CREMP Data
What data does CREMP collect?
CREMP collects data on population demographics, health conditions, and benthic community assemblage cover. Our data can be used to calculate stony coral and octocoral abundance, density, and diversity, as well as live tissue area for stony corals. Explore what kinds of data CREMP collects below.
- Maximum diameter (cm)
- Maximum height (cm)
- Old mortality (%)
- Tissue isolates
- Condition type (tissue loss, color loss, discoloration, growth anomaly, or mucus sheathing)
- Condition distribution (focal, multifocal, diffuse, or whole)
- Percent affected by condition
- Tissue loss-caused percent recent mortality
- Tissue loss rate (acute/fast or chronic/slow)
- Tissue loss margin (tissue-skeleton regular, tissue-skeleton irregular, color loss, discoloration, or band)
- Skeletal damage (presence/absence)
- Condition type (including bleaching, disease, biological interactions, etc.)
- Juvenile coral tallies
- Maximum height (cm)
- Damage (presence/absence)
- Old mortality (%)
- Condition type (tissue loss, color loss, discoloration, or growth anomaly)
- Condition distribution (focal, multifocal, or diffuse)
- Percent affected by condition
- Tissue loss-caused recent mortality (%)
- Tissue loss margin (tissue-exposed axis, band, or discoloration)
- Condition type (including predation, disease, biological interactions, etc.)
- Predators present (presence/absence)
- Percent cover of benthic organisms, including individual stony coral species, macroalgae, sponges, octocorals, and other common benthic organisms.
- See the “Point Count Standard Operating Procedures” for complete list of species, complexes, and groups assessed for percent cover.
- Top-down photographs of the entire transect
- Panoramic photos at the offshore stake looking down the transect, roughly 180-degrees with the stake in the middle of the photo
CREMP Data Dashboard
CREMP data for all three monitoring regions can be visualized on the CREMP Data Dashboard.
Use the filter tabs on the top right to filter the exhibited data by region, sub-region, habitat, and site. Explore metrics on stony corals, octocorals, and benthic category percent cover. Click on the map to view the location of CREMP monitoring sites view detailed data by year. Before using the dashboard, click on the arrow on the middle left of the screen to view a "how-to" guide for tips on how to fully utilize the dashboard.
Data Downloads
Want to download CREMP data?
Our raw, unedited data is housed online on the FWC GIS & Mapping Data Downloads website. Data downloads are available as geodatabases or csv files. Data is available by region – Southeast Florida, Florida Keys, and Dry Tortugas.
These data sets are in the public domain, and the recipient may not assert any proprietary rights thereto nor represent it to anyone as other than a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission produced data set; it is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The user assumes all responsibility for the accuracy and suitability of this data set for a specific application. In no event will the staff of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission be liable for any damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of or the inability to use this data set.
Want to look at CREMP transect or panoramic photos? Email our data manager Mike Colella at Michael.Colella@myfwc.com or corals@myfwc.com with the sites and years you are interested in.
Suggested citations:
Southeast Florida Coral Reef Evaluation Monitoring Project Geodatabase Download:
Coral Reef Restoration, Assessment, and Monitoring Laboratory, Nova Southeastern University. (2022). Southeast Florida Coral Reef Evaluation Monitoring Project Geodatabase Download [data files and geodatabase]. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute [producer]. <https://geodata.myfwc.com>
Southeast Florida Coral Reef Evaluation Monitoring Project CSV Files Download:
Coral Reef Restoration, Assessment, and Monitoring Laboratory, Nova Southeastern University. (2022). Southeast Florida Coral Reef Evaluation Monitoring Project CSV Files Download [data files]. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute [producer]. <https://geodata.myfwc.com>
Florida Keys Coral Reef Evaluation Monitoring Project Geodatabase Download:
FWC Coral Research Program. (2022). Florida Keys Coral Reef Evaluation Monitoring Project Geodatabase Download [data files and geodatabase]. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute [producer]. <https://geodata.myfwc.com>
Florida Keys Coral Reef Evaluation Monitoring Project CSV Files Download:
FWC Coral Research Program. (2022). Florida Keys Coral Reef Evaluation Monitoring Project CSV Files Download [data files]. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute [producer]. <https://geodata.myfwc.com>
Dry Tortugas Coral Reef Evaluation Monitoring Project Geodatabase Download:
FWC Coral Research Program. (2022). Dry Tortugas Coral Reef Evaluation Monitoring Project Geodatabase Download [data files and geodatabase]. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute [producer]. <https://geodata.myfwc.com>
Dry Tortugas Coral Reef Evaluation Monitoring Project CSV Files Download:
FWC Coral Research Program. (2022). Dry Tortugas Coral Reef Evaluation Monitoring Project CSV Files Download [data files]. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute [producer]. <https://geodata.myfwc.com>
Reports and Publications:
See our Resources page for scientific publications, reports, metadata, and other data summaries associated with CREMP.
Questions?
Please contact CREMP database manager Mike Colella at Michael.Colella@myfwc.com or corals@myfwc.com