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Remotely operated vehicle (ROV) laser estimates of reef fish length at natural reef sites in the northern Gulf of Mexico from 2015-08-30 to 2017-11-02

Authors: Glabach, Miaya
Published On: Nov 28 2018 20:58 UTC
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7266/n7-p0an-xq44
UDI: R4.x267.180:0022
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Project Information

Funded By:
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

Funding Cycle:
RFP-IV

Research Group:
Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems II (C-IMAGE II)

Point of Contact

William Frank Patterson
University of Florida / Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
will.patterson@ufl.edu

Data Collection Period
2015-08-30
to
2017-11-02
Theme keywords

fish length estimates, size distribution, reef fish, natural reefs

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Abstract:

A VideoRay Pro4 ROV equipped with red laser scale (distance between lasers = 10 cm) was employed to estimate the size distribution of reef fishes at study sites. Remotely operated vehicle (ROV) estimates were collected at natural reef sites in the northern Gulf of Mexico from August 30 - September 4, 2015; July 28 - August 8, 2016; October 26 - November 2, 2017.

Suggested Citation:

Glabach, Miaya. 2018. Remotely operated vehicle (ROV) laser estimates of reef fish length at natural reef sites in the northern Gulf of Mexico from 2015-08-30 to 2017-11-02. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/n7-p0an-xq44

Purpose:

To estimate size distributions of reef fishes with an ROV.

Data Parameters and Units:

Date (date sample collected M/DD/YYYY), Site (reef name), Species (common name), FL (estimated bias-corrected fork length in mm from laser scale data), and TL (estimated bias-corrected total length in mm from laser scale data). Laser measurements are measured head to center of the tail and TL (total length) is computed. This computation for FL to TL conversion only works for a select number of species, not all. The species which we cannot compute a TL is left blank. Site Latitude (decimal degrees) Longitude (decimal degrees) Amberjack Rock 30.1834 -86.8633 Destin Edge I 30.0001 -86.5183 Destin Edge II 30.1282 -86.8327 Dutch Banks 30.1943 -87.4374 Good Rock 30.2000 -86.2334 Green's Hole 30.1403 -87.1838 Mingo Ridge 29.9848 -86.5667 Mobile Edge II 29.4614 -87.9749 Natural Bottom East 30.1417 -86.3283 Natural Bottom West 29.9217 -87.8950 Nikki Grounds 30.1975 -86.7927 SE Banks 30.0150 -87.9517 The Edge 29.8285 -87.3249 Tree Bottom 30.1044 -87.8001 Trysler Grounds 29.8963 -87.5324 Yellow Gravel 29.7251 -87.4050

Methods:

Methodology reported in Patterson et al. (2009).

Instruments:

VideoRay Pro 4 Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV), Mecco laser scaler

Provenance and Historical References:

Patterson III, W.F., Dance, M.A. and Addis, D.T. (2009). Development of a remotely operated vehicle based methodology to estimate fish community structure at artificial reef sites in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Proc. Gulf Caribb. Fish. Inst. 61: 263–270

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