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Summary

Description

Data dictionary of benthic cover dataset. Describes benthic image analysis results from site imagery using the CoralNet annotation tool, and includes the mission and site-specific information.

Entity Information

Entity Type
Data Table

Data Attribute / Type Description
ROUNDID
NUMERIC
Unique Identifier for MISSIONID auto-assigned by database for ROUND record (corresponds to mission, cruise, cruise leg, etc.).
MISSIONID
TEXT
Mission Identifier.
REGION_NAME
TEXT
The name of the region surveyed in the Pacific Islands region: American Samoa, Pacific Remote Island Areas, Mariana Archipelago, main Hawaiian Islands, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
ISLAND
TEXT
Name of island or atoll surveyed in the Pacific Islands region (REGION_NAME).
SITE
TEXT
The code for the site surveyed at the island or atoll (ISLAND). Combines a 3-letter island code with a 2-5 digit site number, separated by a hyphen.
SITEVISITID
NUMERIC
Unique identifier created each time a SITE is surveyed on a DATE_.
OCC_SITEID
TEXT
Fixed site identifier; fixed sites are established for oceanography surveys conducted by the ESD's Ocean and Climate Change Team.
LATITUDE
NUMERIC
Latitude in decimal degrees, WGS84, for the given SITE.
LONGITUDE
NUMERIC
Longitude in decimal degrees, WGS84 for the given SITE.
PERM_SITE
NUMERIC
Flag for permanent site (-1), typically established in the early years of the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. A varying subset of the activities conducted at CLIMATE_STATIONS are conducted at permanent sites.
CLIMATE_STATION_YN
NUMERIC
Flag for NCRMP climate station (-1). Typically, 3-4 climate stations were selected in a stratified random fashion to be roughly equally spaced around the island/atoll, along the 15-m contour, on hard bottom, and at least 1-km away from a river mouth or embayment (if relevant to the island/atoll). Multiple features of the coral reef environment are assessed at climate stations, including in-situ water temperature using subsurface temperature recorders (STRs), seawater carbonate chemistry from water samples, net carbonate accretion using calcification accretion units (CAUs), bioerosion using bioerosion monitoring units (BMUs), and cryptobiota diversity using autonomous reef monitoring structures (ARMS).
DATE_
DATE
Date the survey was conducted (d-mmm-yy).
IMAGE_NAME
TEXT
Image name (SITE_YEAR_REP_PHOTOID).
OBS_YEAR
TEXT
4-digit year the survey was conducted (DATE_).
REPLICATE
TEXT
Letter associated to replicate / transect for the survey. In 2013 and 2016, Rep A is for reef fish surveys and Rep A or B is for coral demographic surveys. In 2019, all fish and coral surveys are rep A. If no letter, it refers to photo number: Photo 1-9 = 0 Photo 10-19 = 1 Photo 20-29 = 2 Photo 30-39 = 3
PHOTOID
TEXT
Sequential image number along transect, usually 1-30, though some sites may have less than or exceed 30 images.
ANALYST
TEXT
Username of the person that annotated the images. The analyst for automated annotations (as opposed to annotations generated by humans) is ALLEVIATE (aka the CoralNet Robot).
TIER_1
TEXT
Code for CATEGORY NAME.
CATEGORY_NAME
TEXT
Category classification for the point on the analyzed image (X POS, Y POS). Taxa/functional group includes: coral, coralline alga, macroalga, mobile fauna, sediment, sessile invertebrate, soft coral, tape and wand, turf alga, and unclassified.
TIER_2
TEXT
Code for SUBCATEGORY NAME.
SUBCATEGORY_NAME
TEXT
Subcategory classification name for the point on the analyzed image (X POS, Y POS). Includes morphology for hard corals and functional groups (giant clam, zoanthid, etc.)
TIER_3
TEXT
Code for GENERA NAME.
GENERA_NAME
TEXT
Genus taxonomic name for the point on the analyzed image (X POS, Y POS) or the subcategory classification/description.
X_POS
NUMERIC
X position of the analyzed point on the image.
Y_POS
NUMERIC
Y position of the analyzed point on the image.
SURVEY_TYPE
TEXT
Identifies the ESD team that conducted the survey, typically 'Fish' or 'Benthic' for stratified random surveys, or 'Oceanography' for climate surveys at permanent sites.

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Item Identification

Title: ESD_BIA_CNET_ANALYSIS_Climate_DataDictionary_MARIAN_2022
Short Name: BIA_CNET_Climate_DataDictionary
Status: Completed

Entity Information

Entity Type: Data Table
Active Version?: Yes
Description:

Data dictionary of benthic cover dataset. Describes benthic image analysis results from site imagery using the CoralNet annotation tool, and includes the mission and site-specific information.

Change Summary:

Updated in 2023 to include column SITEVISITID.

In 2023 columns PERM_SITE and CLIMATE_STATION_YN were irrelevant and excluded -- all data was from fixed sites.

