Benthic, urchin, and fish observation data collected utilizing multiple methodologies for coral reef carbonate budget assessments in 2021 in O'ahu, in the Mariana Archipelago in 2022, and in American Samoa in 2023

Description

This data package includes the benthic, urchin, and fish observation data collected for coral reef carbonate budget assessments by the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) of NOAA's Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) at fixed sites around O'ahu in 2021, across the Marianas Archipelago in 2022, and at two fixed sites in American Samoa in 2023. These data were collected as part of a three-year methods development and pilot project funded by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) in order to establish a standardized carbonate budget methodology for the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) in the U.S. Pacific Islands. Observational data were collected at the same sites using established Indo-Pacific ReefBudget methodology (Perry et al. 2018), as well as experimental methodologies that leverage existing NCRMP data streams (see lineage section below for additional details on data collection methodologies). Benthic survey data (genus/species, morphology, and surface distance of corals, crustose coralline algae, macroalgae, and other benthic components) and urchin survey data (genus/species, test size, and abundance of bioeroding urchins) were collected using Indo-Pacific Reef Budget-style transects, "chords" transects located within the 12-m diameter circular footprint covered by NCRMP Structure-from-Motion imagery, and virtual transects in fixed site Structure-from-Motion models. Fish survey data (genus/species, count, and size) were collected using Indo-Pacific ReefBudget belt transects, stationary point count surveys conducted at fixed sites, and averaging stationary point count survey data using stratified random survey design around a set distance of the fixed sites. The raw data in this data package (urchin, benthic cover, parrotfish belt, fish SPC) was utilized with referential databases to calculate coral reef carbonate project estimates for Pacific regions as part to the CRCP Project #31334, titled 'Developing a carbonate budget assessment methodology for the U.S. Pacific Islands'. The referential database used for grazing metrics of herbivorous fishes of the Pacific is already archived with NCEI with its metadata accessible under 'Related Items' of this InPort metadata record. The referential database for calcification rates developed for the Pacific is accessible along with scripts for this project at the github repository: https://github.com/hannahbarkley/reefbudgetR/tree/main

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Observations from benthic surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around Oahu, Hawaii in 2021. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0283630
0 Observations from parrotfish belt surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around American Samoa in 2021. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0302849
0 Observations from parrotfish belt surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around Oahu, Hawaii in 2021. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0283630
0 Observations from stationary point count fish surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around Oahu, Hawaii in 2021. Missing values in benthic data are due to limited diver training and time constraints. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0283630
0 Observations from urchin surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around Oahu, Hawaii in 2021. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0283630
0 Observations from benthic surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around the Marianas Archipelago in 2022. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0283896
0 Observations from parrotfish belt surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around the Mariana Archipelago in 2022. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0283896
0 Observations from stationary point count fish surveys for carbonate budget assessments at both fixed and stratified random sites conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around the Marianas Archipelago in 2022. A subset of this data have already been archived (stratified random sites), see Related Items. Due to limited training, benthic data may or may not be available for this SPC dataset (substrate cover, substrate height, urchin etc.). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0283896
0 Observations from benthic surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around American Samoa in 2023. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0302849
0 Observations from urchin surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around American Samoa in 2023. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0302849
0 Observations from stationary point count fish surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around American Samoa in 2023. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0302849
0 Observations from urchin surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around the Marianas Archipelago in 2022. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0283896
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/67804
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
8 Access the calcification rates database used to calculate carbonate budgets for Pacific species. See root folder for access to data dictionary, and .csv file of studies that went into calculating the means for the referential database: https://github.com/hannahbarkley/reefbudgetR/tree/main/Calcification%20Rates%20Database https://github.com/hannahbarkley/reefbudgetR/blob/main/Calcification%20Rates%20Database/ESD_CarbBudget_CalcificationRates.csv
0 Repository of principal investigator for the carbonate budgets project. Includes the folder for the referential database of calcification rates (.csv), R scripts, and other databases (grazing estimates, etc.) available in .rda format: https://github.com/hannahbarkley/reefbudgetR/tree/main/data https://github.com/hannahbarkley/reefbudgetR/tree/main
0 Standard operating procedures, data collection protocols, data entry spreadsheets, and production and erosion rates databases used for ReefBudget methodology. https://geography.exeter.ac.uk/reefbudget/
0 The carbonate budget assessments methodologies developed, tested, and considered for inclusion in NCRMP monitoring, initial results of the 2021 through 2022 pilot assessments, and Pacific NCRMP standard operating procedures for future carbonate budget assessments. https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/56372
0 Online Resource https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/region/pacific-islands#science
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. 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
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/67804.pdf
0 Observations from parrotfish belt surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around American Samoa in 2021. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0302849
0 Observations from parrotfish belt surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around Oahu, Hawaii in 2021. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0283630
0 Observations from stationary point count fish surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around Oahu, Hawaii in 2021. Missing values in benthic data are due to limited diver training and time constraints. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0283630
0 Observations from urchin surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around Oahu, Hawaii in 2021. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0283630
0 Observations from benthic surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around the Marianas Archipelago in 2022. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0283896
0 Observations from parrotfish belt surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around the Mariana Archipelago in 2022. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0283896
0 Observations from stationary point count fish surveys for carbonate budget assessments at both fixed and stratified random sites conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around the Marianas Archipelago in 2022. A subset of this data have already been archived (stratified random sites), see Related Items. Due to limited training, benthic data may or may not be available for this SPC dataset (substrate cover, substrate height, urchin etc.). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0283896
0 Observations from benthic surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around American Samoa in 2023. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0302849
0 Observations from urchin surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around American Samoa in 2023. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0302849
0 Observations from stationary point count fish surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around American Samoa in 2023. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0302849
0 Observations from urchin surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around the Marianas Archipelago in 2022. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0283896
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/67804
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
8 Access the calcification rates database used to calculate carbonate budgets for Pacific species. See root folder for access to data dictionary, and .csv file of studies that went into calculating the means for the referential database: https://github.com/hannahbarkley/reefbudgetR/tree/main/Calcification%20Rates%20Database https://github.com/hannahbarkley/reefbudgetR/blob/main/Calcification%20Rates%20Database/ESD_CarbBudget_CalcificationRates.csv
0 Repository of principal investigator for the carbonate budgets project. Includes the folder for the referential database of calcification rates (.csv), R scripts, and other databases (grazing estimates, etc.) available in .rda format: https://github.com/hannahbarkley/reefbudgetR/tree/main/data https://github.com/hannahbarkley/reefbudgetR/tree/main
0 Standard operating procedures, data collection protocols, data entry spreadsheets, and production and erosion rates databases used for ReefBudget methodology. https://geography.exeter.ac.uk/reefbudget/
0 The carbonate budget assessments methodologies developed, tested, and considered for inclusion in NCRMP monitoring, initial results of the 2021 through 2022 pilot assessments, and Pacific NCRMP standard operating procedures for future carbonate budget assessments. https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/56372
0 Online Resource https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/region/pacific-islands#science
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. 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
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/67804.pdf
0 Observations from benthic surveys for carbonate budget assessments conducted by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division at sites around Oahu, Hawaii in 2021. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0283630

