Description
Data provided in this dataset were collected around the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) as part of NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)-led missions in collaboration with partners at the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Southeast Fisheries Science Center, the National Park Service, USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources, University of the Virgin Islands, University of Miami, Nova Southeastern University, The Nature Conservancy, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Benthic data collection for the ongoing National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) consists of two survey types: the Line Point-Intercept (LPI) method and the Coral Demographic method. The LPI method provides a measure of percent cover of biotic and abiotic components of the benthos in a stratified random sampling design in hardbottom and coral reef habitats. The coral demographics protocol provide more detailed and species-specific insight (âsignal magnitudeâ) for coral populations than is provided by percent cover.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science; Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment website | Unknown | Institution web page | Open resource |
| US DOC/NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (NCCOS/CCMA) website | Unknown | Institution web page | Open resource |
| US DOC/NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (NCCOS/CCMA) website | Unknown | Institution web page | Open resource |
| US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science website | Unknown | Institution web page | Open resource |
| US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science website | Unknown | Institution web page | Open resource |
| US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science website | Unknown | Institution web page | Open resource |
| NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website | Unknown | Institution web page | Open resource |
| NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website | Unknown | Institution web page | Open resource |
| NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website | Unknown | Institution web page | Open resource |
| NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website | Unknown | Institution web page | Open resource |
| NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website | Unknown | Institution web page | Open resource |
| NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website | Unknown | Institution web page | Open resource |
| NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website | Unknown | Institution web page | Open resource |
| NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website | Unknown | Institution web page | Open resource |
| NCEI Dataset Landing Page | Unknown | Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. | Open resource |
| NCEI Dataset Landing Page | Unknown | Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. | Open resource |
| NCEI Dataset Landing Page | Unknown | Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | 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 | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2023. GCMD Keywords, Version 17. 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 | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | 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 | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2023. GCMD Keywords, Version 17. 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 | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | 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 | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | 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 | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2023. GCMD Keywords, Version 17. 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 | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | 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 | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | 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 | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2023. GCMD Keywords, Version 17. 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 | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | 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 | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | 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 | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | 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 | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | 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 | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2023. GCMD Keywords, Version 17. 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 | Open resource |
| OBIS USA: NCRMP Benthic Variables in Darwin Core Format | Unknown | Hard coral species percent cover and species abundance data are available in Darwin Core format for Atlantic/Caribbean sampling sites through OBIS USA. | Open resource |
| OBIS USA: NCRMP Benthic Variables in Darwin Core Format | Unknown | Hard coral species percent cover and species abundance data are available in Darwin Core format for Atlantic/Caribbean sampling sites through OBIS USA. | Open resource |
| OBIS USA: NCRMP Benthic Variables in Darwin Core Format | Unknown | Hard coral species percent cover and species abundance data are available in Darwin Core format for Atlantic/Caribbean sampling sites through OBIS USA. | Open resource |
| Belt Transect Fish Survey | 2013 Protocol for belt transect fish surveys | Open resource | |
| Belt Transect Fish Survey | 2013 Protocol for belt transect fish surveys | Open resource | |
| Belt Transect Fish Survey | 2013 Protocol for belt transect fish surveys | Open resource | |
| Coral Demographic Survey Protocol: U.S. Caribbean/Flower Garden Banks 2013 | Coral demographic survey protocol for 2013 | Open resource | |
| Coral Demographic Survey Protocol: U.S. Caribbean/Flower Garden Banks 2013 | Coral demographic survey protocol for 2013 | Open resource | |
| Coral Demographic Survey Protocol: U.S. Caribbean/Flower Garden Banks 2013 | Coral demographic survey protocol for 2013 | Open resource | |
| Line Point-Intercept Survey Protocol: U.S Caribbean/Flower Garden Banks 2013 | Line point-intercept survey protocol 2013 | Open resource | |
| Line Point-Intercept Survey Protocol: U.S Caribbean/Flower Garden Banks 2013 | Line point-intercept survey protocol 2013 | Open resource | |
| Line Point-Intercept Survey Protocol: U.S Caribbean/Flower Garden Banks 2013 | Line point-intercept survey protocol 2013 | Open resource | |
| Belt Transect Fish Survey Protocol: U.S. Caribbean/Flower Garden Banks | Belt Transect Survey Protocol | Open resource | |
| Belt Transect Fish Survey Protocol: U.S. Caribbean/Flower Garden Banks | Belt Transect Survey Protocol | Open resource | |
| Belt Transect Fish Survey Protocol: U.S. Caribbean/Flower Garden Banks | Belt Transect Survey Protocol | Open resource | |
| Coral Demographics Survey Protocol: U.S. Caribbean and Flower Garden Banks | Coral Demographics Protocol | Open resource | |
| Coral Demographics Survey Protocol: U.S. Caribbean and Flower Garden Banks | Coral Demographics Protocol | Open resource | |
| Coral Demographics Survey Protocol: U.S. Caribbean and Flower Garden Banks | Coral Demographics Protocol | Open resource | |
| Line Point-Intercept Survey Protocol: U.S. Caribbean/Flower Garden Banks | Line Point-Intercept Survey Protocol | Open resource | |
| Line Point-Intercept Survey Protocol: U.S. Caribbean/Flower Garden Banks | Line Point-Intercept Survey Protocol | Open resource | |
| Line Point-Intercept Survey Protocol: U.S. Caribbean/Flower Garden Banks | Line Point-Intercept Survey Protocol | Open resource | |
| Topographic Complexity Survey Protocol: U.S. Caribbean/Flower Garden Banks | Topographic complexity survey protocol. | Open resource | |
| Topographic Complexity Survey Protocol: U.S. Caribbean/Flower Garden Banks | Topographic complexity survey protocol. | Open resource | |
| Topographic Complexity Survey Protocol: U.S. Caribbean/Flower Garden Banks | Topographic complexity survey protocol. | Open resource | |
| NCEI Contact Information | Unknown | Information for contacts at NCEI. | Open resource |
| NCEI Contact Information | Unknown | Information for contacts at NCEI. | Open resource |
| NCEI Contact Information | Unknown | Information for contacts at NCEI. | Open resource |
| NCEI Contact Information | Unknown | Information for contacts at NCEI. | Open resource |
| NCEI Contact Information | Unknown | Information for contacts at NCEI. | Open resource |
| NCEI Contact Information | Unknown | Information for contacts at NCEI. | Open resource |
| CRCP Benthic Cover USVI | HTML | ERDDAP acts as a middleman between you and various remote data servers. ERDDAP offers an easy-to-use, consistent way to request data: via the OPeNDAP standard. Many datasets can also be accessed via ERDDAP's Web Map Service (WMS). ERDDAP returns data in the common file format of your choice. ERDDAP offers all data as .html table, ESRI .asc and .csv, Google Earth .kml, OPeNDAP binary, .mat, .nc, ODV .txt, .csv, .tsv, .json, and .xhtml. | Open resource |
| CRCP Benthic Cover USVI | HTML | ERDDAP acts as a middleman between you and various remote data servers. ERDDAP offers an easy-to-use, consistent way to request data: via the OPeNDAP standard. Many datasets can also be accessed via ERDDAP's Web Map Service (WMS). ERDDAP returns data in the common file format of your choice. ERDDAP offers all data as .html table, ESRI .asc and .csv, Google Earth .kml, OPeNDAP binary, .mat, .nc, ODV .txt, .csv, .tsv, .json, and .xhtml. | Open resource |
| CRCP Benthic Cover USVI | HTML | ERDDAP acts as a middleman between you and various remote data servers. ERDDAP offers an easy-to-use, consistent way to request data: via the OPeNDAP standard. Many datasets can also be accessed via ERDDAP's Web Map Service (WMS). ERDDAP returns data in the common file format of your choice. ERDDAP offers all data as .html table, ESRI .asc and .csv, Google Earth .kml, OPeNDAP binary, .mat, .nc, ODV .txt, .csv, .tsv, .json, and .xhtml. | Open resource |
| CRCP Coral Demographic Survey USVI | HTML | ERDDAP acts as a middleman between you and various remote data servers. ERDDAP offers an easy-to-use, consistent way to request data: via the OPeNDAP standard. Many datasets can also be accessed via ERDDAP's Web Map Service (WMS). ERDDAP returns data in the common file format of your choice. ERDDAP offers all data as .html table, ESRI .asc and .csv, Google Earth .kml, OPeNDAP binary, .mat, .nc, ODV .txt, .csv, .tsv, .json, and .xhtml. | Open resource |
