SFCN Reef Fish Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure RF04 Data Entry and Proofing—Version 2.0
South Florida/Caribbean Network. 2025. SFCN Reef Fish Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure RF04 Data Entry and Proofing—Version 2.0. National Park Service
This standard operating procedure (SOP) describes how to enter data into the Reef Fish Visual Census (RVC) Data Entry Program, including the Sample, Substrate and Fish Species data and the Field/Boat Log. Steps also describe tier I and tier II data proofing and the verification process and structure of the Annual Excel RVC Database and Master RVC Analysis Ready Database.
- 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