10512
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Belt Transect Surveys of Corals at U.S. Pacific Reefs from 2002 to 2007 (uneven size-class bins)
RAMP: Coral Demographics from 2002 to 2007 (uneven size-class bins)
Data Set
Published / External
21559
Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment
Project
Completed
2017-09-26
2019
The coral demographic data described here result from belt transect surveys conducted by the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD)---formerly the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division---from 2002 to 2007 at coral reef sites in the Hawaiian and Mariana Archipelagos, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas as part of NOAA's Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) with funding from the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP).
Surveys were conducted at fixed sites at depths ranging between 10 m and 15 m. Sites were surveyed using belt transects to collect coral colony metrics. At each site, the surveyor listed and identified to the genus or species level, all coral colonies occurring within 0.5 sq. meters of each side of two, 25-m transect lines; and recorded the visually estimated size class to which the maximum diameter of each colony belonged (0-5 cm; >5-10 cm; >10-20 cm; >20-40 cm; >40-80 cm; >80-160 cm; or >160 cm). In geographic regions such as the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands where coral richness and abundance are reduced relative to lower latitude regions with higher species richness, the protocol was amended to include all corals occurring within 1 m of each side of the transect lines. These coral demographic data provide information on coral abundance (density, proportion occurrence, and total colony abundance), size distribution, and taxonomic richness.
Belt transect surveys of corals were conducted during Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) cruises to support a long-term NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) for sustainable management and conservation of coral reef ecosystems.
Pacific RAMP, established by the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) and supported by NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), was tasked with documenting and understanding the status and trends of coral reef ecosystems in the U.S. Pacific Islands Region. Pacific RAMP involved interdisciplinary monitoring of oceanographic conditions and biological surveys of organisms associated with hard-bottom habitats in the 0-30 m depth range and aimed to support integrated, consistent and comparable monitoring of coral reef systems. RAMP missions were conducted in each Pacific region, including the Hawaiian and Mariana Archipelagos, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas, on a biennial cycle.
Theme
ISO 19115 Topic Category
biota
Theme
CRCP Project
1221
Theme
CRCP Project
C204 Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP): Biennial monitoring for the US Pacific Islands and Atolls
Theme
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Numeric Data Sets > Biology
Theme
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat
Theme
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Species Richness
Theme
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals
Theme
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment
Theme
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Transect Monitoring > Belt Transect
Theme
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > In Situ Biological
Theme
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Rapid assessment studies
Theme
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
Theme
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Coral
Theme
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Coral Communities
Theme
NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS
CORAL
Theme
NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS
CORAL - CENSUS
Theme
NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS
CORAL - COLONY SIZE
Theme
NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS
CORAL - SPECIES IDENTIFICATION
Theme
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS
in situ
Theme
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS
survey - biological
Theme
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS
survey - swimmer/diver
Theme
NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS
HI'IALAKAI
Theme
NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS
OSCAR ELTON SETTE
Theme
NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS
TOWNSEND CROMWELL
Theme
NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS
CORAL REEF STUDIES
Theme
NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS
Coral Reef Conservation Program
Theme
NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS
Pacific Reef and Assessment Monitoring Program
Theme
NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS
US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division
Theme
CRED
Theme
CREP
Theme
Coral Reef Ecosystem Division
Theme
Coral Reef Ecosystem Program
Theme
ESD
Theme
Ecosystem Sciences Division
Theme
PIFSC
Theme
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Theme
RAMP
Theme
REA
Theme
Rapid Ecological Assessment
Theme
Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program
Theme
belt transect
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Aguihan > Aguihan Island (Aguijan) (14N145E0006)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Northern Mariana Islands > Northern Mariana Islands ( CNMI ) (18N146E0000)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Rota > Rota Island ( Luta ) (14N145E0007)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan > Saipan Island (15N145E0002)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Tinian > Tinian Island (14N145E0005)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Manu'a Islands (14S170W0038)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Ofu Island (14S169W0013)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Olosega Island (14S169W0014)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Rose Atoll (14S168W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Swains Atoll (11S171W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Ta'u Island (14S169W0012)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Tutuila Island (14S170W0016)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Guam > Guam (13N144E0000)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Guam > Santa Rosa Bank (12N144E0051)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Kauai Island (22N159W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Molokai Island (21N157W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > French Frigate Shoals (24N166W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Gardner Pinnacles (25N168W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Kure Atoll (28N178W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Laysan Island (25N171W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Lisianski Island (25N173W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Maro Reef (25N170W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Midway Atoll (28N177W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Necker Island (23N164W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (28N178W0000)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Oahu (21N157W0003)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Pearl and Hermes Reef (27N176W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Kauai > Kaula Island (21N160W0003)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Kauai > Lehua Island (22N160W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Kauai > Niihau Island (21N160W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Maui > Lanai Island (20N156W0002)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Maui > Maui Island (20N156W0004)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaiian Islands (21N157W0027)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Baker Island (00N176W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Howland Island (00S176W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Jarvis Island (00S160W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Johnston Atoll (16N169W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Kingman Reef (06N162W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Palmyra Atoll (05N162W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Wake Atoll (19N167E0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > Manu'a Islands (14S170W0038)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > Rose Atoll (14S168W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > Swains Atoll (11S171W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > Tutuila Island (14S170W0016)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Baker Island > Baker Island (00N176W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands (21N157W0027)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii Island > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Kauai Island > Kauai Island (22N159W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Lanai Island > Lanai Island (20N156W0002)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Maui Island > Maui Island (20N156W0004)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Molokai Island > Molokai Island (21N157W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Niihau Island > Kaula Island (21N160W0003)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Niihau Island > Lehua Island (22N160W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Niihau Island > Niihau Island (21N160W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Oahu Island > Oahu (21N157W0003)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Howland Island > Howland Island (00S176W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Johnston Atoll > Johnston Atoll (16N169W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Jarvis Island (00S160W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Kingman Reef (06N162W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Palmyra Atoll (05N162W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (28N178W0000)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > French Frigate Shoals (24N166W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Gardner Pinnacles (25N168W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Kure Atoll (28N178W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Laysan Island (25N171W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Lisianski Island (25N173W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Maro Reef (25N170W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Midway Atoll (28N177W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Necker Island (23N164W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Pearl and Hermes Reef (27N176W0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Wake Atoll > Wake Atoll (19N167E0001)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Ofu Island (14S169W0013)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Olosega Island (14S169W0014)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Ta'u Island (14S169W0012)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Aguihan Island Reefs > Aguihan Island (Aguijan) (14N145E0006)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Guam > Guam (13N144E0000)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Guam > Santa Rosa Bank (12N144E0051)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Mariana Archipelago > Northern Mariana Islands ( CNMI ) (18N146E0000)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Rota Island > Rota Island ( Luta ) (14N145E0007)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Saipan Island > Saipan Island (15N145E0002)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Tinian Island Reefs > Tinian Island (14N145E0005)
Spatial
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS
Equatorial Pacific Ocean
Spatial
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS
Marianas Trench Marine National Monument
Spatial
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS
NW Pacific
Spatial
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS
North Pacific Ocean
Spatial
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS
Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
Spatial
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
Spatial
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS
Rose Atoll Marine National Monument
Spatial
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS
South Pacific Ocean
Spatial
CNMI
Spatial
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Spatial
MHI
Spatial
Main Hawaiian Islands
Spatial
Mariana Archipelago
Spatial
Mariana Islands
Spatial
Marianas
Spatial
NWHI
Spatial
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Spatial
PRIA
Spatial
Pacific Remote Island Areas
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Honolulu
HI
USA
Data Set
CSV Files
None Planned
Table (digital)
Raw survey data includes field metadata for each survey (mission, region, island, site, LAT/LON, survey date); site characteristics (depth, reef type); survey transect characteristics (length and width); and individual coral observations identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible, including count and size-class bin.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/45799
While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division and funded by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
45799
View: V0_CORAL_OBS_A
V0_CORAL_OBS_A
Published / External
Completed
Coral belt observations (2002 - 2007)
Data View
Yes
GISDAT
Coral belt observations (2002 - 2007)
1
ROUNDID
NUMBER
22
Yes
No
28
0
Active
Unique Identifier for MISSION
2
MISSIONID
VARCHAR2
30
Yes
No
Active
Mission Identifier
4
REGION_NAME
VARCHAR2
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
ISLAND
NVARCHAR2
150
No
No
Active
Name of island or atoll surveyed in the Pacific Islands region (REGION_NAME).
6
ISLANDCODE
NVARCHAR2
15
No
No
Active
3-letter code for ISLAND.
7
SITE
NVARCHAR2
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 2-4 digit site number.
8
LATITUDE
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
Active
Latitude in decimal degrees, WGS84, for the given SITE.
9
LONGITUDE
NUMBER
22
No
No
Active
Longitude in decimal degrees, WGS84 for the given SITE.
