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Benthic_Cover_DataDictionary_Fagaalu_2020

Entity (ENT)  |  Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:51072  |  Updated: October 28, 2022  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Entity Info
Data Attributes
Catalog Details

Summary

Description

A definition of the columns present in the benthic cover dataset

Entity Information

Entity Type
Data Table

Data Attribute / Type Description
ROUNDID
NUMERIC 		Unique Identifier for ROUND record.
MISSIONID
TEXT 		Mission Identifier
REGION_NAME
TEXT 		One of the five Pacific Island regions CRED surveys (American Samoa)
ISLAND
TEXT 		Island or Atoll surveyed (Tutuila)
SITE
TEXT 		The character code for the site surveyed. Combines a 3-letter island code with a site number
SITEVISITID
NUMERIC 		The unique numeric identifier/code for the site surveyed.
LATITUDE
NUMERIC 		Site latitude
LONGITUDE
NUMERIC 		Site longitude
REEF_ZONE
TEXT 		The reef zone for the given site (Forereef, Backreef or Lagoon)
DEPTH_BIN
TEXT 		Classification of depth (shallow, mid, deep) based on midpoint between minimum and maximum depths of replicates at this site
PERM_SITE
NUMERIC 		Permanent site flag
CLIMATE_STATION_YN
NUMERIC 		Climate station flag
MIN_DEPTH
NUMERIC 		Minimum depth (measured in feet)
MAX_DEPTH
NUMERIC 		Maximum depth (measured in feet)
DATE_
DATE 		Date the survey was conducted
IMAGE_NAME
TEXT 		Image name (SITE_YEAR_REP_PHOTOID)
OBS_YEAR
TEXT 		Year the survey was conducted
REP
TEXT 		Letter associated to replicate (A, B, C, or D)
REPLICATE
TEXT 		Letter associated to replicate (A, B) starting in 2018 (REP column in previous years).
PHOTOID
TEXT 		Image number along transect
ANALYST
TEXT 		Initials of the image analyst
TIER_1
TEXT 		Category classification code of the point on the analyzed image
CATEGORY_NAME
TEXT 		Category classification name of the point on the analyzed image
TIER_2
TEXT 		Subcategory classification code of the point on the analyzed image
SUBCATEGORY_NAME
TEXT 		Subcategory classification name of the point on the analyzed image
TIER_3
TEXT 		Genera classification code of the point on the analyzed image
GENERA_NAME
TEXT 		Genera classification name of the point on the analyzed image
X_POS
NUMERIC 		X position of the analyzed point
Y_POS
NUMERIC 		Y position of the analyzed point

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Item Identification

Title: Benthic_Cover_DataDictionary_Fagaalu_2020
Short Name: BIA CNET Data Dictionary
Status: Completed

Entity Information

Entity Type: Data Table
Active Version?: Yes
Schema Name: GISDAT
Description:

A definition of the columns present in the benthic cover dataset

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
 ROUNDID NUMERIC Unique Identifier for ROUND record.
100
 MISSIONID TEXT Mission Identifier
100
 REGION_NAME TEXT One of the five Pacific Island regions CRED surveys (American Samoa)
100
 ISLAND TEXT Island or Atoll surveyed (Tutuila)
100
 SITE TEXT The character code for the site surveyed. Combines a 3-letter island code with a site number
100
 SITEVISITID NUMERIC The unique numeric identifier/code for the site surveyed.
100
 LATITUDE NUMERIC Site latitude
100
 LONGITUDE NUMERIC Site longitude
100
 REEF_ZONE TEXT The reef zone for the given site (Forereef, Backreef or Lagoon)
100
 DEPTH_BIN TEXT Classification of depth (shallow, mid, deep) based on midpoint between minimum and maximum depths of replicates at this site
100
 PERM_SITE NUMERIC Permanent site flag
100
 CLIMATE_STATION_YN NUMERIC Climate station flag
100
 MIN_DEPTH NUMERIC Minimum depth (measured in feet)
100
 MAX_DEPTH NUMERIC Maximum depth (measured in feet)
100
 DATE_ DATE Date the survey was conducted
100
 IMAGE_NAME TEXT Image name (SITE_YEAR_REP_PHOTOID)
100
 OBS_YEAR TEXT Year the survey was conducted
100
 REP TEXT Letter associated to replicate (A, B, C, or D)
100
 REPLICATE TEXT Letter associated to replicate (A, B) starting in 2018 (REP column in previous years).
100
 PHOTOID TEXT Image number along transect
100
 ANALYST TEXT Initials of the image analyst
100
 TIER_1 TEXT Category classification code of the point on the analyzed image
100
 CATEGORY_NAME TEXT Category classification name of the point on the analyzed image
100
 TIER_2 TEXT Subcategory classification code of the point on the analyzed image
100
 SUBCATEGORY_NAME TEXT Subcategory classification name of the point on the analyzed image
100
 TIER_3 TEXT Genera classification code of the point on the analyzed image
100
 GENERA_NAME TEXT Genera classification name of the point on the analyzed image
100
 X_POS NUMERIC X position of the analyzed point
100
 Y_POS NUMERIC Y position of the analyzed point

