Benthic Imagery from the Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area (HFMA)

Description

Photoquadrat benthic images were collected within the Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area (KHFMA) in West Maui by the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD; formerly the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division) for quantifying benthic composition. This dataset is only the imagery; the benthic cover data produced have been archived separately in National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Accession 0165015. Photo-transects were taken at each site, with 25 photographs taken at 1m intervals. Benthic habitat imagery were quantitatively analyzed for each site using a web-based annotation tool called CoralNet where 15 points were analyzed per photograph. The images provided here can be linked to the benthic composition data produced by site name; the accompanying metadata file provided describes the sites analyzed.

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Name Format Description Link
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/PIFSC-Benthic-Images-Kahekili
0 Search for data granules belonging to this collection (a granule is the smallest aggregation of data that can be independently described and retrieved). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/granule/geoportal/?from=0&size=10&esdsl=%7B%22query%22%3A%7B%22bool%22%3A%7B%22must%22%3A%5B%7B%22query_string%22%3A%7B%22analyze_wildcard%22%3Atrue%2C%22query%22%3A%22fileid%3APIFSC-Benthic-Images-Kahekili.*%22%7D%7D%5D%7D%7D%7D#searchPanel
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/ecosystem_sciences/
0 Institution web page https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/ecosystem_sciences/
0 Institution web page https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/ecosystem_sciences/
0 Institution web page https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/ecosystem_sciences/
0 Institution web page https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/ecosystem_sciences/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 InPort Metadata Record https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/64552
0 Related data https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0165015
0 Institution web page https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/ecosystem_sciences/
0 Institution web page https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/ecosystem_sciences/
0 Institution web page http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred

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  • hawaiian islands (21n157w0027)
  • crep
  • determining whether herbivore-focused management strategies enhance critical ecosystem functions pro
  • united states of america
  • coral reef conservation program (crcp)
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • aquatic habitat
  • 30102
  • corals
  • benthic habitat
  • pifsc
  • in situ biological
  • maui
  • quantifying processes that underpin recovery at kahekili hfma
  • biosphere
  • photographic analysis
  • oceans
  • maui island (20n156w0004)
  • mhi
  • maui island
  • hawaii
  • oceanography
  • hdar
  • habitats
  • hawaii division of aquatic resources
  • pacific islands fisheries science center
  • earth science
  • khfma
  • benthic biology
  • 31340
  • hawaiian islands
  • we56dm
  • ecosystem monitoring and assessment
  • marine biology
  • coral communities
  • visual images
  • benthos analysis
  • central pacific ocean
  • transect monitoring
  • reef habitat
  • coral reef ecology
  • ocean basin
  • main hawaiian islands
  • kahekili herbivore fisheries management area
  • maximizing information about reef resilience inferred from monitoring efforts to inform management a
  • ecosystem sciences division
  • coral
  • kahekili
  • esd
  • coastal processes
  • zoology
  • coral reefs
  • hawaii division of aquatic resources (hdar)
  • dar 18' whaler
  • pacific ocean
  • rapid assessment studies
  • 9kpucc
  • country/territory
  • photoquadrat images (measured)
  • coral reef ecosystem program
  • 31349

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