Resource survey of Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary

Adriana Cantillo Adriana.Cantillo at noaa.gov
Fri Mar 14 12:39:05 EST 2003


Resource survey of Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary

The 1983 assessment of the Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary has been
published. The full citation, contents and abstract are below.
Individual chapters can be cited using the format for chapters in a
book.

The document can be downloaded from the Internet here
<http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/cedardoc.html>, scroll down to
"Bohnsack" and download the PDF files. The document will also be
available in CD format. Please request copies from M. J. Bello
(NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC) at Maria.Bello at NOAA.GOV.

Rescue of this work was funded through a grant of the South Florida
Ecosystem Restoration Prediction and Modeling Program (SFERPM) - a
competitive program conducted by the Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean
Research (CSCOR), in association with the South Florida Living Marine
Resources Program (SFLMR) - for Coastal and Estuarine Data/Document
Archeology and Rescue (CEDAR) for South Florida.

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Bohnsack, J. A., A. Y. Cantillo and M. J. Bello (eds.) (2002) Resource
survey of Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary 1983. NOAA Technical
Memorandum NOS NCCOS CCMA 160. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-478.
NOAA LISD Current References 2002-8. NOAA/NOS National Centers for
Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, MD. 340 pp.

CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Walter C. Jaap (Florida Department of Natural Resources)

CHAPTER 2
USES OF THE SANCTUARY
James A. Bohnsack (NOAA/NMFS) and Walter C. Jaap (Florida Department of
Natural Resources)

CHAPTER 3
GENERAL HABITAT DESCRIPTION AND MAPPING
James A. Bohnsack (NOAA/NMFS)

CHAPTER 4
HOLOCENE SEDIMENT THICKNESS AND FACIES DISTRIBUTION, LOOE KEY NATIONAL
MARINE SANCTUARY, FLORIDA
Barbara H. Lidz, Daniel M. Robbin and Eugene A. Shinn (USGS)

CHAPTER 5
GROWTH HISTORY OF MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS AT LOOE KEY NATIONAL MARINE
SANCTUARY, FLORIDA
J. Harold Hudson (NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary)

CHAPTER 6
LOOE KEY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY RESOURCE SURVEY: CORALS AND OTHER
MAJOR BENTHIC CNIDARIA
Jennifer Lee Wheaton and Walter C. Jaap (Florida Department of Natural
Resources)

CHAPTER 7
RESOURCE SURVEY OF FISHES WITHIN LOOE KEY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
James A. Bohnsack, Douglas E. Harper, David B. McClellan, David L.
Sutherland and Michael White (NOAA/NMFS)

CHAPTER 8
STATUS OF SELECTED CORAL RESOURCES
James A. Bohnsack and Michael White (NOAA/NMFS) and Walter C. Jaap
(Florida Department of Natural Resources)

CHAPTER 9
MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS
James A. Bohnsack (NOAA/NMFS)

TAXONOMIC APPENDIX

ABSTRACT

Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary (LKNMS) was designated in 1981 to
protect and promote the study, teaching, and wise use of the resources
of Looe Key Sanctuary. A quantitative resource inventory was funded in
1983 by NOAA in cooperation with the University of Miami, the United
States Geological Survey, and the Florida Department of Natural
Resources. The objective of the study was to quantitatively inventory
selected resources of LKNMS in order to allow future monitoring of
changes in the Sanctuary as a result of human or natural processes. This
study, referred to as Phase I, gives a brief summary of past and present
uses of the Sanctuary; and describes general habitat types, geology and
sediment distribution, coral abundance and distribution, the growth
history of the coral Montastraea annularis, reef fish abundance and
distribution, and status of selected resources. An interpretation of the
results of the survey are provided for management consideration. The
results are expected to provide fundamental information for applied
management, natural history interpretation, and scientific research.

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Dr. Adriana Y. Cantillo
Chemist

NOAA/National Ocean Service
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
1305 East West Hwy., 9110
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301 713 3028 x 147

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