71560 Entity Published / External 71550 National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Coral demographic data (adult and juvenile corals, species, colony length, condition, etc.) collected during Stratified Random Surveys (StRS) across the US Pacific since 2013 derived from in-situ diver surveys and structure-from-motion imagery Data Set On Going This entity describes the columns in the dataset for coral belt observations (adult) Data View Yes GISDAT This entity describes the columns in the dataset for coral belt observations (adult) Note a repeat segment flag was included to mark those repeated for internal review. If using data without repeats, filter for transectnum = 1 (transectnum 1 with repeat segment flag -1 means it was the original segment, transectnum 2 with repeat segment flag -1 means it was a repeated segment). 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 2-5 digit site number. 8 LATITUDE NUMERIC 22 No No 38 Active Latitude in decimal degrees, WGS84, for the given SITE. 9 LONGITUDE NUMERIC 22 No No 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_CODE TEXT 50 No No Active 3-letter code for HABITAT_TYPE. Habitat determination described in the 2018 SOP by Swanson et. al. 13 HABITAT_TYPE TEXT 30 No No Active Habitat type (e.g., aggregate reef, reef rubble, pavement) for the given SITE. 14 SITE_MIN_DEPTH NUMERIC 22 No No 5 0 Active Minimum SITE depth (ft). NULL if data are from SFM surveys or depth values were not recorded. 15 SITE_MAX_DEPTH NUMERIC 22 No No 5 0 Active Maximum SITE depth (ft). NULL if data are from SFM surveys or depth values were not recorded. 16 DEPTH_BIN TEXT 60 No No Active 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 18 SITEVISITID NUMERIC 22 Yes No Active Unique identifier created each time a SITE is surveyed on a DATE_. 19 DATE_ DATE 7 Yes No Active Local date the survey was conducted. 20 OBS_DAY NUMERIC 22 No No Active Numeric day the survey was conducted (DATE_). 21 OBS_MONTH NUMERIC 22 No No 38 Active Numeric month the survey was conducted (DATE_). 22 OBS_YEAR NUMERIC 22 No No Active 4-digit year the survey was conducted (DATE_). 30 TRANSECTNUM NUMERIC No No Active Unique identifier for each transect surveyed within a SITE. A value of -999 denotes a transect with a repeated segment. 31 OG_OR_RPT_SEG NUMERIC No No Active Flag to indicate original segments (0), or those that were repeats of the segment and can be excluded (-1) 32 REPEAT_SEGMENT_YN NUMERIC 22 No No Active Flag (-1) to indicate that a re-survey of the same site/segment was done by an additional diver. This marks both the original segment that was repeated, and the replicate itself. This flag was added starting 2019 and will be null for prior years. 33 SEGMENT TEXT 150 No No Active Segment number (0,5,10,or 15). Segments are within a TRANSECT and are typically 1 x 2.5 m in size and situated 2.5 m apart. 34 SEGLENGTH NUMERIC 22 No No 28 8 Active Segment length (m). 35 SEGWIDTH NUMERIC 22 No No 38 8 Active Segment width (m). 37 COLONYID NUMERIC 22 No No 38 0 Active Coral colony identifier. NULL if no colony was observed, indicated with TAXONCODE/SPECIES = 'AAAA'. 38 COLONYLENGTH NUMERIC 22 No No 38 8 Active Length of adult coral colony (cm). Required if colony observed. Value -9 is a placeholder and represents a missing value. Length of adult Scleractinian (hard/stony) coral colonies >= 5 cm unless flagged as a fragment (FRAGMENT_YN = -1). 39 MORPHOLOGY TEXT 50 No No Active Coral morphology type (branching, columnar, encrusting, etc.). Required if colony observed. 40 MORPH_CODE TEXT 5 No No Active Code for MORPHOLOGY. 41 FRAGMENT_YN NUMERIC No No Active Flag to indicate observation is a coral fragment (-1), as opposed to a whole coral colony (0). Collection of this data began in 2017 and will be null prior. 