Description
Belt transects along 2 consecutively-placed, 25m transect lines were surveyed at 50-cm intervals as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 3 sites at Maui Island in the Main Hawaiian Islands in February, 2005 February-March, 2005 from the NOAA vessel Oscar Eaton Sette (HI05-05). Raw survey data included percent cover of benthic parameters, including live coral, carbonate pavement, sand, coral rubble, fleshy macroalgae, and crustose coralline algae. In addition, an area of 6x25 m along each transect was surveyed for prevalence of coral disease.
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Tags
- 1221
- biology
- biosphere
- central pacific ocean
- coastal processes
- coral cover
- coral diseases
- coral reef ecology
- coral reefs
- corals
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- earth science
- hawaii
- hawaiian islands
- hi0505
- main hawaiian islands
- maui
- maui island
- maui island (20n156w0004)
- mhi
- molokini islet
- numeric data sets
- ocean basin
- oceans
- pacific ocean
- pacific reef assessment and monitoring program (pacific ramp): biennial monitoring for the u.s. paci
- rapid assessment studies
- rapid ecological assessments (rea)
- reef assessment and monitoring program (ramp)
- reef monitoring and assessment
- united states of america
- usa
- zoology