National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Cover Derived from Analysis of Benthic Images Collected for Climate Stations across the Hawaiian Archipelago since 2013

Description

The data described here result from benthic photo-quadrat surveys conducted along transects at climate stations and permanent sites identified by the Ocean and Climate Change team across the Hawaiian archipelago since 2013 . Benthic habitat imagery were quantitatively analyzed using Coral Point Count with Excel extensions (CPCe; Kohler and Gill, 2006) software from 2010-2014 and a web-based annotation tool called CoralNet (Beijbom et al. 2016) from 2015 to present. In general, images are analyzed to produce three functional group levels of benthic cover: Tier 1 (e.g., hard coral, soft coral, macroalgae, turf algae, etc.), Tier 2 (e.g., Hard Coral = massive, branching, foliose, encrusting, etc.; Macroalgae = upright macroalgae, encrusting macroalgae, bluegreen macroalgae, and Halimeda, etc.), and Tier 3 (e.g., Hard Coral = Astreopora sp, Favia sp, Pocillopora, etc.; Macroalgae = Caulerpa sp, Dictyosphaeria sp, Padina sp, etc.).

Climate stations are 3-4 sites per island that were selected in a stratified random fashion to be roughly equally spaced around the island, along the 15 m contour, on hard bottom, and at least 1 km away from a river mouth or embayment. Once selected we assess multiple features of the coral reef environment including in-situ temperature (STR), seawater carbonate, net carbonate accretion (CAU), and bioerosion (BMU). In 2013 and 2016, cryptobiota diversity (ARMS) was also assessed.

These data can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
MV_BIA_CNET_ANALYSIS_DATA HAWAII 2013.csv Unknown Image analysis data derived from photoquadrat benthic images at NCRMP climate stations and permanent sites across the Hawaiian archipelago in 2013 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP), now know as the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD). Open resource
MV_BIA_CNET_ANALYSIS_DATA HAWAII 2016.csv Unknown Image analysis data derived from photoquadrat benthic images at NCRMP climate stations and permanent sites across the Hawaiian archipelago in 2016 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP), now know as the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD). Open resource
MHI_2019_CLIMATE_BENTHIC_COVER.csv Unknown Image analysis data derived from photoquadrat benthic images at NCRMP climate stations and permanent sites across the Main Hawaiian Islands in 2019 by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) Open resource
NWHI_2019_CLIMATE_BENTHIC_COVER.csv Unknown Image analysis data derived from photoquadrat benthic images at NCRMP climate stations and permanent sites across the Northwest Hawaiian Islands in 2019 by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) Open resource
Coral Point Count with Excel Extensions Unknown Coral Point Count with Excel Extensions (CPCe) Home Page Open resource
CoralNet Unknown CoralNet Home Page Open resource
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program Website Unknown Link to the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program website Open resource
Coral Reef Information System: NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Unknown NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) website. Open resource
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords Unknown The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. Open resource
Full Metadata Record Unknown View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. Open resource
NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) PDF NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. Open resource
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Website Unknown Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage Open resource
NOAA Fisheries: Coral Reefs in the Pacific Unknown NOAA Fisheries: Coral Reefs in the Pacific website. Open resource

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