Benthic habitats of the coral reef ecosystem off the coast of Pu'ukohola Heiau (PUHE) National Historic Site

Description

A benthic habitat polygon coverage has been created of the coral reef ecosystem off the coast of Pu'ukohola Heiau (PUHE) National Historic Site on the Kona Coast of Hawai'i. Polygons were hand-digitized from visual interpretation of aerial photography and SHOALS bathymetry data. We also utilized in situ knowledge from towed instruments, underwater photography and videography, and diver and snorkeler observations. The polygons have attributes for Main Structure/Substrate, Dominant Structure/Substrate, Major Biological Cover, Percent of Major Biological Cover, Reef Zone, and Unique ID, and measurements of area (m2) of each polygon.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.ade01210-fb94-4334-b5db-67841c60df4c.xml
55 Landing page for access to the data https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2006/5254/

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  • assessments
  • coastal-processes
  • usgs-ade01210-fb94-4334-b5db-67841c60df4c
  • biosphere
  • coral-reefs
  • benthos
  • oceans
  • biota
  • puukohola-heiau
  • puukohola-heiau-national-historic-site
  • pacific-coastal-and-marine-science-center
  • hawaii
  • cmgp
  • u-s-geological-survey
  • pelekane
  • habitats
  • geospatial-datasets
  • geoscientificinformation
  • pcmsc
  • benthic-habitat
  • kawaihae
  • coastal-and-marine-geology-program
  • kawaihae-bay
  • usgs
  • marine-ecosystems
  • benthic-ecosystems
  • aquatic-ecosystems
  • sea-floor-characteristics
  • mapping
  • earth-science
  • habitat
  • kawaihae-harbor
  • imagerybasemapsearthcover

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