68175 Coral_Belt_F_DataDictionary Entity Published / External 67995 Benthic surveys along a water quality gradient in Aua, American Samoa: comprehensive assessment of coral demography (adult and juvenile corals) from belt transect surveys in 2022 Data Set Completed Data Table Yes GISDAT This entity describes the columns in the dataset for coral belt observations (juvenile) 1 ROUNDID NUMERIC 22 Yes No 28 0 Active Unique Identifier for ROUND record. 2 MISSIONID TEXT 30 Yes No Active Mission Identifier. 3 REGION TEXT 20 Yes No Active Code for REGION_NAME. 4 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. 5 ISLANDCODE TEXT 15 No No Active 3-letter code for ISLAND. 6 ISLAND TEXT 150 No No Active Name of island or atoll surveyed in the Pacific Islands region (REGION_NAME). 7 SITE TEXT 150 Yes No Active The code for the site surveyed at the island or atoll (ISLAND). Combines a 3-letter island code (ISLANDCODE) with a 2-4 digit site number. 8 LATITUDE NUMERIC 22 No No Active Latitude in decimal degrees, WGS84, for the given SITE. 9 LONGITUDE NUMERIC 22 No No 38 Active Longitude in decimal degrees, WGS84 for the given SITE. 11 REEF_ZONE TEXT 150 No No Active The zone for the given SITE (Forereef, Backreef, Protected Slope, Lagoon). 12 HABITAT_TYPE TEXT 30 No No Active Habitat type (e.g., aggregate reef, reef rubble, pavement) for the given SITE. 12 SITE_MIN_DEPTH NUMERIC 22 No No 5 0 Active Minimum SITE depth (ft). 13 SITE_MAX_DEPTH NUMERIC 22 No No 5 0 Active Maximum SITE depth (ft). 14 DEPTH_CODE TEXT 1 No No Active Single-letter code for DEPTH_BIN (S, M, D). 14 DEPTH_BIN TEXT 60 No No Active Classification of depth (shallow, mid, deep) based on midpoint between minimum and maximum depths of transect(s) for the given SITE. Shallow: >0-6 m, Mid: >6-18 m, Deep: >18-30 m 14 SITEVISITID NUMERIC 22 Yes No 38 Active Unique identifier created each time a SITE is surveyed on a DATE_. 15 DATE_ DATE 7 Yes No Active Local date the survey was conducted. 16 OBS_DAY NUMERIC 22 No No 38 Active Numeric day the survey was conducted (DATE_). 17 OBS_MONTH NUMERIC 22 No No Active Numeric month the survey was conducted (DATE_). 18 OBS_YEAR NUMERIC 22 No No 38 Active 4-digit year the survey was conducted (DATE_). 22 PHOTOS_TAKEN NUMERIC No No Active Flag (-1) to indicate that photographs were taken at the transect. 0 indicates no photographs were taken (Added in 2018). 22 NO_SURVEY_YN NUMERIC No No Active Flag (-1) to indicate TRANSECT was not surveyed (Added Sept. 2014). 23 DIVER TEXT 150 Yes No Active Initials of diver that conducted the survey. NULL if NO_SURVEY_YN = -1. 23 METHODNAME TEXT 150 Yes No Active References the coral belt survey method. 24 TRANSECTID NUMERIC No No Active Unique transect ID number assigned to each transect during the same NCRMP mission (Added in 2018). 24 TRANSECTNUM NUMERIC No No Active Unique identifier for each transect surveyed within a SITE. 26 SEGMENTID NUMERIC No No Active Unique ID number for each segment surveyed during the same NCRMP mission. 27 SEGMENT TEXT 150 No No Active Segment number (1-7). Segments are within a TRANSECT and are typically 1 x 1 m in size and situated 2.5 m apart. 28 SEGWIDTH NUMERIC 22 No No 38 8 Active Segment width (m), usually 1 m. 28 SEGLENGTH NUMERIC 22 No No 28 8 Active Segment length (m). 29 NO_COLONY_OBSERVED NUMERIC No No Active Flag (-1) to indicate that no coral colonies were observed. 0 indicates corals were present (Added in 2018). 30 COLONYID NUMERIC 22 No No 28 0 Active Coral colony identifier. NULL if NO_SURVEY_YN = -1 or TAXONCODE/SPECIES = 'AAAA'. 31 COLONYLENGTH NUMERIC 22 No No 38 8 Active Length of juvenile coral colony (<=5 cm). Required. Value -9 is a placeholder and represents a missing value. 31 COLONYWIDTH NUMERIC 22 No No 28 8 Active Width of juvenile coral colony (<=5 cm). Required. Value -9 is a placeholder and represents a missing value. 32 MORPH_CODE TEXT 5 No No Active Code for MORPHOLOGY. 33 MORPHOLOGY TEXT 50 No No Active Coral morphology type (branching, columnar, encrusting, etc.). Required. 35 TAXONNAME TEXT 765 No No Active Scientific name of observed organism to the finest taxonomic resolution that divers can identify a colony to, either to species or genus level identification (see RANK). NULL if NO_SURVEY_YN = -1. 35 TAXONCODE TEXT 150 No No Active 4-letter code for TAXONNAME. Code AAAA represents a SEGMENT that was surveyed and no individual colonies were found. NULL if transect was not surveyed (NO_SURVEY_YN = -1). 36 RANK TEXT 20 No No Active Lowest defined rank in taxonomic hierarchy, from the World Registry of Marine Species (WoRMS) database. 37 PHYLUM TEXT 255 No No Active Taxonomic classification: Phylum of observed organism (TAXONNAME). 38 CLASS TEXT 60 No No Active Taxonomic classification: Class of observed organism (TAXONNAME). 39 S_ORDER TEXT 255 No No Active Taxonomic classification: Order of observed organism (TAXONNAME). 40 FAMILY TEXT 255 No No Active Taxonomic classification: Family of observed organism (TAXONNAME). 41 GENUS_CODE TEXT 12 No No Active 4-letter code for GENUS. 42 GENUS TEXT 300 No No Active Taxonomic classification: Genus name of observed organism (TAXONNAME). 43 SCIENTIFIC_NAME TEXT 255 No No Active Taxonomic classification: the true scientific name (genus and species) of the observed organism (TAXONNAME). If NULL, organism not identified to species taxonomic level (see RANK). 45 APHIAID TEXT 20 No No Active Aphia ID from the World Registry of Marine Species (WoRMS) database. Null if organism not identified to species taxonomic level (see RANK). If value = 0, species does not exist in WoRMS. gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:68175 Lori Luers 2022-10-28T20:50:54 Lori Luers 2023-06-06T02:05:40 2023-06-06 Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center PIFSC 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA 808-725-5300 https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 1001 Public No 2020-11-24 1 Year 2021-11-24