SFCN Reef Fish Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure RF03 Field Data Collection - Version 2.0
South Florida/Caribbean Network. 2025. SFCN Reef Fish Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure RF03 Field Data Collection - Version 2.0. National Park Service
This standard operating procedure (SOP) describes the methodology used by participants to collect reef fish visual census (RVC) monitoring data. The goal of the fish community surveys is to collect and report information on species composition, density, size, abundance, and derived metrics (e.g., species richness, diversity) using the RVC method in a stratified random sampling design on hardbottom habitats.
- Type
- Standard Operating Procedure
- Authors
- South Florida/Caribbean Network
- Date of Issue
- 2025-05
- 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