其他書名 Cruise and Progress Report for Legs I, II, & III of NOAA Ship Ferrel, Cruise FE-02-14-BL, June 17, 2002-July 6, 2002. Establishing a baseline. &. Measuring the effect of establishing a reserve. Phase I. Phase II
出版 U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research , 2002URL http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=uE-bDAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋 In July 2001, the Tortugas Ecological Reserve (TER) was established. It included two components: Tortugas North and Tortugas South. Tortugas North is approximately 91nm 2 and covers the northern half of Tortugas Bank, Sherwood Forest, the pinnacle reefs north of the bank, and extensive low relief areas in the 15-40 m depth range. The latter low relief areas have received little assessment yet the comprise 70% of the reserve area. Tortugas South is approximately 60 nm 2 and encompass Riley's Hump as well as deep water habitats to the south which are reported to provide critical habitat for several snapper species, snowy grouper, tilefish, and golden crab. The implementation of this reserve has provided an excellent opportunity for NOAA to investigate the effects of human disturbance (e. g., elimination of consumptive sampling and physical impacts) on the functioning of coral reef and deepwater algal and seagrass ecosystems. As part of an ongoing comparative examination of the physical and biological resources within and beyond the TER, NOAA Ship FERREL arrived in Key West, FL on 16 June 2002 to support research objectives of the CCFHR and collaborators (CCMA, CSC, FMRI, NURC, USF) in the TER. A total of fourteen scientists representing three federal and state institutions and two summer college interns participated. This was the eighth cruise in support of this mission. 