National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Images Collected from Stratified Random Sites (StRS) across the Pacific Remote Island Areas since 2014

Description

The data described here are benthic habitat imagery that result from benthic photo-quadrat surveys conducted along transects at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIA) since 2014 as a part of Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) surveys for corals and fish. A stratified random sampling (StRS) design was employed to survey the coral reef ecosystems across the region. The survey domain encompassed the majority of the mapped area of reef and hard bottom habitats in the 0-30 m depth range. The stratification scheme included island, reef zone, and depth. Sampling effort was allocated based on strata area and sites were randomly located within strata. Sites were surveyed using photo-quadrats along transects to collect benthic imagery to ultimately produce estimates of relative abundance (benthic cover), frequency of occurrence, benthic community taxonomic composition and relative generic richness. The StRS design effectively reduces estimate variance through stratification using environmental covariates and by sampling more sites rather than sampling more transects at a site. Therefore, site-level estimates and site to site comparisons should be used with caution.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Metadata (site, date, and location) for photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across Wake Islands of the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2014 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0159157
0 Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2015 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0159153
0 Metadata (site, date, and location) for photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2015 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0159153
0 Metadata (site, date, and location) for photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across Jarvis of the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2016 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0176287
0 Metadata (site, date, and location) for photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2017 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0176288
0 Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across Jarvis Island in 2016 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0176287
0 Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2017 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0176288
0 SOP that describes method to collect benthic images during the surveys. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0157633
0 Metadata (site, date, and location) for photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2018 during mission HA1801 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0187564
0 Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2018 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0187564
0 Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2023 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) http://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0289904
0 Metadata (site, date, and location) for photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2023 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) http://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0289904
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/36154
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
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 PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division website https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/ecosystem_sciences/
0 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. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across Wake Island in 2014 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0159157
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/36154.pdf

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  • kingman reef (06n162w0001)
  • crep
  • united states minor outlying islands
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc
  • united states of america
  • pacific remote islands marine national monument
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • johnston atoll (16n169w0001)
  • aquatic habitat
  • wake atoll
  • coral reef
  • corals
  • benthic habitat
  • coral reef ecosystem division
  • benthic
  • baker island
  • ecosystems
  • pifsc
  • equatorial pacific ocean
  • in situ biological
  • jarvis island (00s160w0001)
  • biosphere
  • pacific remote island areas
  • national coral reef monitoring program
  • palmyra atoll (05n162w0001)
  • oceans
  • coral reef conservation program
  • oscar elton sette
  • pacific reef and assessment monitoring program
  • camera
  • noaa
  • rapid ecological assessment
  • nmfs
  • imagery
  • marine ecosystems
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/esd
  • baker island (00n176w0001)
  • us doc
  • habitats
  • rainier
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  • howland island
  • pacific islands fisheries science center
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • benthic biology
  • line islands
  • national marine fisheries service
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  • cred
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  • benthos analysis
  • central pacific ocean
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  • photograph
  • transect monitoring
  • reef habitat
  • reef assessment and monitoring program
  • coral reef ecology
  • ocean basin
  • photoquadrat images
  • ecosystem sciences division
  • coral
  • esd
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  • johnston atoll
  • hi'ialakai
  • reef
  • zoology
  • coral reefs
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