southeastern U.S.Three cruises using ROVs, CTD casts, and multibeam sonar mapping, documented andcharacterized the benthic habitats, benthic macrobiota, and fish populations within and adjacentto the MPA protected areas which are within the jurisdiction of the SAFMC from north Floridato North Carolina. The six MPA sites included North Florida MPA, Georgia MPA, Edisto MPA,Charleston Deep Artificial MPA, Northern South Carolina MPA, and Snowy Wreck MPA.
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Technical Report Number 160
Subject(s): Marine parks and reserves
Deep sea corals
Benthos Habitat
Fish communities
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (U.S.)
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007516
Host Institution: FAU

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