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Benthic Data

Entity (ENT) | Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:37422 | Updated: August 9, 2022 | Published / External

Item Identification

Title:	Benthic Data
Status:	In Work
Abstract:	Benthic data collected by divers while conducting the reef visual census. To download, select a region and year then click download
Notes:	Decodes and Validation of coded fields may be found in related items

Entity Information

Entity Type:	Data Table
Description:	Benthic data collected by divers while conducting the reef visual census. To download, select a region and year then click download

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

	Name	Type	Description
100	REGION	Character	A mnemonic code indicating the region.
100	YEAR	Numeric	A number indicating the calendar year
100	PRIMARY_SAMPLE_UNIT	Character	A code indicating the primary sample unit in which a sample was collected
100	STATION_NR	Numeric	A number indicating the secondary sampling unit within a given primary sample unit.
100	DEPTH	Numeric	Average depth, in meters, of secondary sampling unit.
100	MAX_HARD_RELIEF	Numeric	The maximum height, in meters, of hard relief (e.g. hard corals, rock).
100	AVG_HARD_RELIEF	Numeric	The average height, in meters, of hard relief
100	MAX_SOFT_RELIEF	Numeric	The maximum height, in meters, of soft relief (e.g. soft corals, sponges)
100	HARD_REL_PCT_1	Numeric	Percentage of hard relief between 0.2 and 0.5 meters.
100	HARD_REL_PCT_0	Numeric	Percentage of hard relief less than 0.2 meters
100	HARD_REL_PCT_2	Numeric	.Percentage of hard relief between 0.5 and 1.0 meters
100	HARD_REL_PCT_3	Numeric	Percentage of hard relief between 1.0 and 1.5 meters
100	HARD_REL_PCT_4	Numeric	Percentage of hard relief greater than 1.5 meters
100	PCT_SAND	Numeric	Percentage of abiotic cover that is sand
100	PCT_HARD_BOTTOM	Numeric	Percentage of abiotic cover that is hard bottom
100	PCT_RUBBLE	Numeric	Percentage of abiotic cover that is rubble
100	PCT_CORAL	Numeric	Percentage of biotic hardbottom that is coral.
100	PCT_OCTO	Numeric	Percentage of biotic hardbottom that is octocoral
100	PCT_SPONGE	Numeric	Percentage of biotic hardbottom that is sponge

Name

Type

Description

100

REGION

Character

A mnemonic code indicating the region.

100

YEAR

Numeric

A number indicating the calendar year

100

PRIMARY_SAMPLE_UNIT

Character

A code indicating the primary sample unit in which a sample was collected

100

STATION_NR

Numeric

A number indicating the secondary sampling unit within a given primary sample unit.

100

DEPTH

Numeric

Average depth, in meters, of secondary sampling unit.

100

MAX_HARD_RELIEF

Numeric

The maximum height, in meters, of hard relief (e.g. hard corals, rock).

100

AVG_HARD_RELIEF

Numeric

The average height, in meters, of hard relief

100

MAX_SOFT_RELIEF

Numeric

The maximum height, in meters, of soft relief (e.g. soft corals, sponges)

100

HARD_REL_PCT_1

Numeric

Percentage of hard relief between 0.2 and 0.5 meters.

100

HARD_REL_PCT_0

Numeric

Percentage of hard relief less than 0.2 meters

100

HARD_REL_PCT_2

Numeric

.Percentage of hard relief between 0.5 and 1.0 meters

100

HARD_REL_PCT_3

Numeric

Percentage of hard relief between 1.0 and 1.5 meters

100

HARD_REL_PCT_4

Numeric

Percentage of hard relief greater than 1.5 meters

100

PCT_SAND

Numeric

Percentage of abiotic cover that is sand

100

PCT_HARD_BOTTOM

Numeric

Percentage of abiotic cover that is hard bottom

100

PCT_RUBBLE

Numeric

Percentage of abiotic cover that is rubble

100

PCT_CORAL

Numeric

Percentage of biotic hardbottom that is coral.

100

PCT_OCTO

Numeric

Percentage of biotic hardbottom that is octocoral

100

PCT_SPONGE

Numeric

Percentage of biotic hardbottom that is sponge

Attribute Details

REGION

CC ID: 389014

Seq. Order:	10
Data Storage Type:	Character
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	A mnemonic code indicating the region.
Allowed Values:	DRY TORT: Dry Tortugas, FLA KEYS: Florida Keys, and SEFCRI: Southeast Peninsular Florida.

