Abstract:

This dataset contains all of the survey data that are used to fit statistical habitat models whose predictions are employed to parameterize the habitat capacity model of the ecosystem model West Florida Shelf (WFS) Reef fish Ecospace. These survey data include processed fisheries-dependent and fisheries-independent data collected all over the Gulf of Mexico using a random sampling design between 2000 and 2016. Fisheries-dependent and fisheries-independent data were requested to different institutes in 2016. The present dataset provides encounter/non-encounter data for specific functional groups/species/life stages, as well as the geographic coordinates (longitude, latitude) of the sites at which these encounter/non-encounter data were collected, and the year and month during which these data were collected. Given that some of the fisheries-dependent data included in the present dataset are confidential, the identity of the surveys (i.e., their name) is not revealed here; instead, numbers (i.e., 1, 2, 3) are provided to indicate that the data for the functional group/species/life stage under consideration come from different surveys.

Suggested Citation:

Gruss, Arnaud. 2018. Survey data for parameterizing the habitat capacity model of the ecosystem model West Florida Shelf (WFS) Reef fish Ecospace. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7V1235R

Purpose:

This dataset contains all of the survey data that are used to fit statistical habitat models whose predictions are employed to parameterize the habitat capacity model of the ecosystem model WFS Reef fish Ecospace.

Data Parameters and Units:

The present database contains a total of 43 files. Each of these 43 files provides: (i) the longitudes (°E) where sampling was conducted; (ii) the latitudes (°N) where sampling was conducted; (iii) the years during which sampling was conducted; (iv) the months during which sampling was conducted; (v) the "gears" used to conduct sampling (integer factors, where each "gear" represents a specific fisheries-dependent or fisheries-independent survey); and (vi) encounter/non-encounter estimates (1 if the functional group/species/life stage under consideration was encountered and 0 otherwise). Here are the details of the 43 files of the present database: (1) "Adult_Gag.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of adults of gag (0/1). (2) "Adult_King_mackerel.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of adults of king mackerel (0/1). (3) "Adult_Red_grouper.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of adults of red grouper (0/1). (4) "Adult_Red_snapper.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of adults of red snapper (0/1). (5) "Adult_Spanish_mackerel.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of adults of Spanish mackerel (0/1). (6) "Adult_Yellowedge_grouper.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of adults of yellowedge grouper (0/1). (7) "Amberjacks_and_rudderfish.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of amberjacks and rudderfish (0/1). (8) "Anchovies_silversides.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of anchovies and silversides (0/1). (9) "Billfish_and_tunas.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of billfish and tunas (0/1). (10) "Black_grouper.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of black grouper (0/1). (11) "Carnivorous_jellyfish.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of carnivorous jellyfish (0/1). (12) "Coastal_omnivores.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of coastal omnivores (0/1). (13) "Coastal_piscivores.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of coastal piscivores (0/1). (14) "Goliath_grouper.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of goliath grouper (0/1). (15) "Jacks_wahoo_dolphinfish_and_tunnies.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of jacks, wahoo, dolphinfish and tunnies (0/1). (16) "Juvenile_Gag.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of juveniles of gag (0/1). (17) "Juvenile_Red_grouper.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of juveniles of red grouper (0/1). (18) "Juvenile_Red_snapper.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of juveniles of red snapper (0/1). (19) "Juvenile_Yellowedge_grouper.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of juveniles of yellowedge grouper (0/1). (20) "Large_coastal_carnivores.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of large coastal carnivores (0/1). (21) "Large_coastal_sharks.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of large coastal sharks (0/1). (22) "Large_crabs.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of large crabs (0/1). (23) "Lionfish.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of lionfish (0/1). (24) "Lobsters.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of lobsters (0/1). (25) "Mullets.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of mullets (0/1). (26) "Oceanic_small_pelagics.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of oceanic small pelagics (0/1). (27) "Octopods.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of octopods (0/1). (28) "Other_deep_water_groupers.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of other deep water groupers (0/1). (29) "Other_shallow_water_groupers.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of other shallow water groupers (0/1). (30) "Other_snappers.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of other snappers (0/1). (31) "Rays_and_skates.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of rays and skates (0/1). (32) "Reef_carnivores.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of reef carnivores (0/1). (33) "Reef_omnivores.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of reef omnivores (0/1). (34) "Sardine_herring_scad_complex.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of the sardine-herring-scad complex (0/1). (35) "Sea_basses.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of sea basses (0/1). (36) "Shrimps.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of shrimps (0/1). (37) "Small_coastal_carnivores.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of small coastal carnivores (0/1). (38) "Small_coastal_sharks.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of small coastal sharks (0/1). (39) "Squids.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of squids (0/1). (40) "Stomatopods.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of stomatopods (0/1). (41) "Tilefish.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of tilefish (0/1). (42) "Triggerfish_and_hogfish.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of triggerfish and hogfish (0/1). (43) "Vermilion_snapper.csv": Longitude (°E); Latitude (°N); Year; Month; Gear (integer factor); Encounter/non-encounter of vermilion snapper (0/1).