Tags

  • calcification
  • invertebrate species
  • fish species
  • crep
  • macroinvertebrate communities
  • linear extension rate
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc
  • hydrography
  • spc
  • united states of america
  • species identification - organism length
  • net ecosystem calcification
  • american samoa (14s170w0000)
  • visual observation
  • western pacific ocean
  • position - geographic
  • latitude
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • maug
  • aquatic habitat
  • coral reef
  • corals
  • benthic habitat
  • coral reef ecosystem division
  • benthic
  • developing a carbonate budget assessment methodology for the u.s. pacific islands
  • oahu (21n157w0003)
  • ecosystems
  • northern mariana islands
  • fish - coral reef
  • pifsc
  • in situ biological
  • biosphere
  • coral - species identification
  • survey - coral reef
  • longitude
  • biodiversity
  • transect survey
  • biological data
  • maug island
  • transect percent cover
  • substrate description
  • tutuila island (14s170w0016)
  • species identification
  • fagatele bay (14s170w0002)
  • parrotfish bioerosion
  • benthic communities habitat
  • survey
  • ocean and climate change
  • oceans
  • rose atoll marine national monument
  • algae
  • coral reef conservation program
  • linear transect (line)
  • marine invertebrates
  • foraging metrics
  • maug island (20n145e0001)
  • 31334
  • reef and/or bottom regime - percent cover
  • coral reef assessment
  • american samoa
  • hard coral cover
  • species identity
  • survey - biological
  • oahu
  • calcareous macroalgae
  • noaa
  • guam
  • pagan island (18n145e0001)
  • numeric data sets
  • rapid ecological assessment
  • algal cover
  • hawaii
  • nmfs
  • macroinvertebrates
  • marine ecosystems
  • fish erosion
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/esd
  • oahu island
  • biology
  • guam (13n144e0000)
  • northwest pacific
  • us doc
  • planar bioerosion
  • richard
  • rainier
  • in situ
  • pacific islands fisheries science center
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • erosion
  • earth science
  • calcification rate
  • carbonate budgets
  • coral biodiversity
  • macroalgae
  • benthic biology
  • national marine fisheries service
  • ocean
  • vegetation
  • fleshy macroalgae
  • hawaiian islands
  • small boat
  • coastal waters of hawaii
  • rea
  • crustose coralline algae
  • reef fish census
  • and reef demographics
  • marine biology
  • coral communities
  • cred
  • biological
  • bioerosion
  • encrusting macroalgae
  • honolulu
  • saipan island
  • saipan
  • marianas trench marine national monument
  • pagan
  • benthos analysis
  • survey - swimmer/diver
  • central pacific ocean
  • biomass
  • rainier integrates charting
  • macroinvertebrate density and species richness
  • visual estimate
  • transect monitoring
  • pagan island
  • reef habitat
  • derived products
  • linear growth rate
  • coral reef ecology
  • micronesia
  • ocean basin
  • reefbudget
  • habitat - benthic
  • ecosystem sciences division
  • coral
  • stationary
  • benthic species - taxa identities
  • esd
  • coastal processes
  • saipan island (15n145e0002)
  • tutuila island
  • benthic species
  • macroinvertebrate census
  • reef
  • census
  • zoology
  • coral reefs
  • rose atoll (14s168w0001)
  • coral growth
  • pacific ocean
  • taxon cover
  • stationary point count
  • habitat
  • country/territory
  • rugosity
  • belt transect
  • turf algae
  • fish biomass
  • south pacific ocean
  • coral reef studies
  • coral reef ecosystem program

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