36150
ESD_BIA_CNET_ANALYSIS_Climate_DataDictionary_MARIAN_2022
BIA_CNET_Climate_DataDictionary
Entity
Published / External
36147
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Cover from Annotated Benthic Images Collected During Photoquadrat Surveys at Climate Stations across the Mariana Archipelago since 2014
Data Set
Completed
Data Table
Yes
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.
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.
1
ROUNDID
NUMERIC
22
Yes
No
28
0
Active
Unique Identifier for MISSIONID auto-assigned by database for ROUND record (corresponds to mission, cruise, cruise leg, etc.).
2
MISSIONID
TEXT
30
Yes
No
Active
Mission Identifier.
3
REGION_NAME
TEXT
30
No
No
Active
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.
4
ISLAND
TEXT
150
No
No
Active
Name of island or atoll surveyed in the Pacific Islands region (REGION_NAME).
5
SITE
TEXT
150
No
No
Active
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.
6
SITEVISITID
NUMERIC
No
No
Active
Unique identifier created each time a SITE is surveyed on a DATE_.
7
OCC_SITEID
TEXT
No
No
Active
Fixed site identifier; fixed sites are established for oceanography surveys conducted by the ESD's Ocean and Climate Change Team.
8
LATITUDE
NUMERIC
22
No
No
38
8
Active
Latitude in decimal degrees, WGS84, for the given SITE.
9
LONGITUDE
NUMERIC
22
No
No
28
8
Active
Longitude in decimal degrees, WGS84 for the given SITE.
12
PERM_SITE
NUMERIC
22
No
No
5
0
Active
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.
13
CLIMATE_STATION_YN
NUMERIC
22
No
No
Active
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).
16
DATE_
DATE
7
Yes
No
Active
Date the survey was conducted (d-mmm-yy).
17
IMAGE_NAME
TEXT
4000
No
No
Active
Image name (SITE_YEAR_REP_PHOTOID).
18
OBS_YEAR
TEXT
16
No
No
Active
4-digit year the survey was conducted (DATE_).
19
REPLICATE
TEXT
4
No
No
Active
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
20
PHOTOID
TEXT
4000
No
No
Active
Sequential image number along transect, usually 1-30, though some sites may have less than or exceed 30 images.
21
ANALYST
TEXT
20
No
No
Active
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).
22
TIER_1
TEXT
5
No
No
Active
Code for CATEGORY NAME.
23
CATEGORY_NAME
TEXT
20
No
No
Active
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.
24
TIER_2
TEXT
5
No
No
Active
Code for SUBCATEGORY NAME.
25
SUBCATEGORY_NAME
TEXT
50
No
No
Active
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.)
26
TIER_3
TEXT
5
No
No
Active
Code for GENERA NAME.
27
GENERA_NAME
TEXT
50
No
No
Active
Genus taxonomic name for the point on the analyzed image (X POS, Y POS) or the subcategory classification/description.
28
X_POS
NUMERIC
22
No
No
38
Active
X position of the analyzed point on the image.
29
Y_POS
NUMERIC
22
No
No
Active
Y position of the analyzed point on the image.
30
SURVEY_TYPE
TEXT
No
No
Active
Identifies the ESD team that conducted the survey, typically 'Fish' or 'Benthic' for stratified random surveys, or 'Oceanography' for climate surveys at permanent sites.
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:36150
Troy Kanemura
2016-12-30T15:22:14
Lori Luers
2023-06-26T19:04:25
2023-06-26
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
PIFSC
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
808-725-5300
http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
1001
Public
No
2020-08-17
1 Year
2021-08-17