42 OLDDEAD NUMERIC 22 No No 5 0 Active Percentage of older dead coral (0-100%), as opposed to recently dead coral recorded in RECENTDEAD. Required. Value -9 is a placeholder and represents a missing value. Sum of OLDDEAD + RECENTDEAD_1 + RECENTDEAD_2 + RECENTDEAD_3 should not exceed 100. 44 RECENTDEAD_1 NUMERIC No No Active Percentage of recently dead (freshly denuded skeleton not fouled by algae) coral (0-100%), as opposed to older dead coral recorded in OLDDEAD. Value -9 is a placeholder and represents a missing value. Sum of OLDDEAD + RECENTDEAD_1 + RECENTDEAD_2 + RECENTDEAD_3 should not exceed 100. 45 RECENT_GENERAL_CAUSE_CODE_1 TEXT 4 No No Active Code for RECENT_GENERAL_CAUSE_DESC_1. 46 RECENT_GENERAL_CAUSE_DESC_1 TEXT No No Active General cause of recently dead (freshly denuded skeleton not fouled by algae) coral recorded in RECENTDEAD_1. Required if RECENTDEAD_1 > 0. 47 RECENT_SPECIFIC_CAUSE_CODE_1 TEXT 4 No No Active Code for RECENT_SPECIFIC_CAUSE_DESC_1. 48 RECENT_SPECIFIC_CAUSE_DESC_1 TEXT No No Active Specific cause of recently dead (freshly denuded skeleton not fouled by algae) coral recorded in RECENTDEAD_1. Required if RECENTDEAD_1 > 0. 49 RECENTDEAD_2 NUMERIC 22 No No 5 0 Active Percentage of recently dead (freshly denuded skeleton not fouled by algae) coral (0-100%). Only used if more than one cause of coral mortality was observed. Sum of OLDDEAD + RECENTDEAD_1 + RECENTDEAD_2 + RECENTDEAD_3 should not exceed 100. 50 RECENT_GENERAL_CAUSE_CODE_2 TEXT 4 No No Active Code for RECENT_GENERAL_CAUSE_DESC_2. 51 RECENT_GENERAL_CAUSE_DESC_2 TEXT No No Active General cause of recently dead (freshly denuded skeleton not fouled by algae) coral recorded in RECENTDEAD_2. Required if RECENTDEAD_2 > 0. 52 RECENT_SPECIFIC_CAUSE_CODE_2 TEXT 4 No No Active Code for RECENT_SPECIFIC_CAUSE_DESC_2. 53 RECENT_SPECIFIC_CAUSE_DESC_2 TEXT No No Active Specific cause of recently dead (freshly denuded skeleton not fouled by algae) coral recorded in RECENTDEAD_2. Required if RECENTDEAD_2 > 0. 54 RECENTDEAD_3 NUMERIC No No Active Percentage of recently dead (freshly denuded skeleton not fouled by algae) coral (0-100%). Only used if more than two causes of coral mortality were observed. Added in 2018. Sum of OLDDEAD + RECENTDEAD_1 + RECENTDEAD_2 + RECENTDEAD_3 should not exceed 100. 55 RECENT_GENERAL_CAUSE_CODE_3 TEXT No No Active Code for RECENT_GENERAL_CAUSE_DESC_3. 56 RECENT_GENERAL_CAUSE_DESC_3 TEXT No No Active General cause of recently dead (freshly denuded skeleton not fouled by algae) coral recorded in RECENTDEAD_3. Required if RECENTDEAD_3 > 0. 57 RECENT_SPECIFIC_CAUSE_CODE_3 TEXT No No Active Code for RECENT_SPECIFIC_CAUSE_DESC_3. 58 RECENT_SPECIFIC_CAUSE_DESC_3 TEXT No No Active Specific cause of recently dead (freshly denuded skeleton not fouled by algae) coral recorded in RECENTDEAD_3. Required if RECENTDEAD_3 > 0. 63 CONDITION_1 TEXT No No Active Code for CONDITION_1_DESC. 64 CONDITION_1_DESC TEXT No No Active Condition/disease observed affecting the coral colony (e.g., bleaching, infection, infestation, pigmentation response, growth anomaly, etc.), but which does not cause RECENT DEAD. 65 EXTENT_1 NUMERIC No No Active Extent of condition/disease observed on coral colony (5-100). Required when CONDITION_1 is recorded. Sum of EXTENT_1, EXTENT_2 and EXTENT_3 must not exceed 100. Value -9 is a placeholder and represents a missing value. 66 SEVERITY_1 NUMERIC No No Active Severity of condition/disease observed on coral colony (scale of 1-5 from least to most severe). Required only when CONDITION_1 = Environmental / Thermal Bleaching (condition code = BLE or BLP). Value -9 is a placeholder and represents a missing value. 