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Toward a Standardized Framework for Benthic Mapping Data and Metadata Integration in Florida Cover

Toward a Standardized Framework for Benthic Mapping Data and Metadata Integration in Florida

Open Access
|Sep 2026

Authors

Anna E. Braswell

a.braswell@ufl.edu

School of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatics Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; Florida Sea Grant, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Vincent Lecours

vlecours@uqac.ca

School of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatics Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, US; Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Saguenay, Québec

Xiaohui Qiao

xiaohui.qiao@ufl.edu

Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Ana Carolina Peralta Brichtova

peraltabrichtova@usf.edu

College of Marine Science, Institute for Marine Remote Sensing, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida

Steven D. Meyers

smeyers@usf.edu

Center for Maritime and Port Studies, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida

Frank E. Muller-Karger

carib@usf.edu

College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida

Brad E. Rosenheim

brosenheim@usf.edu

College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida

Brian K. Walker

walkerb@nova.edu

Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, Nova Southeastern University, Davie, Florida

Gary A. Zarillo

zarillo@fit.edu

Department of Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida

René Baumstark

Rene.Baumstark@MyFWC.com

Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida

Yonggang Liu

yliu@usf.edu

College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida

Dave Reed

Dave.Reed@gulfalliance.org

Gulf of America Alliance, Ocean Springs, Mississippi

Sean Beckwith

stbeckwith@usf.edu

College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida

John M. Jaeger

jmjaeger@ufl.edu

Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Language: English
Page range: 36 - 36
Submitted on: Mar 18, 2026
Accepted on: Aug 27, 2026
Published on: Sep 17, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2026 Anna E. Braswell, Vincent Lecours, Xiaohui Qiao, Ana Carolina Peralta Brichtova, Steven D. Meyers, Frank E. Muller-Karger, Brad E. Rosenheim, Brian K. Walker, Gary A. Zarillo, René Baumstark, Yonggang Liu, Dave Reed, Sean Beckwith, John M. Jaeger, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.