Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Michael B. Robblee Clinton Hittle; Joan Browder; Maria Criales; John Wang Publication_Date: Unknown Title: Empirical studies in Support of Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Ecosystems Restoration Online_Linkage: http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/index.php?project_url=emp_flbay/ Description: Abstract: The objectives of these activities are broadly: 1) to develop and implement (with other agency members) a program of research to support the restoration of Florida Bay; 2) with other PDT members to develop and evaluate restoration alternatives for Florida Bay and 3) with other committee members to develop performance measures and assess restoration alternatives affecting Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, Barnes Sound and Manatee Bay and the lower southwest coast mangrove estuaries. Purpose: Florida Bay lies downstream of the Everglades ecosystem. Perceived deterioration of the Everglades over the last century - and Florida Bay since the mid-1980’s - is generally viewed as linked to changes in freshwater flow and water quality associated with water management in South Florida. The pink shrimp is a species of special interest in each of the above studies because it has been chosen as an indicator species for use in restoration of south Florida estuaries. Empirical and experimental data developed in these studies will be used to support the development of a pink shrimp landscape simulation model and restoration performance measures. Supplemental_Information: This project is no longer funded by the USGS Greater Everglades Priority Ecosystems Science Program. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20021001 Ending_Date: 20030930 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown Spatial_Domain: Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Florida Bay Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.25 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.375 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.25 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.75 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: biota Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters Theme_Keyword: 002 Theme_Keyword: 007 Theme_Keyword: 012 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: biology Theme_Keyword: hydrology Theme_Keyword: model Theme_Keyword: pink shrimp Theme_Keyword: mangroves Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions, Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4, Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: US Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, DC, NIST Place_Keyword: Florida Place_Keyword: FL Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-3, Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology Place_Keyword: Monroe County Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Geographic Names Information System Place_Keyword: Florida Bay Place_Keyword: Barnes Sound Place_Keyword: Manatee Bay Place_Keyword: Biscayne Bay Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: Florida Keys Place_Keyword: Johnson Key Basin Taxonomy: Keywords/Taxon: Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Taxonomic_Keywords: animals Taxonomic_Keywords: single species Taxonomic_Keywords: shrimp Taxonomic_System: Classification_System/Authority: Classification_System_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service (ARS) U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Department of the Interior - U.S. Geological Survey Department of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) Publication_Date: 2000 Title: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Database Other_Citation_Details: Retrieved from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov. Online_Linkage: http://www.itis.gov Taxonomic_Procedures: All fish and pink shrimp caught in throw-trap collections in Johnson Key Basin will be sorted in the laboratory and identified to species and enumerated. Pink shrimp postlarvae caught in channel nets at specific locations in Florida Bay will be sorted from the sample, identified, and preserved in 95% ethanol. General_Taxonomic_Coverage: shrimp are identified to species Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Kingdom Taxon_Rank_Value: Animalia Applicable_Common_Name: animals Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Phylum Taxon_Rank_Value: Arthropoda Applicable_Common_Name: arthropods Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Subphylum Taxon_Rank_Value: Crustacea Applicable_Common_Name: crustaceans Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Class Taxon_Rank_Value: Malacostraca Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Subclass Taxon_Rank_Value: Eumalacostraca Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Superorder Taxon_Rank_Value: Eucarida Applicable_Common_Name: lagosta Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Order Taxon_Rank_Value: Decapoda Applicable_Common_Name: crabs Applicable_Common_Name: crayfishes Applicable_Common_Name: shrimp Applicable_Common_Name: prawns Applicable_Common_Name: lobsters Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Suborder Taxon_Rank_Value: Dendrobranchiata Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Superfamily Taxon_Rank_Value: Penaoidea Applicable_Common_Name: penaeoid shrimps Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Family Taxon_Rank_Value: Penaeidae Applicable_Common_Name: penaeid shrimps Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus Taxon_Rank_Value: Farfantepenaeus Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Species Taxon_Rank_Value: Farfantepenaeus duorarum Applicable_Common_Name: pink shrimp Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: Any data from this project are subject to change and are not citeable until reviewed and approved for official publication. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Michael Robblee Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: c/o South Florida Natural Resources Center, Everglades National Park 40001 State Road 9336 City: Homestead State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33034 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 305 242-7832 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 305 242-7836 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mike_robblee@usgs.gov Data_Set_Credit: Project personnel include Andre Daniels, David Moore, Leslie James, David Kieckbusch, and Vin Difrenna Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Fourqurean, J. W. Robblee, M. B. Publication_Date: 1999 Title: Florida Bay: a history of recent ecological changes Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: Estuaries Issue_Identification: v. 22, n.2B Publication_Information: Publication_Place: New York Publisher: Springer New York Online_Linkage: http://www.springerlink.com/content/e9r6455l267113w1/fulltext.pdf Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Browder, J. A. Publication_Date: 1985 Title: Relationship between pink shrimp production on the Tortugas and water flow patterns in the Florida Everglades Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: Bulletin of Marine Science Issue_Identification: 37 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Coral Gables, FL Publisher: University of Florida Press Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Browder, J. A. Restrepo, V. R.; Rice, J. K.; Robblee, M. B.; Zein-Eldin, A. Publication_Date: 1999 Title: Environmental influences on potential recruitment of pink shrimp, Farfantepenaeus duoraram, from Florida Bay nursery grounds Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: Estuaries Issue_Identification: v. 22, n. 2B Publication_Information: Publication_Place: New York, New York Publisher: Springer New York Online_Linkage: http://www.springerlink.com/content/57x951677018087k/fulltext.pdf Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Browder, J. A. Moore, D. Publication_Date: 1981 Title: A new approach to determining the quantative relationship between fishery production and the flow of fresh water to estuaries Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: Proceedings, National Symposium on Freshwater Inflow to Estuaries Issue_Identification: Vol. 1, FWS/OBS-81/04 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Washington, DC Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Other_Citation_Details: R. Cross and D. Williams, editors Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Browder, J. A. Publication_Date: 1991 Title: Watershed management and the importance of freshwater flow to estuaries Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: report Series_Information: Series_Name: Proceedings, Tampa Bay Area Scientific Information Symposium Issue_Identification: none Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Tampa, FL Publisher: unknown Other_Citation_Details: S. F. Treat and P. A. Clark, editors Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: not applicable Completeness_Report: not available Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Critical long-term databases exist for pink shrimp that are suitable for developing empirical relationships and baselines. NOAA has collected and maintained catch and effort data on this fishery since 1960. The National Park Service and USGS have monitored juvenile shrimp abundance in relation to physical conditions of salinity and temperature and seagrass habitat, principally in western Florida Bay, since 1981. Analysis of this data set will provide the pink shrimp simulation model with seasonal timing, size frequency data as well as abundance and size of juvenile pink shrimp in relation to bank, basin and near-key habitats seagrass cover. Specific objectives include: 1. Quantify density and size of juvenile pink shrimp in relation to bank, basin and near-key habitat in Johnson Key Basin, western Florida Bay. 2. Implement Braun Blanquet cover estimation as a means of associating pink shrimp abundance to seagrass and algal habitat. 