Benthic percent cover derived from analysis of benthic images collected at coral reef sites in Batangas, Philippines in 2015
Philippines: Benthic Cover
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Climate, Biodiversity and Fisheries in the Coral Triangle: Embracing the E in Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries Management
Numeric Data Sets > Benthic
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Microbiota > Blue-green Algae
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Algal Cover
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Crustose Coralline Algae
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Encrusting Macroalgae
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Turf Algae
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Baseline studies
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Quadrat Monitoring > Photograph Analysis
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > In Situ Biological
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Photographic Analysis
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Benthic biology
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Coral Cover
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Hard Coral Cover
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Octocoral Cover
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Coral
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Coral Communities
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates
REEF AND/OR BOTTOM REGIME - PERCENT COVER
Derived products
CORAL REEF STUDIES
Coral Reef Conservation Program
Coral Triangle Initiative
US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program
CRED
CREP
Coral Reef Ecosystem Division
Coral Reef Ecosystem Program
PIFSC
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
USAID
United States Agency for International Development
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Philippines > Batangas > Arthur's Rock (13N120E0002)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Philippines > Batangas > Mabini (13N120E0032)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Philippines > Batangas > Tingloy (13N120E0009)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Philippines > Batangas > Twin Rocks Sanctuary (13N120E0005)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > South China Sea > Balayan Bay > Arthur's Rock (13N120E0002)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > South China Sea > Balayan Bay > Mabini (13N120E0032)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > South China Sea > Balayan Bay > Twin Rocks Sanctuary (13N120E0005)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > South China Sea > Maricaban Island > Tingloy (13N120E0009)
NW Pacific (limit-180)
Arthur's Reef
Batalang Bato
Batong Buhay
Koala Reserve Area
Philippines
Twin Rocks
Verde Island Passage
The benthic cover data described here result from benthic photo-quadrat surveys conducted by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) in 2015 along transects at fixed climate survey sites located on hard bottom shallow water (< 15 m) habitats in the Philippines. Climate sites were established by CREP to assess multiple features of the coral reef environment (in addition to the data described herein) over time.
Benthic habitat photographs were quantitatively analyzed using a web-based annotation tool called CoralNet (Beijbom et al. 2016). Images were analyzed to produce three functional group levels of benthic cover: Tier 1 (e.g., hard coral, soft coral, macroalgae, turf algae, etc.), Tier 2 (e.g., Hard Coral = massive, branching, foliose, encrusting, etc.; Macroalgae = upright macroalgae, encrusting macroalgae, bluegreen macroalgae, and Halimeda, etc.), and Tier 3 (e.g., Hard Coral = Astreopora sp, Favia sp, Pocillopora, etc.; Macroalgae = Caulerpa sp, Dictyosphaeria sp, Padina sp, etc.).
These benthic cover data for the Philippines provide an estimate of the benthic community composition at each climate survey site, and give context to the results from the other climate survey components (archived separately). The data can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive.
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/45819
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/45935
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/45818
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/45820
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/45816
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/45954
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/45817
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/45815
northlimit=13.728054;
eastlimit=120.9;
southlimit=13.658594;
westlimit=120.87;
name=Five survey locations in the municipalities of Mabini and Tingloy in Batangas, Philippines (near the Verde Island Passage), including Batong Buhay, Koala Reserve Area, Arthur's Reef, Twin Rocks, and Batalang Bato.;
start=2015-05-18;
end=2015-06-12;
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2017