CRED REA Coral Population Parameters at Kingman Reef, Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2008
Description
Belt transects along 2 consecutively-placed, 25m transect lines were surveyed as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 11 sites around Kingman Reef in Pacific Remote Island Areas from 4-7 April 2008, aboard the NOAA ship Hi'ialakai during the Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise HI0803. Raw survey data included species presence and relative abundance, colony counts and size classes by genus, and determination of benthic cover using the line-intercept method. Depending on colony density, 1 m on each side of the transect lines was included in the belt (for a total of 25-50m2 per site).
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Tags
- kingman reef (06n162w0001)
- coral cover
- united states of america
- reef monitoring and assessment
- coral reef
- marine ecosystem
- corals
- biosphere
- biodiversity
- pacific remote island areas
- oceans
- photic zone corals
- pacific reef assessment and monitoring program (pacific ramp): biennial monitoring for the u.s. paci
- numeric data sets
- biology
- earth science
- line islands
- pria
- hi0803
- rapid ecological assessments (rea)
- kingman reef
- central pacific ocean
- usa minor outlying islands
- coral reef ecology
- ocean basin
- reef assessment and monitoring program (ramp)
- coastal processes
- 1221
- zoology
- coral reefs
- coris_metadata
- pacific ocean
- rapid assessment studies
- country/territory