11
REEF_ZONE
NVARCHAR2
150
No
No
Active
The zone for the given SITE (Forereef, Backreef, Protected Slope, Lagoon).
12
DEPTH_BIN
NVARCHAR2
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
14
SITEVISITID
NUMBER
22
Yes
No
Active
Unique identifier created each time a SITE is surveyed on a DATE_.
15
DATE_
DATE
7
Yes
No
Active
Local date the survey was conducted.
18
OBS_YEAR
NUMBER
22
No
No
Active
4-digit year the survey was conducted (DATE_).
23
DIVER
NVARCHAR2
150
Yes
No
Active
Initials of diver conducting survey
24
BELTTRANSECTRUN
NUMBER
22
Yes
No
38
0
Active
Unique identifier for TRANSECT
25
METHODNAME
NVARCHAR2
150
Yes
No
Active
References the coral belt survey method: method A.
26
TRANSECT
NUMBER
22
Yes
No
38
0
Active
Transect number surveyed at a site. During the early, exploratory years, number of transects surveyd at a site varied between 1 and 4, depending on region and specific mission objectives. In the latter survey years typically 2, 25-m transects were deployed at each site.
28
TRANWIDTH
NUMBER
22
No
No
38
8
Active
Transect width in meters. Varied between 1 m and 2 m depending on survey year, region, and specific mission objectives. In areas like the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands where coral colony density was low, a 2-m belt was implemented.
29
TRANLENGTH
NUMBER
22
No
No
28
8
Active
Transect length in meters. Varied between 8 m and 75 m depending on survey year, region, weather, and specific mission objectives. In the latter survey years typically 2, 25-m transects were deployed at each site.
32
TAXONCODE
NVARCHAR2
150
No
No
Active
4-letter taxon code for TAXONNAME
34
SIZECLASS
TEXT
50
No
No
Active
Colony size binned into 1 of 7 categories (0-5 cm; 5–10 cm; 10-20 cm; 20-40 cm; 40-80 cm; 80-160 cm; or 160 cm).
35
COUNT
NUMBER
No
No
Active
Number of colonies of a specific taxon belonging to a specific size class
47
TAXONNAME
NVARCHAR2
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).
48
PHYLUM
VARCHAR2
255
No
No
Active
Taxonomic classification: Phylum of observed organism (TAXONNAME).
49
CLASS
NVARCHAR2
60
No
No
Active
Taxonomic classification: Class of observed organism (TAXONNAME).
50
S_ORDER
VARCHAR2
255
No
No
Active
Taxonomic classification: Order of observed organism (TAXONNAME).
51
FAMILY
VARCHAR2
255
No
No
Active
Taxonomic classification: Family of observed organism (TAXONNAME).
53
GENUS
NVARCHAR2
300
No
No
Active
Taxonomic classification: Genus name of observed organism (TAXONNAME).
54
SCIENTIFIC_NAME
VARCHAR2
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).
55
RANK
VARCHAR2
20
No
No
Active
Lowest defined rank in taxonomic hierarchy, from the World Registry of Marine Species (WoRMS) database (Genus or Species)
56
APHIAID
VARCHAR2
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.
Data Set Credit
2002
Organization
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
CRCP
1305 East West Highway 10th Floor
Silver Spring
MD
20910-3281
(301) 713-3155
https://coralreef.noaa.gov
Link to the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program website
Online Resource
Data Steward
2006
Person
Vargas-Angel, Bernardo
bernardo.vargasangel@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
(808)725-5423
Distributor
2019
Organization
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
NCEI-MD
NOAA/NESDIS E/OC SSMC3, 4th Floor, 1351 East-West Highway
Silver Spring
MD
20910-3282
(301) 713-3277
Metadata Contact
2010
Person
DesRochers, Annette M
annette.desrochers@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
(808)725-5461
8 am - 5 pm
Originator
2002
Organization
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
PIFSC
pifsc.info@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
808-725-5360
https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage
Online Resource
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Point of Contact
2006
Person
Vargas-Angel, Bernardo
bernardo.vargasangel@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
(808)725-5423
Ground Condition
Mariana Archipelago
144.42387
145.81442
15.27353
12.8113
Mariana Archipelago, including Santa Rosa, Guam, Rota, Aguijan, Tinian, and Saipan.
Range
2005-10-03
2005-10-08
OES0512
Mission OES0512 to Guam and Santa Rosa.