Methods:

Thirty-seven different survey datasets provided data for the 43 files provided here; an alias was assigned to each of these 37 survey datasets: (1) Alabama Marine Resources Division (AMRD) Fisheries Assessment and Monitoring Program (FAMP) Gillnet Survey (Alias: ALGILL). (2) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Bottom Longline Survey (Alias: BLL). (3) Deep Pelagic Nekton Dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico (DEEPEND) Survey (Alias: DEEPEND). (4) Northern GOM Continental Slope Habitats and Benthic Ecology Study (DGoMB) Survey (Alias: DGOMB). (5) NMFS Expanded Annual Stock Assessment (EASA) Survey – Longline (Alias: EASALL). (6) NMFS EASA Survey – Vertical Line (Alias: EASAVL). (7) Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) Bay Seine Survey (Alias: FLBAY). (8) FWRI Haul Seine Survey (Alias: FLHAUL). (9) FWRI For-Hire At-Sea Observer Program (Alias: FLOBS). (10) FWRI Purse Seine Survey (Alias: FLPURSE). (11) FWRI Reef Fish Trap Survey (Alias: FLTRAP). (12) FWRI Trawl Survey (Alias: FLTRAWL). (13) FWRI Reef Fish Video Survey (Alias: FLVIDEO). (14) Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Information Network (GulfFIN) Head Boat Port Sampling Program (Alias: GULFFINPORT). (15) NMFS Gulf of Mexico Shark Pupping and Nursery (GULFSPAN) Survey (Alias: GULFSPAN). (16) Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) Gulf of Mexico Inshore Bottom Longline Survey (Alias: INBLL). (17) Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Vertical Line Survey (Alias: LAVL). (18) Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) Sport Fish Shark Gillnet Survey (Alias: MSGILL). (19) MDMR Sport Fish Shark Handline Survey (Alias: MSHAND). (20) MDMR Fisheries Assessment and Monitoring (FAM) Trawl Survey (Alias: MSTRAWL). (21) NMFS Southeast Gillnet Observer Program (Alias: OBSGILL). (22) Reef Fish Bottom Longline Observer Program (Alias: OBSLL). (23) Southeastern Shrimp Fisheries Observer Coverage Program (Alias: OBSSHRIMP). (24) Reef Fish Vertical Line Observer Program (Alias: OBSVL). (25) NMFS Panama City Trap Survey (Alias: PCTRAP). (26) NMFS Panama City Video Survey (Alias: PCVIDEO). (27) NMFS Pelagic Observer Program (Alias: POP). (28) Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) Fish Survey Project (Alias: REEF). (29) NMFS Shark Bottom Longline Observer Program (Alias: SBLOP). (30) NMFS Small Pelagics Survey (Alias: SMALLPEL). (31) SEAMAP Groundfish/Trawl Survey (Alias: TRAWL). (32) Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Bottom Longline Survey (Alias: TXBLL). (33) TPWD Gillnet Survey (Alias: TXGILL). (34) TPWD Seine Survey (Alias: TXSEINE). (35) TPWD Trawl Survey (Alias: TXTRAWL). (36) SEAMAP Reef Fish Video Survey (Alias: VIDEO). (37) SEAMAP Gulf of Mexico Vertical Longline Survey (Alias: VL). Here are the details of the survey data (survey datasets and years) used to generate the 43 files included in the present database: (1) "Adult_Gag.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLOBS - OBSLL - OBSVL - SBLOP Years: 2006-2016 (2) "Adult_King_mackerel.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLOBS - OBSGILL - OBSVL Years: 2007-2016 (3) "Adult_Red_grouper.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - BLL - EASALL - FLOBS - FLTRAP - OBSLL - OBSVL - PCTRAP - PCVIDEO - SBLOP - TRAWL - VIDEO Years: 2000-2016 (4) "Adult_Red_snapper.