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

Description

This data has been combined into a US Pacific-wide InPort record: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/78600. 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
0 NOAA Fisheries: Coral Reefs in the Pacific website. https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/corals.php
0 Link to the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program website https://coralreef.noaa.gov
0 Coral Point Count with Excel Extensions (CPCe) Home Page https://cnso.nova.edu/cpce/
0 CoralNet Home Page https://coralnet.ucsd.edu/
0 NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) website. https://www.coris.noaa.gov/monitoring/
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/36146
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/36146.pdf
0 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). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0157720
0 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) https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0240338
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
0 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). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0164294
0 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) https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0240338
0 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). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0164294
0 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). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0157720
0 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) https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0240338
0 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) https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0240338
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/36146
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
0 Link to the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program website https://coralreef.noaa.gov
0 Coral Point Count with Excel Extensions (CPCe) Home Page https://cnso.nova.edu/cpce/
0 CoralNet Home Page https://coralnet.ucsd.edu/
0 NOAA Fisheries: Coral Reefs in the Pacific website. https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/corals.php
0 NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) website. https://www.coris.noaa.gov/monitoring/
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/36146.pdf
0 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). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0157720
0 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). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0164294
0 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) https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0240338
0 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) https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0240338
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/36146
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
0 Link to the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program website https://coralreef.noaa.gov
0 Coral Point Count with Excel Extensions (CPCe) Home Page https://cnso.nova.edu/cpce/
0 CoralNet Home Page https://coralnet.ucsd.edu/
0 NOAA Fisheries: Coral Reefs in the Pacific website. https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/corals.php
0 NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) website. https://www.coris.noaa.gov/monitoring/
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/36146.pdf

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  • hawaiian islands (21n157w0027)
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