Range
2007-05-12
2007-05-22
HI0702
Mission HI0702 to Aguijan, Guam, Rota, Saipan, and Tinian in the Mariana Archipelago.
American Samoa
-171.0919
-168.13982
-11.04588
-14.55932
American Samoa, including Tutuila, Ofu & Olosega, Tau, Rose, and Swains.
Range
2002-02-09
2002-02-14
TC0201
Mission TC0201 to Ofu, Olosega, Ta'u, and Tutuila.
Range
2004-02-04
2004-02-25
OES0402
Mission OES0402 to Ofu, Olosega, Rose, Swains, Ta'u, and Tutuila.
Range
2006-02-11
2006-03-08
HI0602
Mission HI0602 to Ofu and Olosega, Rose Atoll, Swains, Tau, and Tutuila.
Hawaiian Archipelago
-160.54522
-154.8178
22.2306
18.92203
Main Hawaiian Islands, including Hawaii, Lehua, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai, Niihau, and Kaula.
-178.37858
-164.69
28.45365
23.57333
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, including Necker, French Frigate Shoals, Gardner, Maro, Laysan, Lisianski, Pearl and Hermes, Midway, and Kure.
Range
2002-09-10
2002-10-04
TC0207
Mission TC0207 to French Frigate Shoals, Kure, Laysan, Lisianski, Maro, Midway, Necker, and Pearl and Hermes of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Range
2003-07-14
2003-08-08
OES0306
Mission OES0306 to French Frigate, Gardner, Kure, Laysan, Lisianski, Maro, Midway, Necker, and Pearl & Hermes.
Range
2004-09-16
2004-10-11
HI0401
Mission HI0401 to French Frigate Shoals, Gardner, Kure, Layson, Lisianski, Maro, Midway, and Pearl and Hermes of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Range
2005-02-25
2005-03-05
OES0502
Misson OES0502 to Hawaii and Maui of the main Hawaiian Islands.
Range
2005-07-14
2005-08-05
HI0505
Mission HI0505 to Kauai, Lanai, Lehua, Maui, Molokai, Niihau, and Oahu of the main Hawaiian Islands.
Range
2005-09-17
2005-10-04
HI0507
MIssion HI0507 to French Frigate shoals, Kure, Maro, Midway, Necker, and Pearl and Hermes of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Range
2006-07-27
2006-08-19
HI0610
Mission HI0610 to Hawaii, Kaula, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, Niihau, and Oahu of the main Hawaiian Islands.
Range
2006-09-03
2006-10-01
HI0611
Mission HI0611 to French Frigate Shoals, Kure, Laysan, Lisianski, Maro, Midway, Necker, and Pearl and Hermes in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Pacific Remote Island Areas
166.59378
-159.9731
19.3254
-0.3825
Pacific Remote Island Areas, including Wake, Johnston, Kingman, Palmyra, Howland, Baker, and Jarvis.
Range
2004-01-12
2004-01-24
OES0401
Mission OES0401 to Johnston, Howland, and Baker.
Range
2004-03-26
2004-04-04
OES0404
Mission OES0404 to Jarvis, Palmyra, and Kingman.
Range
2005-10-18
2005-10-22
OES0513
Mission OES0513 to Wake.
Range
2006-01-18
2006-02-01
HI0601
Mission HI0601 to Johnston, Howland, and Baker.
Range
2006-03-20
2006-04-03
HI0604
Mission HI0604 to Jarvis, Palmyra, and Kingman.
Range
2007-04-30
2007-05-03
HI0701
Mission HI0701 to Wake.
Unclassified
Not applicable
Not applicable
NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) Data Sharing Recommendations, version 9.0 updated August 12, 2015:
CREP welcomes the opportunity to collaborate on research issues contributing to the scientific basis for better management of marine ecosystems. CREP has a very diverse set of field activities that generates large volumes of data using an array of data collection protocols.
The following recommendations are for your consideration as you use this data:
1) Data analyses should take all field exigencies into account. The most effective way to do this would be active collaboration with CREP principal investigators.
2) In all presentations, product releases, or publications using data generated by CREP, proper acknowledgement of both CREP and the individuals responsible for data collection is expected. Citing the DOI (if available) is preferred, a non-DOI example is listed below.
3) If you collect or generate data for the same study areas, CREP requests that you share relevant information on complimentary data collections.