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
ROUNDID NUMERIC Unique Identifier for MISSIONID auto-assigned by database for ROUND record (corresponds to mission, cruise, cruise leg, etc.).
100
MISSIONID TEXT Mission Identifier.
100
REGION_NAME TEXT The name of the region surveyed in the Pacific Islands region: American Samoa, Pacific Remote Island Areas, Mariana Archipelago, main Hawaiian Islands, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
100
ISLAND TEXT Name of island or atoll surveyed in the Pacific Islands region (REGION_NAME).
100
SITE TEXT The code for the site surveyed at the island or atoll (ISLAND). Combines a 3-letter island code with a 2-5 digit site number, separated by a hyphen.
100
SITEVISITID NUMERIC Unique identifier created each time a SITE is surveyed on a DATE_.
100
OCC_SITEID TEXT Fixed site identifier; fixed sites are established for oceanography surveys conducted by the ESD's Ocean and Climate Change Team.
100
LATITUDE NUMERIC Latitude in decimal degrees, WGS84, for the given SITE.
100
LONGITUDE NUMERIC Longitude in decimal degrees, WGS84 for the given SITE.
100
PERM_SITE NUMERIC Flag for permanent site (-1), typically established in the early years of the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. A varying subset of the activities conducted at CLIMATE_STATIONS are conducted at permanent sites.
100
CLIMATE_STATION_YN NUMERIC Flag for NCRMP climate station (-1). Typically, 3-4 climate stations were selected in a stratified random fashion to be roughly equally spaced around the island/atoll, along the 15-m contour, on hard bottom, and at least 1-km away from a river mouth or embayment (if relevant to the island/atoll). Multiple features of the coral reef environment are assessed at climate stations, including in-situ water temperature using subsurface temperature recorders (STRs), seawater carbonate chemistry from water samples, net carbonate accretion using calcification accretion units (CAUs), bioerosion using bioerosion monitoring units (BMUs), and cryptobiota diversity using autonomous reef monitoring structures (ARMS).
100
DATE_ DATE Date the survey was conducted (d-mmm-yy).
100
IMAGE_NAME TEXT Image name (SITE_YEAR_REP_PHOTOID).
100
OBS_YEAR TEXT 4-digit year the survey was conducted (DATE_).
100
REPLICATE TEXT Letter associated to replicate / transect for the survey. In 2013 and 2016, Rep A is for reef fish surveys and Rep A or B is for coral demographic surveys. In 2019, all fish and coral surveys are rep A. If no letter, it refers to photo number: Photo 1-9 = 0 Photo 10-19 = 1 Photo 20-29 = 2 Photo 30-39 = 3
100
PHOTOID TEXT Sequential image number along transect, usually 1-30, though some sites may have less than or exceed 30 images.
100
ANALYST TEXT Username of the person that annotated the images. The analyst for automated annotations (as opposed to annotations generated by humans) is ALLEVIATE (aka the CoralNet Robot).
100
TIER_1 TEXT Code for CATEGORY NAME.
100
CATEGORY_NAME TEXT Category classification for the point on the analyzed image (X POS, Y POS). Taxa/functional group includes: coral, coralline alga, macroalga, mobile fauna, sediment, sessile invertebrate, soft coral, tape and wand, turf alga, and unclassified.
100
TIER_2 TEXT Code for SUBCATEGORY NAME.
100
SUBCATEGORY_NAME TEXT Subcategory classification name for the point on the analyzed image (X POS, Y POS). Includes morphology for hard corals and functional groups (giant clam, zoanthid, etc.)
100
TIER_3 TEXT Code for GENERA NAME.
100
GENERA_NAME TEXT Genus taxonomic name for the point on the analyzed image (X POS, Y POS) or the subcategory classification/description.
100
X_POS NUMERIC X position of the analyzed point on the image.
100
Y_POS NUMERIC Y position of the analyzed point on the image.
100
SURVEY_TYPE TEXT Identifies the ESD team that conducted the survey, typically 'Fish' or 'Benthic' for stratified random surveys, or 'Oceanography' for climate surveys at permanent sites.

Attribute Details

ROUNDID

CC ID: 1219523
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Precision: 28
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Unique Identifier for MISSIONID auto-assigned by database for ROUND record (corresponds to mission, cruise, cruise leg, etc.).

MISSIONID

CC ID: 1219524
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 30
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Mission Identifier.

REGION_NAME

CC ID: 1219525
Seq. Order: 3
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 30
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The name of the region surveyed in the Pacific Islands region: American Samoa, Pacific Remote Island Areas, Mariana Archipelago, main Hawaiian Islands, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

ISLAND

CC ID: 1219526
Seq. Order: 4
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 150
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Name of island or atoll surveyed in the Pacific Islands region (REGION_NAME).

