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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.

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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_.
LATITUDE
NUMERIC
Latitude in decimal degrees, WGS84, for the given SITE.
LONGITUDE
NUMERIC
Longitude in decimal degrees, WGS84 for the given SITE.
REEF_ZONE
TEXT
The reef zone for the given SITE (Forereef, Backreef, Lagoon, Protected Slope).
DEPTH_BIN
TEXT
Classification of depth (shallow, mid, deep) based on midpoint between minimum and maximum depths of transect(s) of a given SITE. Shallow: >0-6 m, Mid: >6-18 m, Deep: >18-30 m.
PERM_SITE
NUMERIC
Flag for PERMANENT SITE (-1), many of which were established in the early years of the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. Applicable only to climate sites surveyed by the oceanography team, not applicable to stratified random sites and therefore all records in this dataset are NULL. Only a subset of activities conducted at CLIMATE STATIONS are conducted at PERMANENT SITES. Climate sites are usually flagged as PERM_SITE or CLIMATE_STATION, and in some cases may be flagged as both or none.
CLIMATE_STATION_YN
NUMERIC
Flag for NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program CLIMATE STATION (-1). Applicable only to climate sites surveyed by the oceanography team, and therefor all records in this dataset are zero or NULL. CLIMATE STATIONS are PERMANENT SITES (regardless of PERM_SITE flag). Climate sites are usually flagged as PERM_SITE or CLIMATE_STATION, and may be flagged as both or none. Typically, 3-4 CLIMATE STATIONS were selected 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).
MIN_DEPTH
NUMERIC
Minimum depth (measured in feet). Only recorded for coral demographic surveys.
MAX_DEPTH
NUMERIC
Maximum depth (measured in feet). Only recorded for coral demographic surveys.
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.
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.

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Item Identification

Title: ESD_BIA_CNET_ANALYSIS_DataDictionary_Aua_2022
Status: Completed

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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.

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
LATITUDE NUMERIC Latitude in decimal degrees, WGS84, for the given SITE.
100
LONGITUDE NUMERIC Longitude in decimal degrees, WGS84 for the given SITE.
100
REEF_ZONE TEXT The reef zone for the given SITE (Forereef, Backreef, Lagoon, Protected Slope).
100
DEPTH_BIN TEXT Classification of depth (shallow, mid, deep) based on midpoint between minimum and maximum depths of transect(s) of a given SITE. Shallow: >0-6 m, Mid: >6-18 m, Deep: >18-30 m.
100
PERM_SITE NUMERIC Flag for PERMANENT SITE (-1), many of which were established in the early years of the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. Applicable only to climate sites surveyed by the oceanography team, not applicable to stratified random sites and therefore all records in this dataset are NULL. Only a subset of activities conducted at CLIMATE STATIONS are conducted at PERMANENT SITES. Climate sites are usually flagged as PERM_SITE or CLIMATE_STATION, and in some cases may be flagged as both or none.
100
CLIMATE_STATION_YN NUMERIC Flag for NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program CLIMATE STATION (-1). Applicable only to climate sites surveyed by the oceanography team, and therefor all records in this dataset are zero or NULL. CLIMATE STATIONS are PERMANENT SITES (regardless of PERM_SITE flag). Climate sites are usually flagged as PERM_SITE or CLIMATE_STATION, and may be flagged as both or none. Typically, 3-4 CLIMATE STATIONS were selected 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
MIN_DEPTH NUMERIC Minimum depth (measured in feet). Only recorded for coral demographic surveys.
100
MAX_DEPTH NUMERIC Maximum depth (measured in feet). Only recorded for coral demographic surveys.
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.
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.

Attribute Details

ROUNDID

CC ID: 1194792
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: 1194785
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 30
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Mission Identifier.

REGION_NAME

CC ID: 1194790
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: 1194780
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: 1194793
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: 1194815
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

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

LATITUDE

CC ID: 1194781
Seq. Order: 6
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: 1194782
Seq. Order: 7
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.

REEF_ZONE

CC ID: 1194789
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, Lagoon, Protected Slope).

DEPTH_BIN

CC ID: 1194777
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 transect(s) of a given SITE. Shallow: >0-6 m, Mid: >6-18 m, Deep: >18-30 m.

PERM_SITE

CC ID: 1194787
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 5
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Flag for PERMANENT SITE (-1), many of which were established in the early years of the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. Applicable only to climate sites surveyed by the oceanography team, not applicable to stratified random sites and therefore all records in this dataset are NULL. Only a subset of activities conducted at CLIMATE STATIONS are conducted at PERMANENT SITES. Climate sites are usually flagged as PERM_SITE or CLIMATE_STATION, and in some cases may be flagged as both or none.

CLIMATE_STATION_YN

CC ID: 1194775
Seq. Order: 11
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Flag for NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program CLIMATE STATION (-1). Applicable only to climate sites surveyed by the oceanography team, and therefor all records in this dataset are zero or NULL. CLIMATE STATIONS are PERMANENT SITES (regardless of PERM_SITE flag). Climate sites are usually flagged as PERM_SITE or CLIMATE_STATION, and may be flagged as both or none. Typically, 3-4 CLIMATE STATIONS were selected 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).

MIN_DEPTH

CC ID: 1194784
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). Only recorded for coral demographic surveys.

MAX_DEPTH

CC ID: 1194783
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). Only recorded for coral demographic surveys.

DATE_

CC ID: 1194776
Seq. Order: 14
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: 1194779
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: 1194786
Seq. Order: 16
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: 1194791
Seq. Order: 17
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.

PHOTOID

CC ID: 1194788
Seq. Order: 18
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: 1194773
Seq. Order: 19
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: 1194795
Seq. Order: 20
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 5
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Code for CATEGORY NAME.

CATEGORY_NAME

CC ID: 1194774
Seq. Order: 21
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: 1194796
Seq. Order: 22
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 5
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Code for SUBCATEGORY NAME.

SUBCATEGORY_NAME

CC ID: 1194794
Seq. Order: 23
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: 1194797
Seq. Order: 24
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 5
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Code for GENERA NAME.

GENERA_NAME

CC ID: 1194778
Seq. Order: 25
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: 1194798
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 on the image.

Y_POS

CC ID: 1194799
Seq. Order: 27
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Y position of the analyzed point on the image.

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 68576
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:68576
Metadata Record Created By: Lori H Luers
Metadata Record Created: 2022-11-25 20:16+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Lori H Luers
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-02-01 23:19+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2023-02-01
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