4) Those receiving data are strongly urged to inform the CREP Data Management Team of any errors and discrepancies that are discovered during the course of using these data. They are further urged to bring to the attention of the Team all problems and difficulties encountered in using these data. This information is necessary in order to improve the collections and to facilitate more efficient and economical data processing and retrieval. The users are asked to supply copies of any missing data that may be located, and to provide information as to significant subsets and special aggregations of data that are developed in using the material provided.
Example citation:
"This publication makes use of data products provided by the Ecosystem Sciences Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with funding support from the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP). The analysis and interpretations presented here are solely that of the current authors.”
Data can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive.
None
Please cite PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) when using the data.
Example:
Ecosystem Sciences Division; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, 2019: Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Belt Transect Surveys of Corals at U.S. Pacific Reefs from 2002 to 2007 (uneven size-class bins), https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/10512.
None
None
https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0189729
2019
Organization
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
V0_CORAL_OBS_A.csv
Coral colony observations from belt transect surveys at sites across the U.S. Pacific Reefs conducted by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division from 2002 to 2007.
2019-05-30T00:00:00
csv (comma-separated values)
CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/ecosystems/surveying-vast-ocean
Ecosystem Sciences
Online Resource
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center website
PIFSC Oracle Database View: V0_CORAL_OBS_A
Observations were made by experienced benthic survey personnel. The lowest taxonomic level was species in the Main Hawaiian Islands and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. For the remaining three Pacific regions, the lowest taxonomic level of coral identification was genus. The accuracy of coral taxa identification at the genus level is highly reliable. Coral taxa identification at the species level in field conditions is known to be challenging. Taxonomic identity was verified against pictorial guides. Field identification of coral taxa at the species level improved with time, as experts gained a better knowledge of the morphological plasticity of individual coral species across the different study locations.
Handheld GPS units were used to locate random sites and mark site locations.
Only shallow water (0 to 30 meter depth range) hard-bottom habitats were surveyed. The survey sites were fixed and selected in consultation with local jurisdictional coral reef management practitioners, because of their ecological uniqueness, management needs (eg. Marine Protected Areas), and to include a broad spatial coverage of surveys sites at each island/reef system. Weather conditions and other environmental constraints may have prevented the selection and/or execution of surveys in exposed and windward reef areas.
The same methods of data collection are used at each surveyed site. Examination of the data is conducted to check for diver bias or other discrepancies.
Quality control of the data occurred at a few stages from data entry to data ingestion into the Oracle database. Observations, including species identification, were periodically checked during expeditions for consistency between and among divers, as well as verified against pictorial guides. Data entry was usually conducted on the same day as the surveys in a standardized spreadsheet. The data is quality controlled against the physical data sheets following data entry. Given the size of the data set, there remains some possibility of typographical or other errors.
Data was later migrated from spreadsheets into an MS Access database (~2006), and was eventually migrated to the PIFSC Oracle database.
Yes
Unknown
Yes
No
Unknown
NCEI-MD
Unknown
The data is captured in several locations: physical data sheets, MS Access cruise databases, and the PIFSC Oracle database. The physical data sheets are housed at PIFSC. The MS Access cruise databases were regularly backed up by the cruise data manager while at sea. The PIFSC Oracle database is regularly backed up by PIFSC ITS.
Belt transect survey method for corals, version A: uneven size-class bins, employed by the Ecosystem Sciences Division from 2002 to 2007.
1
At each site, benthic Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) surveys of corals were conducted along dedicated transects lines deployed following a specific isobath. At each site, the surveyor listed and identified to the genus or species level, all coral colonies occurring within 0.5-1.0 m of each side of the transect lines; and recorded the visually estimated size class to which the maximum diameter of each colony belonged (0-5 cm; >5–10 cm; >10-20 cm; >20-40 cm; >40-80 cm; >80-160 cm; or >160 cm). The number of transects deployed and total belt survey area varied between sites depending on specific project objectives and weather conditions
Person
Vargas-Angel, Bernardo
bernardo.vargasangel@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
(808)725-5423
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
45799
Entity
View: V0_CORAL_OBS_A
25260
Data Set
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Belt Transect Surveys for Demographics and Condition of Corals at U.S. Pacific Reefs from 2007 to 2012
Cross Reference
25290
Data Set
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Belt Transect Surveys of Corals at U.S. Pacific Reefs in 2008 (even size-class bins)
Cross Reference
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:10512
Brent Miyamoto
2010-09-01T23:36:54
SysAdmin InPortAdmin
2023-10-17T16:12:06
2019-05-31
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
PIFSC
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
808-725-5300
http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
1001
Public
No
2019-05-31
1 Year
2020-05-31