3. Evaluate the existing benthic database in order to develop a monitoring protocol for assessing juvenile pink shrimp abundance and distribution in Florida Bay in relation to changes in salinity. Using established methods nine stations (3 bank, 3 basin, 3 near-key habitat) in Johnson Key Basin will be sampled on a six-week interval for a total of 9 collections during FY2003. A one meter square throw-trap is used to quantitatively collect seagrass associated fish and invertebrates including the pink shrimp. Each throw-trap is swept three times to remove organisms. Four throw-trap samples are collected at each station as well as a suite of environmental and habitat variables. Previously habitat estimates have been made based on biomass estimates of seagrass and algae associated with throw-trap collections. Braun Blanquet is a categorical cover estimate technique currently used in seagrass monitoring programs in Florida Bay and the Florida Keys. In the laboratory samples will be sorted, all fish and shrimp (caridean and pink shrimp) will be identified to species and enumerated. Data will be stored in the Everglades National Park Oracle Database. Process_Date: Unknown Process_Step: Process_Description: The timing, distribution and magnitude of postlarval shrimp immigration to Florida Bay were identified as critical information needs required for development of the pink shrimp simulation model. To address these needs a field study is ongoing to estimate and compare monthly postlarval immigration to Florida Bay through six defined channels: two from the Gulf of Mexico (Sandy Key, Middle Ground) into western Florida Bay, two from the Atlantic Ocean (Whale Harbor Channel, Indian Key Channel) through the Florida Keys into southwestern and central Florida Bay, and two interior channels that connect Florida Bay sub basins, Conchie Channel near Flamingo in western Florida Bay and Panhandle Key Cut in south central Florida Bay. Sampling postlarval pink shrimp at these six stations involves the closely coordinated efforts of NOAA, responsible for sampling the Florida Keys stations, and UM and USGS personnel with responsibility for sampling the western Florida Bay stations. Specific objectives include: 1. Quantify the seasonality and magnitude of postlarval pink shrimp immigration to Florida Bay. 2. Compare timing and magnitude of postlarval pink shrimp immigration from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. 3. Assess accessibility of inner Florida Bay to postlarval pink shrimp by comparing the timing and magnitude of Gulf of Mexico stations to Conchie Channel; of Atlantic Ocean stations to Panhandle Key Cut. 4. Assess sampling protocols by comparing postlarvae catch in relation to tidal phase and depth. 5. Participate in the development of a transport module for the pink shrimp simulation model. Post larval pink shrimp sampling was initiated in January 2000. Channel nets (0.75 m2 opening, 1-mm mesh net, 500-micron mesh in the cod end) are used. The nets are attached to fixed moorings in the evening and samples are collected the following morning having passively collected postlarvae over night. The top of the channel net is set at .5 meter deep. At present paired channel nets sample six channels on two nights of the new moon; thus, four samples are obtained from each site each month for a total of 24. Pink shrimp postlarvae are sorted from the sample, identified, and preserved in 95% ethanol. The raw catch in each sample is standardized to density per 1,000 m3 of water filtered. Mean monthly density is calculated as the average over the two sampling nights. Densities are tested for normality and homogeneity of variance. Two experiments will be conducted to evaluate the current sampling methods. The present method of drifting the channel nets over night will be evaluated by sampling on a two-hour interval with the object of understanding when post larvae are most abundant. A second experiment will evaluate the relationship of depth and postlarval pink shrimp abundance by comparing catch in nets drifted at the surface, .5 meter and 1 meter. Experimental results will be used to aid in interpretation of catches or alternatively to modify sampling protocols. Process_Date: Unknown Process_Step: Process_Description: In October of 2001, a study began to determine the volume transport at each of the six stations where postlarvae are being sampled. Acoustic Doppler technology has been installed at the four defined channels connecting Florida Bay with the Gulf of Mexico (Sandy, Middle Ground) and the Atlantic Ocean (Whale Harbor, Indian Key) and the two interior channels Conchie, Panhandle) that connect to Florida Bay interior sub basins where monthly postlarval sampling occurs. These estimates of volume transport facilitate the direct comparison of the six stations being sampled for postlarvae and are essential to an assessment of the relative importance of the two known pathways of larval immigration into Florida Bay - west from the Gulf of Mexico and from the Atlantic Ocean through passages in the Florida Keys. These continuous measurements are also essential in developing a larval transport module for the pink shrimp simulation model. A significant additional benefit of the data being collected is that it will be very useful in the development of a Florida Bay circulation model, a high priority of CERP. Specific objectives include: 1. Estimate volume transport in the six channels being sampled for postlarvae. 2. Construct rating curves at each station under a variety of tidal flow conditions in order to improve volume transport estimates. 