71074 Entity Published / External 71054 National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef benthic communities in the U.S. Virgin Islands from 2021-06-14 to 2021-08-13 (NCEI Accession 0270849) Data Set Completed 2022 Benthic cover data collected using the Line Point-Intercept (LPI) methodology. 'NA' values indicate field not applicable or data was not collected. Data Table Yes Defines columns for Benthic Data Cover Table NCRMP_USVI2021_Benthic_Data01_BenthicCover.csv 10 REGION character Yes No Active A mnemonic code indicating the region in which a sample was taken. 20 PRIMARY_SAMPLE_UNIT Numeric Yes No Active A code indicating the primary sample unit in which a sample was collected. 30 STATION_NR Numeric Yes No Active A number indicating the secondary sampling unit within a given primary sample unit. meters 40 Year Numeric 4 Yes No Active A number indicating the calendar year. 50 Month Numeric Yes No Active A number indicating the calendar month. 60 Day Numeric Yes No Active A number indicating the calendar day. 70 HABITAT_CD Character Yes No Active A code indicating the habitat type. 80 STRAT Character Yes No Active A code indicating the stratum in which a sample was taken. Differs by region. 90 RUGOSITY_CD character No No Active A number indicating a rugosity category of low (0), high (1), or combined (2). Florida SEFCRI region only. 100 WTD_RUG Numeric No No Active A number indicating the weighted rugosity, in m, of the secondary sampling unit 110 MEAN_RUG Numeric No No Active A number indicating the average rugosity, in m, calculated from the total number of rugosity measurements taken along the 15m transect 120 LAT_DEGREES Numeric Yes No Active Latitude of secondary sampling unit in decimal degrees 130 LON_DEGREES Numeric Yes No Active Longitude of secondary sampling unit in decimal degrees. 140 MAPGRID_NR Numeric No No Active A number indicating gridded shapefile number. 150 SUB_REGION_NAME Character No No Active Code indicating a geographical area in REGION in which the sample was collected. 160 SUB_REGION_NR Numeric No No Active A number indicating the subregion. Florida regions only. 170 ZONE_NAME Character No No Active A code indicating the distance offshore. Florida regions only. 180 ZONE_NR Numeric No No Active A number indicating the zone name. Florida regions only. 190 MPA_NAME Character No No Active The name of the marine protected area in which the sample was collected. Florida regions only. 200 MPA_NR Numeric No No Active A number identifying the marine protected area in which the sample was collected. Zero indicates unprotected status. Florida regions only. 210 ADMIN Character Yes No Active The name of the marine protected area in which the sample was collected. Same as MPA_NAME. 220 PROT Character Yes No Active A Boolean value indicating whether a sample was in a managed area (1) or not (0). Does not imply protection. Florida regions only. NA 250 DEPTH_STRAT character 1 Yes No Active A code indicating less than or greater than 12 meters depths. 260 MIN_DEPTH Numeric Yes No Active Minimum depth, in meters, of secondary sampling unit. meters 270 MAX_DEPTH Numeric Yes No Active Maximum depth, in meters, of secondary sampling unit. meters 280 METERS_COMPLETED Numeric Yes No Active A number indicating the number of meters on the transect completed for the sample. meters 290 COVER_CAT_CD character Yes No Active A code indicating the group or species for a sample. When species, consists of the first three letters of the genus and the first four of the species name. Against Species Codes 300 COVER_CAT_NAME character Yes No Active The name of the category or species that corresponds with the COVER_CAT_CD 310 HARDBOTTOM_P Numeric Yes No Active A number indicating the percentage of points for COVER_CAT_CD on hardbottom habitat along a linear-point-intercept transect. 320 SOFTBOTTOM_P Numeric Yes No Active A number indicating the percentage of points for COVER_CAT_CD on softbottom habitat along a linear-point-intercept transect. 340 RUBBLE_P Numeric Yes No Active A number indicating the percentage of points for COVER_CAT_CD on rubble habitat along a linear-point-intercept transect. Distributor 2021 Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NCEI ncei.info@noaa.gov https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. 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