YEAR

CC ID: 389015

Seq. Order:	20
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Max Length:	4
Min Length:	4
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	A number indicating the calendar year

PRIMARY_SAMPLE_UNIT

CC ID: 389016

Seq. Order:	30
Data Storage Type:	Character
Min Length:	4
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	A code indicating the primary sample unit in which a sample was collected

STATION_NR

CC ID: 389017

Seq. Order:	30
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	A number indicating the secondary sampling unit within a given primary sample unit.

DEPTH

CC ID: 389018

Seq. Order:	40
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	6
Scale:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	Average depth, in meters, of secondary sampling unit.
Unit of Measure:	meters

MAX_HARD_RELIEF

CC ID: 389019

Seq. Order:	50
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	6
Scale:	3
Status:	Active
Description:	The maximum height, in meters, of hard relief (e.g. hard corals, rock).
Unit of Measure:	Meters

AVG_HARD_RELIEF

CC ID: 389021

Seq. Order:	60
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	6
Scale:	3
Status:	Active
Description:	The average height, in meters, of hard relief
Unit of Measure:	meters

MAX_SOFT_RELIEF

CC ID: 389020

Seq. Order:	70
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	6
Scale:	3
Status:	Active
Description:	The maximum height, in meters, of soft relief (e.g. soft corals, sponges)
Unit of Measure:	meters

HARD_REL_PCT_1

CC ID: 389023

Seq. Order:	80
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	5
Scale:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	Percentage of hard relief between 0.2 and 0.5 meters.
Validation Rules:	from 0 to 100

HARD_REL_PCT_0

CC ID: 389022

Seq. Order:	90
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	5
Scale:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	Percentage of hard relief less than 0.2 meters
Validation Rules:	From 0 to 100

HARD_REL_PCT_2

CC ID: 389024

Seq. Order:	100
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	5
Scale:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	.Percentage of hard relief between 0.5 and 1.0 meters
Validation Rules:	0 to 100

HARD_REL_PCT_3

CC ID: 389025

Seq. Order:	110
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	5
Scale:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	Percentage of hard relief between 1.0 and 1.5 meters
Validation Rules:	0 to 100

HARD_REL_PCT_4

CC ID: 389026

Seq. Order:	120
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	5
Scale:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	Percentage of hard relief greater than 1.5 meters
Validation Rules:	0 to 100

PCT_SAND

CC ID: 389027

Seq. Order:	130
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	5
Scale:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	Percentage of abiotic cover that is sand
Validation Rules:	0 to 100

PCT_HARD_BOTTOM

CC ID: 389028

Seq. Order:	140
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	5
Scale:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	Percentage of abiotic cover that is hard bottom
Validation Rules:	0 to 100

PCT_RUBBLE

CC ID: 389029

Seq. Order:	150
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	5
Scale:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	Percentage of abiotic cover that is rubble
Validation Rules:	0 to 100

PCT_CORAL

CC ID: 389030

Seq. Order:	160
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	5
Scale:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	Percentage of biotic hardbottom that is coral.
Validation Rules:	0 to 100

PCT_OCTO

CC ID: 389031

Seq. Order:	170
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	5
Scale:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	Percentage of biotic hardbottom that is octocoral
Validation Rules:	0 to 100

PCT_SPONGE

CC ID: 389032

Seq. Order:	180
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	5
Scale:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	Percentage of biotic hardbottom that is sponge
Validation Rules:	0 to 100

Related Items

Item Type	Relationship Type	Title
Entity (ENT)	Cross Reference	CodeDictionary_Sept2018_REGION.csv Validates and Decodes Region

Item Type

Relationship Type

Title

Entity (ENT)

Cross Reference

CodeDictionary_Sept2018_REGION.csv

Validates and Decodes Region

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID:	37422
GUID:	gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:37422
Metadata Record Created By:	Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created:	2017-03-26 09:32+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By:	SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified:	2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published:	2022-03-21
Owner Org:	SEFSC
Metadata Publication Status:	Published Externally
Do Not Publish?:	N
Metadata Last Review Date:	2022-03-21
Metadata Review Frequency:	1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date:	2023-03-21