Multi-data-stream Benthos Mariana Dictionary
Entity (ENT) | Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:72576 | Updated: December 13, 2024 | Published / External
Item Identification
| Title: | Multi-data-stream Benthos Mariana Dictionary |
|---|---|
| Status: | Completed |
Entity Information
| Entity Type: | Data Table |
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| Active Version?: | Yes |
| Description: |
Data dictionary for benthic cover estimates from multi-data streams in the Mariana Islands Archipelago |
Data Attributes
Attribute Summary
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Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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100
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YEAR | NUMBER | Local year the survey was conducted, which spent January to December | |
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100
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REGION | TEXT | The Marianas Islands Archipelago including Guam and the Common Wealth of the Mariana (CNMI) | |
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100
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ISLAND_CATEGORY | TEXT | Populated Mariana islands (Guam, Tinian, Rota, and Saipan), remote islands (Agrihan, Alamagan, Asuncion, Farallon de Pajaros, Guguan, Maug, Pagan, Santa Rosa, and Sarigan) or those inhabited (Aguijan), and each populated islands individually | |
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100
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SITE_CATEGORY | TEXT | Categories are (i) populated islands combined, (ii) remote/inhabitated islands combined, (iii) each island separately for the populated islands and remote islands (except Farallon de Pajaros and Santa Rosa due to limited sampling effort), and (iv) each downscaled sector (statistically-derived spatial units that are ecologically homogeneous) for the four populated islands (Please see the M&M in the tech memo for further details) | |
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100
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LATITUDE | NUMBER | Latitude in decimal degrees for the given SITE, which is not the exact survey location. For each sectors, the centroid is provided. Shape file can be given upon request. | |
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100
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LONGITUDE | NUMBER | Longitude in decimal degrees for the given SITE, which is not the exact survey location. For each sectors, the centroid is provided. Shape file can be given upon request. | |
|
100
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BENTHIC_CATEGORY | TEXT | The benthos was characterized in four main groups: (i) coral (strictly hard scleractinian live corals), (ii) algae (excluding turf), (iii) turf algae, (iv) crustose coralline algae (CCA), (v) calcified (i.e., corals, CCA, and other calcifiers such as Halimeda algae) and (vi) non-calcified (non-calcifying algae, sponges, and other non-calcified living). | |
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100
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PERCENT_COVER | NUMBER | Percent of benthic cover for each group |
Attribute Details
YEAR
| Seq. Order: | 1 |
|---|---|
| Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
| Required: | No |
| Primary Key: | No |
| Status: | Active |
| Description: |
Local year the survey was conducted, which spent January to December |
REGION
| Seq. Order: | 2 |
|---|---|
| Data Storage Type: | TEXT |
| Required: | No |
| Primary Key: | No |
| Status: | Active |
| Description: |
The Marianas Islands Archipelago including Guam and the Common Wealth of the Mariana (CNMI) |
ISLAND_CATEGORY
| Seq. Order: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Data Storage Type: | TEXT |
| Required: | No |
| Primary Key: | No |
| Status: | Active |
| Description: |
Populated Mariana islands (Guam, Tinian, Rota, and Saipan), remote islands (Agrihan, Alamagan, Asuncion, Farallon de Pajaros, Guguan, Maug, Pagan, Santa Rosa, and Sarigan) or those inhabited (Aguijan), and each populated islands individually |
SITE_CATEGORY
| Seq. Order: | 4 |
|---|---|
| Data Storage Type: | TEXT |
| Required: | No |
| Primary Key: | No |
| Status: | Active |
| Description: |
Categories are (i) populated islands combined, (ii) remote/inhabitated islands combined, (iii) each island separately for the populated islands and remote islands (except Farallon de Pajaros and Santa Rosa due to limited sampling effort), and (iv) each downscaled sector (statistically-derived spatial units that are ecologically homogeneous) for the four populated islands (Please see the M&M in the tech memo for further details) |
LATITUDE
| Seq. Order: | 6 |
|---|---|
| Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
| Required: | No |
| Primary Key: | No |
| Status: | Active |
| Description: |
Latitude in decimal degrees for the given SITE, which is not the exact survey location. For each sectors, the centroid is provided. Shape file can be given upon request. |
LONGITUDE
| Seq. Order: | 7 |
|---|---|
| Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
| Required: | No |
| Primary Key: | No |
| Status: | Active |
| Description: |
Longitude in decimal degrees for the given SITE, which is not the exact survey location. For each sectors, the centroid is provided. Shape file can be given upon request. |
BENTHIC_CATEGORY
| Seq. Order: | 8 |
|---|---|
| Data Storage Type: | TEXT |
| Required: | No |
| Primary Key: | No |
| Status: | Active |
| Description: |
The benthos was characterized in four main groups: (i) coral (strictly hard scleractinian live corals), (ii) algae (excluding turf), (iii) turf algae, (iv) crustose coralline algae (CCA), (v) calcified (i.e., corals, CCA, and other calcifiers such as Halimeda algae) and (vi) non-calcified (non-calcifying algae, sponges, and other non-calcified living). |
PERCENT_COVER
| Seq. Order: | 9 |
|---|---|
| Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
| Required: | No |
| Primary Key: | No |
| Status: | Active |
| Description: |
Percent of benthic cover for each group |
Catalog Details
| Catalog Item ID: | 72576 |
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| GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:72576 |
| Metadata Record Created By: | Lori H Luers |
| Metadata Record Created: | 2024-05-06 20:54+0000 |
| Metadata Record Last Modified By: | Lori H Luers |
| Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2024-12-13 19:59+0000 |
| Metadata Record Published: | 2024-12-13 |
| Owner Org: | PIFSC |
| Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
| Do Not Publish?: | N |
| Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |