USGS 2001 Buck Island National Monument Cryptic Fish Survey

Because cryptic fishes are difficult to accurately survey, they are undersampled components of coral reef habitats. Fifty-eight enclosed stations were sampled in shoreline, nearshore reef, lagoon, backreef, forereef, and bank/shelf habitats with an ichthyocide (rotenone) at Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands in July-August 2001. Our samples included 228 fish species in 55 families, including 60 species previously unreported from St. Croix.

Citation: Smith-Vaniz, W.F., H.L. Jelks, and L.A. Rocha. 2010. USGS 2001 Buck Island National Monument Cryptic Fish Survey. U.S. Geological Survey, 7920 NW 71st Street, Gainesville, Florida 32653.Retrieved from http://www.usgs.gov/obis-usa/.

URL: http://ipt.obis.org/nonode/resource?r=buckislandfish