| CRCP Coral Demographic Survey USVI | HTML | ERDDAP acts as a middleman between you and various remote data servers. ERDDAP offers an easy-to-use, consistent way to request data: via the OPeNDAP standard. Many datasets can also be accessed via ERDDAP's Web Map Service (WMS). ERDDAP returns data in the common file format of your choice. ERDDAP offers all data as .html table, ESRI .asc and .csv, Google Earth .kml, OPeNDAP binary, .mat, .nc, ODV .txt, .csv, .tsv, .json, and .xhtml. | Open resource |
| CRCP Coral Demographic Survey USVI | HTML | ERDDAP acts as a middleman between you and various remote data servers. ERDDAP offers an easy-to-use, consistent way to request data: via the OPeNDAP standard. Many datasets can also be accessed via ERDDAP's Web Map Service (WMS). ERDDAP returns data in the common file format of your choice. ERDDAP offers all data as .html table, ESRI .asc and .csv, Google Earth .kml, OPeNDAP binary, .mat, .nc, ODV .txt, .csv, .tsv, .json, and .xhtml. | Open resource |
| CRCP Invertebrates ESACorals USVI | HTML | ERDDAP acts as a middleman between you and various remote data servers. ERDDAP offers an easy-to-use, consistent way to request data: via the OPeNDAP standard. Many datasets can also be accessed via ERDDAP's Web Map Service (WMS). ERDDAP returns data in the common file format of your choice. ERDDAP offers all data as .html table, ESRI .asc and .csv, Google Earth .kml, OPeNDAP binary, .mat, .nc, ODV .txt, .csv, .tsv, .json, and .xhtml. | Open resource |
| CRCP Invertebrates ESACorals USVI | HTML | ERDDAP acts as a middleman between you and various remote data servers. ERDDAP offers an easy-to-use, consistent way to request data: via the OPeNDAP standard. Many datasets can also be accessed via ERDDAP's Web Map Service (WMS). ERDDAP returns data in the common file format of your choice. ERDDAP offers all data as .html table, ESRI .asc and .csv, Google Earth .kml, OPeNDAP binary, .mat, .nc, ODV .txt, .csv, .tsv, .json, and .xhtml. | Open resource |
| CRCP Invertebrates ESACorals USVI | HTML | ERDDAP acts as a middleman between you and various remote data servers. ERDDAP offers an easy-to-use, consistent way to request data: via the OPeNDAP standard. Many datasets can also be accessed via ERDDAP's Web Map Service (WMS). ERDDAP returns data in the common file format of your choice. ERDDAP offers all data as .html table, ESRI .asc and .csv, Google Earth .kml, OPeNDAP binary, .mat, .nc, ODV .txt, .csv, .tsv, .json, and .xhtml. | Open resource |
| Granule Search | Unknown | Search for data granules belonging to this collection (a granule is the smallest aggregation of data that can be independently described and retrieved). | Open resource |
| Granule Search | Unknown | Search for data granules belonging to this collection (a granule is the smallest aggregation of data that can be independently described and retrieved). | Open resource |
| Granule Search | Unknown | Search for data granules belonging to this collection (a granule is the smallest aggregation of data that can be independently described and retrieved). | Open resource |
| NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) website | Unknown | Institution web page | Open resource |
| NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) website | Unknown | Institution web page | Open resource |
| NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) website | Unknown | Institution web page | Open resource |
| US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center website | Unknown | Institution web page | Open resource |
| NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) website | Unknown | Institution web page | Open resource |
Tags
- 4at9kf
- 743
- 7kdmnb
- aquatic habitat
- atlantic ocean
- benthic
- benthos analysis
- biennial
- biosphere
- bleaching
- caribbean sea
- coastal processes
- coral colony size and condition
- coral diseases
- coral reef ecology
- coral reefs
- corals
- country/territory
- crcp project #743 national coral reef monitoring plan (ncrmp) implementation
- description
- earth science
- ecological and biogeographic assessments
- ecological dynamics
- eh2kcd
- esa listed species
- field observation
- habitat mapping
- hard coral cover
- hard coral cover dead percentage
- hard coral cover live percentage
- in situ biological
- leeward islands
- lesser antilles
- linear transect (point)
- long-term monitoring
- macroinvertebrates
- marine biology
- marine invertebrates
- marine spatial ecology
- national coral reef monitoring plan (ncrmp)
- national coral reef monitoring plan (ncrmp) implementation
- national coral reef monitoring program
- national coral reef monitoring program (ncrmp)
- national park service (nps)
- nccos project #180 national coral reef monitoring program implementation: biological and socioeconom
- nfms
- noaa
- numeric data sets
- ocean basin
- oceanography
- oceans
- rb1ckd
- reef and/or bottom regime - rugosity
- reef habitat
- reef monitoring and assessment
- rugosity
- ruler
- scleractinia (stony corals)
- southeast fisheries science center (nmfs/sefsc)
- species richness
- st. croix
- st. croix (17n064w0003)
- st. john
- st. john (18n064w0011)
- st. thomas
- st. thomas (18n064w0033)
- the nature conservancy
- transect monitoring
- united states of america
- university of miami
- university of the virgin islands
- us doc
- us doi
- us environmental protection agency (epa)
- u.s. states and territories
- usvi
- usvi department of planning and natural resources
- u. s. virgin islands
- u.s. virgin islands
- u. s. virgin islands (17n064w0000)
- various small boats
- virgin islands
- waterbodies
- xfa862
- zoology