Attribute Details

ROUNDID

CC ID: 709362
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 ROUND record.

MISSIONID

CC ID: 709354
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 30
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Mission Identifier

REGION_NAME

CC ID: 709359
Seq. Order: 3
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 30
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

One of the five Pacific Island regions CRED surveys (American Samoa)

ISLAND

CC ID: 709349
Seq. Order: 4
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 150
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Island or Atoll surveyed (Tutuila)

SITE

CC ID: 709363
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 150
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The character code for the site surveyed. Combines a 3-letter island code with a site number

SITEVISITID

CC ID: 1189073
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The unique numeric identifier/code for the site surveyed.

LATITUDE

CC ID: 709350
Seq. Order: 6
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Scale: 8
Status: Active
Description:

Site latitude

LONGITUDE

CC ID: 709351
Seq. Order: 7
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 28
Scale: 8
Status: Active
Description:

Site longitude

REEF_ZONE

CC ID: 709358
Seq. Order: 8
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 150
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The reef zone for the given site (Forereef, Backreef or Lagoon)

DEPTH_BIN

CC ID: 709346
Seq. Order: 9
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 60
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Classification of depth (shallow, mid, deep) based on midpoint between minimum and maximum depths of replicates at this site

PERM_SITE

CC ID: 709356
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 5
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Permanent site flag

CLIMATE_STATION_YN

CC ID: 709344
Seq. Order: 11
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Climate station flag

MIN_DEPTH

CC ID: 709353
Seq. Order: 12
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Scale: 8
Status: Active
Description:

Minimum depth (measured in feet)

MAX_DEPTH

CC ID: 709352
Seq. Order: 13
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 28
Scale: 8
Status: Active
Description:

Maximum depth (measured in feet)

DATE_

CC ID: 709345
Seq. Order: 14
Data Storage Type: DATE
Max Length: 7
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Date the survey was conducted

IMAGE_NAME

CC ID: 709348
Seq. Order: 15
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: 709355
Seq. Order: 16
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 16
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Year the survey was conducted

REP

CC ID: 709360
Seq. Order: 17
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 4
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Letter associated to replicate (A, B, C, or D)

REPLICATE

CC ID: 1189074
Seq. Order: 17
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Letter associated to replicate (A, B) starting in 2018 (REP column in previous years).

PHOTOID

CC ID: 709357
Seq. Order: 18
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 4000
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Image number along transect

ANALYST

CC ID: 709342
Seq. Order: 19
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 20
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Initials of the image analyst

TIER_1

CC ID: 709365
Seq. Order: 20
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 5
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Category classification code of the point on the analyzed image

CATEGORY_NAME

CC ID: 709343
Seq. Order: 21
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 20
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Category classification name of the point on the analyzed image

TIER_2

CC ID: 709366
Seq. Order: 22
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 5
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Subcategory classification code of the point on the analyzed image

SUBCATEGORY_NAME

CC ID: 709364
Seq. Order: 23
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 50
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Subcategory classification name of the point on the analyzed image

TIER_3

CC ID: 709367
Seq. Order: 24
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 5
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Genera classification code of the point on the analyzed image

GENERA_NAME

CC ID: 709347
Seq. Order: 25
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 50
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Genera classification name of the point on the analyzed image

X_POS

CC ID: 709368
Seq. Order: 26
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Status: Active
Description:

X position of the analyzed point

Y_POS

CC ID: 709369
Seq. Order: 27
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Y position of the analyzed point

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 51072
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:51072
Metadata Record Created By: Annette M DesRochers
Metadata Record Created: 2018-01-05 20:57+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Lori H Luers
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-10-28 01:45+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2022-09-19
Owner Org: PIFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year