National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Images Collected from Climate Stations across American Samoa since 2015

Description

The data described here are benthic images (photographs) collected during photoquadrat surveys conducted by the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD, formerly the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division) as part of NOAA's ongoing National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). The photoquadrat surveys were conducted at coral reef sites according to protocols established by ESD and NCRMP during ESD-led NCRMP missions to American Samoa since 2015. SCUBA divers conducted benthic photoquadrat surveys at permanent sites established in coral reef habitats by ESD. A select number of these sites were chosen in hard-bottom habitat at ~15-m depths, and a subset of the permanent sites (climate stations) were established at north, south, east, and west points around each of the islands. The divers estimated and delineated each site's rectangular perimeter by temporarily placing measuring tapes with 1-m markers starting from a permanently installed reference stake on the reef. Along the nearshore 10-m side of the survey site and the downslope 5-m side, the measuring tapes marked every meter of the L-shaped 15-m transect used for photoquadrat documentation. The divers photographed the reef at 1-m intervals on both sides of the 15-m tape, generating 30 photographs per survey site. The benthic images in this dataset are later analyzed by ESD to produce estimates of relative abundance (percentage of benthic cover), frequency of occurrence, benthic community taxonomic composition, and relative generic richness (documented and archived separately at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/25383).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Photoquadrat benthic images collected at NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) climate stations and permanent sites across American Samoa in 2023 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD). http://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0289892
0 NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) website. https://www.coris.noaa.gov/monitoring/
0 Overview of NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division, Archipelagic Research Program's methods to assess corals. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/ecosystems/coral-reefs-pacific
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/25380.pdf
0 Metadata (site, date, and location) for photoquadrat benthic images collected at climate stations and permanent sites across American Samoa in 2015 during mission HA1501 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0159170
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/25380
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
0 Photoquadrat benthic images collected at NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) climate stations and permanent sites across American Samoa in 2018 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0187561
0 Photoquadrat benthic images collected at NCRMP climate stations and permanent sites across American Samoa in 2015 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0159170
0 Metadata (site, date, and location) for photoquadrat benthic images collected at climate stations and permanent sites across American Samoa in 2018 during mission HA1801 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0187561
0 Metadata (site, date, and location) for photoquadrat benthic images collected at climate stations and permanent sites across American Samoa during RA2301 mission by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division. http://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0289892
0 NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center website https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/region/pacific-islands#science
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 Photoquadrat benthic images collected at NCRMP climate stations and permanent sites across American Samoa in 2015 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0159170
0 Photoquadrat benthic images collected at NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) climate stations and permanent sites across American Samoa in 2018 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0187561
0 Metadata (site, date, and location) for photoquadrat benthic images collected at climate stations and permanent sites across American Samoa in 2018 during mission HA1801 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0187561
0 Metadata (site, date, and location) for photoquadrat benthic images collected at climate stations and permanent sites across American Samoa in 2015 during mission HA1501 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0159170
0 Photoquadrat benthic images collected at NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) climate stations and permanent sites across American Samoa in 2023 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0289892
0 Metadata (site, date, and location) for photoquadrat benthic images collected at climate stations and permanent sites across American Samoa during RA2301 mission by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0289892
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/25380
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
0 NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center website https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/region/pacific-islands#science
0 NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) website. https://www.coris.noaa.gov/monitoring/
0 Overview of NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division, Archipelagic Research Program's methods to assess corals. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/ecosystems/coral-reefs-pacific
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
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/25380.pdf

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