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Faunal and vegetation monitoring in response to harbor dredging in Port of Miami

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2014
End Date
2016

Citation

Daniels, A., Stevenson, R., Smith, E., Brown, M.E., Grimes, C., Roche, D., and Colhoun, E., 2018, Faunal and vegetation monitoring in response to harbor dredging in Port of Miami: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7JH3KD9.

Summary

Seagrasses are highly productive ecosystems. A before-after-control-impact (BACI) design was used to examine effects of dredging on seagrasses and the animals that inhabit them. The control site North Biscayne Bay (NBB) and impacted site Port of Miami (POM) had seagrass densities decreased during the before, Fish and Invertebrate Assessment Network (FIAN) 2006-2011 and after, Faunal Monitoring Due to Harbor Dredging (FMHD) 2014-2016 studies. Turbidity levels increased at NBB and POM basins during the FMHD study, especially in 2016. Animal populations decreased significantly in NBB and POM in the FMHD study compared to the FIAN study. If seagrass communities are not stabilized, animal numbers will likely continue to decrease. There [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Andre Daniels
Process Contact :
Andre Daniels
Originator :
Andre Daniels, Mary E Brown, Rachael M Stevenson, Erin M Smith, Candace J Grimes, David C Roche, Elizabeth Calhoun
Metadata Contact :
Andre Daniels
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems
SDC Data Owner :
Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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Faunal and Vegetation Monitoring_data release_final.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		67.15 KB application/fgdc+xml
Quad_Substrate.csv 104.01 KB text/csv
Quad_Veg_Totals.csv 279.86 KB text/csv
Quad_Vegetation.csv 184.31 KB text/csv
Sampling_Point.csv 36.09 KB text/csv
Sampling_Point_Abiotics.csv 100.49 KB text/csv
Sampling_Point_Attempt_Success.csv 13.02 KB text/csv
Species_Count.csv 243.22 KB text/csv
Species_Measurement.csv 148.65 KB text/csv
Throwtrap_Abiotics.csv 35.41 KB text/csv
Throwtrap_Sweep.csv 135.25 KB text/csv

Purpose

Data were obtained to better understand faunal and vegetation community response to dredging.

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  • USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/F7JH3KD9

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