67 CONDITION_2 TEXT No No Active Code for CONDITION_2_DESC. 68 CONDITION_2_DESC TEXT No No Active Condition/disease observed affecting the coral colony (e.g., bleaching, infection, infestation, pigmentation response, growth anomaly, etc.), but which does not cause RECENT DEAD. 68 EXTENT_2 NUMERIC No No Active Extent of condition/disease observed on coral colony (5-100). Required when CONDITION_2 is recorded. Sum of EXTENT_1, EXTENT_2 and EXTENT_3 must not exceed 100. 69 SEVERITY_2 NUMERIC No No Active Severity of condition/disease observed on coral colony (scale of 1-3 from least to most severe). Required only when CONDITION_2 = Environmental / Thermal Bleaching (condition code = BLE or BLP). 70 CONDITION_3 TEXT No No Active Code for CONDITION_3_DESC. 71 CONDITION_3_DESC TEXT No No Active Condition/disease observed affecting the coral colony (e.g., bleaching, infection, infestation, pigmentation response, growth anomaly, etc.), but which does not cause RECENT DEAD. Only used if more than two coral conditions/diseases were observed. 72 EXTENT_3 NUMERIC No No Active Extent of condition/disease observed on coral colony (5-100). Required when CONDITION_3 is recorded. Sum of EXTENT_1, EXTENT_2 and EXTENT_3 must not exceed 100. 73 SEVERITY_3 NUMERIC No No Active Severity of condition/disease observed on coral colony (scale of 1-5 from least to most severe). Required only when CONDITION_3 = Environmental / Thermal Bleaching (condition code = BLE or BLP). 74 TAXONCODE TEXT 150 No No Active 4-letter code for TAXONNAME when recorded. Code AAAA represents a SEGMENT that was surveyed and no individual colonies were found. Note taxonomic codes and names may be updated; refer to column TAXONCODE_2024 for the most recent taxoncode. 75 TAXONCODE_2024 TEXT No No Active Taxoncode of coral colony using the most recent taxoncode. Taxoncodes that were updated are noted in the reference table for genus and species codes. Note updated genus codes can be looked up using the reference table; for taxoncodes 'MVAL', 'MONS', 'MCUR', or 'MANN', genus codes changed. 76 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 colony was observed with taxoncode 'AAAA' 77 RANK TEXT 20 No No Active Lowest defined rank in taxonomic hierarchy, from the World Registry of Marine Species (WoRMS) database. NULL if TAXONCODE = 'UNKN'. 78 PHYLUM TEXT 255 No No Active Taxonomic classification: Phylum of observed organism (TAXONNAME). 79 CLASS TEXT 60 No No Active Taxonomic classification: Class of observed organism (TAXONNAME). 80 S_ORDER TEXT 255 No No Active Taxonomic classification: Order of observed organism (TAXONNAME). 81 FAMILY TEXT 255 No No Active Taxonomic classification: Family of observed organism (TAXONNAME). 82 GENUS_CODE TEXT 12 No No Active 4-letter code for GENUS. Note updated genus codes can be looked up using the reference table; for taxoncodes 'MVAL', 'MONS', 'MCUR', or 'MANN', genus codes were updated. 83 GENUS TEXT 300 No No Active Taxonomic classification: Genus name of observed organism (TAXONNAME). NULL if TAXONNAME = Unknown Scleractinian. Note updated genera can be looked up using the reference table; for taxoncodes 'MVAL', 'MONS', 'MCUR', or 'MANN', genera were updated. 84 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). 85 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, the species does not exist in WoRMS. 86 SURVEYMETHOD TEXT No No Active Data collection method for belt transects to indicate diver or SfM-based surveys. Collecting demographic data with SfM imagery (GIS) began in 2023. 87 EX_BOUND NUMERIC No No Active Flag (-1) to indicate a coral with a max diameter that expands past image boundaries if observation comes from an SfM survey. Will be null for data not derived via SfM. gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:71560 Jonathan Charendoff 2023-11-30T00:15:12 Lori Luers 2024-10-22T18:27:53 2024-10-22 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 2021-01-07 1 Year 2022-01-07