National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Images Collected from Climate Stations across the Hawaiian Archipelago since 2013

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Photoquadrat benthic images were collected at NCRMP climate stations and permanent sites identified by the Ocean and Climate Change team across the Hawaiian archipelago since 2013 according to protocols established by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP), now know as the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD), and the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). The imagery allows for a quantitative analysis using image analysis software to derive an estimate of benthic percent cover.

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
Climate Images HAWAII 2013 Unknown Photoquadrat benthic images collected at NCRMP climate stations and permanent sites across the Hawaiian archipelago in 2013 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) Open resource
Climate Images HAWAII 2016 Unknown Photoquadrat benthic images collected at NCRMP climate stations and permanent sites across the Hawaiian archipelago in 2013 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) Open resource
Benthic_Image_Site_Info.csv Unknown Site information: Site, Date, Latitude and Longitude, for each Climate Site visited by NOAA PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) to collect photoquadrat benthic images. Open resource
Climate Images Hawaii 2019 Unknown Photoquadrat benthic images collected at NCRMP climate stations and permanent sites across the Hawaiian archipelago in 2019 by the NOAA PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) 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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