NMFS Base funding. All mapping from marine reserve siting studies and Oculina Experimental Reserves is entered into the GIS database. An accurate spatial and time record allows an understanding of historical changes of these resources and the survey scale required for measurement of abundance or standing crop. Age and growth of reef fish. NMFS Base funding.
Age structure is essential information for monitoring a population's status and recruitment history.
For gag grouper, comparison of recent data to a survey more than a decade old has allowed an analysis of the changes in age structure in conjunction with changes in fishing mortality. Reef fish reproduction. NMFS Base funding. A. Collins . This project provides several of the necessary ingredients for an SPR for several species including maturity schedules, weight-dependent reproductive relationships and fecundity estimates.