SITE

CC ID: 1219527
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 150
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The code for the site surveyed at the island or atoll (ISLAND). Combines a 3-letter island code with a 2-5 digit site number, separated by a hyphen.

SITEVISITID

CC ID: 1219528
Seq. Order: 6
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Unique identifier created each time a SITE is surveyed on a DATE_.

OCC_SITEID

CC ID: 1219581
Seq. Order: 7
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Fixed site identifier; fixed sites are established for oceanography surveys conducted by the ESD's Ocean and Climate Change Team.

LATITUDE

CC ID: 1219529
Seq. Order: 8
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Scale: 8
Status: Active
Description:

Latitude in decimal degrees, WGS84, for the given SITE.

LONGITUDE

CC ID: 1219530
Seq. Order: 9
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 28
Scale: 8
Status: Active
Description:

Longitude in decimal degrees, WGS84 for the given SITE.

PERM_SITE

CC ID: 1219533
Seq. Order: 12
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 5
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Flag for permanent site (-1), typically established in the early years of the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. A varying subset of the activities conducted at CLIMATE_STATIONS are conducted at permanent sites.

CLIMATE_STATION_YN

CC ID: 1219534
Seq. Order: 13
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Flag for NCRMP climate station (-1). Typically, 3-4 climate stations were selected in a stratified random fashion to be roughly equally spaced around the island/atoll, along the 15-m contour, on hard bottom, and at least 1-km away from a river mouth or embayment (if relevant to the island/atoll). Multiple features of the coral reef environment are assessed at climate stations, including in-situ water temperature using subsurface temperature recorders (STRs), seawater carbonate chemistry from water samples, net carbonate accretion using calcification accretion units (CAUs), bioerosion using bioerosion monitoring units (BMUs), and cryptobiota diversity using autonomous reef monitoring structures (ARMS).

DATE_

CC ID: 1219537
Seq. Order: 16
Data Storage Type: DATE
Max Length: 7
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Date the survey was conducted (d-mmm-yy).

IMAGE_NAME

CC ID: 1219538
Seq. Order: 17
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 4000
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Image name (SITE_YEAR_REP_PHOTOID).

OBS_YEAR

CC ID: 1219539
Seq. Order: 18
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 16
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

4-digit year the survey was conducted (DATE_).

REPLICATE

CC ID: 1219540
Seq. Order: 19
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 4
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Letter associated to replicate / transect for the survey. In 2013 and 2016, Rep A is for reef fish surveys and Rep A or B is for coral demographic surveys. In 2019, all fish and coral surveys are rep A. If no letter, it refers to photo number: Photo 1-9 = 0 Photo 10-19 = 1 Photo 20-29 = 2 Photo 30-39 = 3

PHOTOID

CC ID: 1219541
Seq. Order: 20
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 4000
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Sequential image number along transect, usually 1-30, though some sites may have less than or exceed 30 images.

ANALYST

CC ID: 1219542
Seq. Order: 21
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 20
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Username of the person that annotated the images. The analyst for automated annotations (as opposed to annotations generated by humans) is ALLEVIATE (aka the CoralNet Robot).

TIER_1

CC ID: 1219543
Seq. Order: 22
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 5
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Code for CATEGORY NAME.

CATEGORY_NAME

CC ID: 1219544
Seq. Order: 23
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 20
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Category classification for the point on the analyzed image (X POS, Y POS). Taxa/functional group includes: coral, coralline alga, macroalga, mobile fauna, sediment, sessile invertebrate, soft coral, tape and wand, turf alga, and unclassified.

TIER_2

CC ID: 1219545
Seq. Order: 24
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 5
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Code for SUBCATEGORY NAME.

SUBCATEGORY_NAME

CC ID: 1219546
Seq. Order: 25
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 50
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Subcategory classification name for the point on the analyzed image (X POS, Y POS). Includes morphology for hard corals and functional groups (giant clam, zoanthid, etc.)

TIER_3

CC ID: 1219547
Seq. Order: 26
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 5
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Code for GENERA NAME.

GENERA_NAME

CC ID: 1219548
Seq. Order: 27
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 50
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Genus taxonomic name for the point on the analyzed image (X POS, Y POS) or the subcategory classification/description.

X_POS

CC ID: 1219549
Seq. Order: 28
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Status: Active
Description:

X position of the analyzed point on the image.

Y_POS

CC ID: 1219550
Seq. Order: 29
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Y position of the analyzed point on the image.

SURVEY_TYPE

CC ID: 1219551
Seq. Order: 30
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Identifies the ESD team that conducted the survey, typically 'Fish' or 'Benthic' for stratified random surveys, or 'Oceanography' for climate surveys at permanent sites.

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 36150
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:36150
Metadata Record Created By: Troy T Kanemura
Metadata Record Created: 2016-12-30 15:22+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Lori H Luers
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-06-26 19:04+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2023-06-26
Owner Org: PIFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2020-08-17
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2021-08-17