3. Compare volume transport among the six stations in a comparison of postlarval immigration into Florida Bay. 4. Participate in the development of a transport module for the pink shrimp simulation model. Measurements of flow, stage, and salinity will continue in FY 2003 in the six channels being sampled for post larvae. In collaboration with Dr. Joan Browder of NOAA these data will be applied to the construction of the larval transport module for the pink shrimp simulation module. Methods developed to date and in other studies will continue to be employed. Acoustic Doppler Velocity Meters (ADVM) have been installed at the instrumented sites and are used to measure continuous (15- minute) water velocity. A boat-mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) is used to calculate total discharge along a transect of the channels during inspections. The ADCP also measures water depth, boat speed, and direction of boat movement using acoustic reflections from the streambed. Discharge and flow direction are both calculated from data collected with the ADCP. The mean velocity for the creek section is calculated by dividing the total discharge measured with the ADCP by the cross-sectional area corresponding to the water level at the time of the discharge measurement. The cross-sectional area is computed by using site-specific stage-area ratings. A velocity rating between the mean ADCP velocity and the in situ ADVM velocity is calculated by regression analysis. This rating equation is then used to calculate continous discharge using the velocity data. Stage measurements are made acoustically and through water pressure in the ADVM and Salinity instrumentation respectively. Stage is used to define the cross-sectional area over which flow measurements are made, and are used in the regression analysis between flow and stage. Salinity measured near the surface and bottom of each channel to quantify the vertical stratification present at each site, which could be detrimental to acoustic signals. Additionally, temperature is measured to monitor possible vertical temperature gradients that could be detrimental to acoustic signals and as a necessary parameter to calculate salinity from conductivity. Process_Date: Unknown Process_Step: Process_Description: Work planned for FY 2004 1. The CESI sponsored long-term study entitled 'Temporal and spatial variation in seagrass associated fish and invertebrates in Johnson Key Basin, western Florida Bay, with emphasis on the pink shrimp, Farfantepenaeus duorarum' will document long-term responses of the seagrass associated shrimp and fish community in Johnson Key Basin to environmental conditions (e.g. salinity) and changes in seagrass habitat 2. with Joan Browder the SFWMD sponsored study entitled 'Biscayne Bay Coastal and Nearshore Community Baseline Study to Develop Biological Performance Measures' will develop performance measures relating the fish and crustacean communities of southern Biscayne Bay to salinity and habitat 3 with Joan Browder, Maria Criales and Clinton Hittle the NOAA sponsored study entitled 'Immigration pathways of pink shrimp postlarvae into and within Florida Bay' will evaluate postlarval immigration (seasonal timing and abundance) to and into Florida Bay in relation to environmental conditions and habitat. The pink shrimp is a species of special interest in each of the above studies because it has been chosen as an indicator species for use in restoration of south Florida estuaries. Empirical and experimental data developed in these studies will be used to support the development of a pink shrimp landscape simulation model and restoration performance measures. Process_Date: Unknown Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Michael Robblee Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: c/o South Florida Natural Resources Center, Everglades National Park 40001 State Road 9336 City: Homestead State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33034 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 305 242-7832 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 305 242-7836 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mike_robblee@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Florida Bay Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Michael Robblee Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: c/o South Florida Natural Resources Center, Everglades National Park 40001 State Road 9336 City: Homestead State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33034 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 305 242-7832 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 305 242-7836 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mike_robblee@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Pink Shrimp data Distribution_Liability: The USGS assumes no responsibility for the use of the data Standard_Order_Process: Non-digital_Form: unknown Fees: none Ordering_Instructions: Contact Michael Robblee for information about the data from this project Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20081103 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Heather Henkel Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 600 Fourth Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 803-8747 ext 3028 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 803-2030 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sofia-metadata@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Part 1: Biological Data Profile Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001.1-1999 Metadata_Access_Constraints: none Metadata_Use_Constraints: This metadata record may have been copied from the SOFIA website and may not be the most recent version. 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