Final Report- Survey of fish assemblages and benthic habitat at Pulley Ridge, S.W. Florida shelf; Part 1- Characterization of benthic habitat and biota with documentation of hard/live bottom. Report to NOAA Fisheries

Seven sites were surveyed with the NOAA Superphantom II ROV on Pulley Ridge. A single
ROV dive (~1 hr) was completed at each of the seven sites. Video/photographic transects were
used to document and characterize the benthic habitat and biota and allowed for quantitative
estimates of densities and sizes of biota. The primary protocol was to document the presence or
absence of hard-bottom habitat.