SFCN Reef Fish Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure RF01 Statistical Sampling Design—Version 2.0
South Florida/Caribbean Network. 2025. SFCN Reef Fish Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure RF01 Statistical Sampling Design—Version 2.0. National Park Service
This standard operating procedure (SOP) describes the sample grid, sampling design, and habitat classification and stratification schemes used in South Florida and the USVI. It also describes the approach for optimal sample allocation and selection of sites for reef fish visual census (RVC) surveys.
- Type
- Standard Operating Procedure
- Authors
- South Florida/Caribbean Network
- Date of Issue
- 2025
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Keywords
- Biscayne National Park, Buck Island Reef National Monument and Salt River Bay National Park and Ecological Preserve, Coral Reef, Density, Dry Tortugas National Park, Fish, Marine fish, National Park Service, Reef fish, Reef Fish Monitoring, South Florida/Caribbean Network, Standard Operating Procedure, Survey Design, Virgin Islands National Park, Visual Census