73797 Entity Published / External 73792 National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic, urchin, and fish observation data collected for coral reef carbonate budget assessments across the US Pacific since 2024 Data Set Data Table Calcification rates database modified for Pacific Islands regions accessible at https://github.com/hannahbarkley/reefbudgetR/blob/main/Calcification%20Rates%20Database/ESD_CarbBudget_CalcificationRates.csv This child item is the description of data available in the referential database. 3 SUBSTRATE_CLASS TEXT No No Active Category classification for the benthic substrate component (SUBSTRATE_NAME): hard coral (CORAL), crustose coralline algae (CCA), macroalgae (MA), turf (TURF), hard carbonate substrate (CARB), hard non-carbonate substrate (RCK), sand (SAND), or other (OTHER). 4 CORAL_GROUP_NAME TEXT No No Active Group classification for the hard coral (CORAL) component. Identified as morphology and genus. Other hard corals not identified to a unique morphology and genus group include: Other encrusting corals, Other massive corals, Other branching corals, Free-living corals, Foliose corals, Other. 5 CORAL_GROUP_CODE TEXT No No Active Unique code for CORAL_GROUP_NAME 6 SUBSTRATE_NAME TEXT No No Active Name for the benthic substrate component. Identified to genus or species for hard corals. Identified to functional group for macroalgae (including Halimedia sp. and Peyssonnelia sp.), crustose coralline algae (CCA), turf algae, cyanobacteria, invertibrates, soft coral, seagrass, sponges, zooathids. Identified to type of substrate for abiotic observations (hard carbonate substrate, hard non-carbonate substrate, dead coral, rubble, or sand). 7 SUBSTRATE_CODE TEXT No No Active Unique code for SUBSTRATE_NAME. 8 MORPHOLOGY TEXT No No Active Morphology for hard corals: branching, branching - fast growth (Acropora sp. only), branching - slow growth (Acropora sp. only), columnar, encrusting mounding, foliose, free-living, laminar columnar, mounding, plating, or table. No morphology is specified for non-coral observations. 9 MORPHOLOGYCODE TEXT No No Active Unique code for MORPHOLOGY. 10 TAXA_LEVEL TEXT No No Active Taxonomic level for hard corals: GENUS or SPECIES 11 EXTENSION_RATE_CM_YR_MEAN NUMERIC No No Active Mean extension rate for hard coral and CCA in centimeters per year 12 EXTENSION_RATE_CM_YR_CI NUMERIC No No Active Extension rate confidence interval (CI) for hard coral and CCA in centimeters per year 13 DENSITY_G_CM3_MEAN NUMERIC No No Active Mean skeletal density for hard coral and CCA in grams per cubed centimeter 14 DENSITY_G_CM3_CI NUMERIC No No Active Density confidence interval (CI) for hard coral and CCA in grams per cubed centimeter 15 CONVERSION_FACTOR NUMERIC No No Active The proportion of growing axial braches to colony size for specific hard coral with branching morphology. Used as a conversion factor in coral carbonate production rate calculation for hard corals with the branching morphology. Acropora sp. Branching morphology is defined as branching -slow growth and branching -fast growth. All other hard corals with the branching morphology are defined as branching. gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:73797 Lori Luers 2024-11-07T21:47:08 Lori Luers 2026-06-17T17:19:40 2026-06-17 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 1 Year