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - EASAVL - FLOBS - FLTRAP - OBSVL - PCTRAP - PCVIDEO - SBLOP - TRAWL - VIDEO Years: 2002-2016 (5) "Adult_Spanish_mackerel.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLHAUL - FLOBS - FLPURSE - GULFSPAN Years: 2000-2016 (6) "Adult_Yellowedge_grouper.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - BLL - OBSLL - OBSVL - SBLOP Years: 2002-2015 (7) "Amberjacks_and_rudderfish.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLOBS - FLVIDEO - OBSLL - OBSVL - PCVIDEO - REEF - SBLOP - TRAWL - VIDEO Years: 2000-2016 (8) "Anchovies_silversides.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLBAY - FLHAUL - FLTRAWL - FLVIDEO - OBSSHRIMP Years: 2000-2015 (9) "Billfish_and_tunas.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLOBS - OBSLL - SBLOP Years: 2007, 2009-2010, 2012-2015 (10) "Black_grouper.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLOBS - OBSLL - OBSVL - SBLOP Years: 2006-2007, 2009-2015 (11) "Carnivorous_jellyfish.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLHAUL - FLTRAWL - OBSSHRIMP - TRAWL Years: 2000-2005, 2007-2015 (12) "Coastal_omnivores.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLBAY - FLHAUL - FLOBS - FLPURSE - FLTRAP - FLTRAWL - FLVIDEO - OBSLL - OBSSHRIMP - OBSVL - PCTRAP - PCVIDEO - REEF - SMALLPEL - TRAWL Years: 2000-2016 (13) "Coastal_piscivores.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLBAY - FLHAUL - FLPURSE - FLTRAWL - GULFSPAN - OBSSHRIMP Years: 2000-2015 (14) "Goliath_grouper.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLHAUL - OBSVL - REEF Years: 2000-2015 (15) "Jacks_wahoo_dolphinfish_and_tunnies.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - BLL - FLBAY - FLHAUL - FLOBS - FLPURSE - FLTRAWL - FLVIDEO - GULFSPAN - OBSLL - OBSSHRIMP - OBSVL - PCVIDEO - POP - REEF - TRAWL - VIDEO Years: 2000-2016 (16) "Juvenile_Gag.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLBAY - FLHAUL - FLOBS - FLPURSE - FLTRAWL - OBSVL - PCTRAP Years: 2000-2016 (17) "Juvenile_Red_grouper.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLOBS - FLTRAP - FLTRAWL - OBSLL - OBSVL - PCTRAP - SBLOP - TRAWL Years: 2004-2015 (18) "Juvenile_Red_snapper.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLOBS - OBSSHRIMP - OBSVL - PCTRAP - TRAWL Years: 2002-2016 (19) "Juvenile_Yellowedge_grouper.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - OBSLL - SBLOP Years: 2007-2015 (20) "Large_coastal_carnivores.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLBAY - FLHAUL - FLOBS - FLPURSE - FLTRAWL - GULFSPAN - OBSLL - OBSSHRIMP - OBSVL - PCVIDEO - REEF - SMALLPEL Years: 2000-2016 (21) "Large_coastal_sharks.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - BLL - EASALL - FLHAUL - FLOBS - GULFSPAN - OBSLL - OBSSHRIMP - OBSVL - SBLOP Years: 2000-2016 (22) "Large_crabs.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLBAY - FLHAUL - FLPURSE - FLTRAWL - OBSSHRIMP - SMALLPEL - TRAWL Years: 2000-2015 (23) "Lionfish.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLVIDEO - OBSLL - REEF - TRAWL Years: 2011-2015 (24) "Lobsters.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - OBSSHRIMP - SMALLPEL - TRAWL Years: 2001-2004, 2007-2013 (25) "Mullets.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - ALGILL - FLBAY - FLHAUL - TXGILL - TXSEINE - TXTRAWL Years: 2000-2015 (26) "Oceanic_small_pelagics.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLBAY - FLHAUL - FLPURSE - FLTRAWL - OBSSHRIMP - OBSVL - TRAWL Years: 2000-2015 (27) "Octopods.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - SMALLPEL - TRAWL Years: 2002-2003, 2007-2015 (28) "Other_deep_water_groupers.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - OBSLL - OBSVL - SBLOP - VIDEO Years: 2001-2015 (29) "Other_shallow_water_groupers.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLOBS - FLVIDEO - OBSLL - OBSVL - REEF - SBLOP - TRAWL - VIDEO Years: 2000-2016 (30) "Other_snappers.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLBAY - FLHAUL - FLOBS - FLPURSE - FLTRAP - FLVIDEO - OBSLL - OBSVL - PCTRAP - PCVIDEO - REEF - SBLOP - SMALLPEL - TRAWL - VIDEO Years: 2000-2016 (31) "Rays_and_skates.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLBAY - FLHAUL - FLPURSE - FLTRAWL - GULFSPAN - OBSLL - OBSSHRIMP - SMALLPEL - TRAWL Years: 2000-2015 (32) "Reef_carnivores.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - EASAVL - FLBAY - FLHAUL - FLOBS - FLPURSE - FLTRAWL - FLVIDEO - OBSLL - OBSSHRIMP - OBSVL - PCTRAP - PCVIDEO - REEF - SBLOP - SMALLPEL - TRAWL - VIDEO Years: 2000-2016 (33) "Reef_omnivores.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLBAY - FLHAUL - FLOBS - FLPURSE - FLTRAWL - FLVIDEO - OBSSHRIMP - PCVIDEO - REEF - SMALLPEL - TRAWL - VIDEO Years: 2000-2016 (34) "Sardine_herring_scad_complex.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLBAY - FLHAUL - FLPURSE - FLTRAWL - FLVIDEO - GULFSPAN - OBSSHRIMP - PCVIDEO - REEF - SMALLPEL - TRAWL Years: 2000-2015 (35) "Sea_basses.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLBAY - FLHAUL - FLOBS - FLTRAP - FLTRAWL - FLVIDEO - OBSLL - OBSSHRIMP - OBSVL - PCTRAP - PCVIDEO - SMALLPEL - TRAWL - VIDEO Years: 2000-2016 (36) "Shrimps.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLBAY - FLHAUL - FLPURSE - FLTRAWL - OBSSHRIMP - SMALLPEL - TRAWL Years: 2000-2016 (37) "Small_coastal_carnivores.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - EASALL - EASAVL - FLBAY - FLHAUL - FLOBS - FLPURSE - FLTRAP - FLVIDEO - GULFSPAN - OBSLL - OBSSHRIMP - OBSVL - PCTRAP - REEF - SBLOP - SMALLPEL - VIDEO Years: 2000-2016 (38) "Small_coastal_sharks.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - BLL - EASALL - FLHAUL - FLOBS - FLPURSE - GULFSPAN - OBSLL - OBSSHRIMP - OBSVL - SBLOP - TRAWL Years: 2000-2016 (39) "Squids.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLTRAWL - MSTRAWL - OBSSHRIMP - SMALLPEL - TRAWL - TXSEINE - TXTRAWL Years: 2000-2015 (40) "Stomatopods.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - OBSSHRIMP - SMALLPEL - TRAWL Years: 2001-2003, 2005-2015 (41) "Tilefish.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - BLL - OBSLL - OBSVL - SBLOP - SMALLPEL - VIDEO Years: 2002-2015 (42) "Triggerfish_and_hogfish.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - FLOBS - FLTRAP - FLTRAWL - FLVIDEO - OBSLL - OBSSHRIMP - OBSVL - PCTRAP - PCVIDEO - REEF - SBLOP - TRAWL - VIDEO Years: 2000-2016 (43) "Vermilion_snapper.csv": Survey datasets (aliases): - EASAVL - FLOBS - FLTRAP - FLVIDEO - OBSLL - OBSSHRIMP - OBSVL - PCTRAP - PCVIDEO - SBLOP - SMALLPEL - TRAWL - VIDEO Years: 2001-2016

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