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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCRMP_STRS_SITEINFO_PRIA_2023.csv | Unknown | 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) | Open resource |
| NCRMP_STRS_IMAGES_PRIA_2023 | Unknown | Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2023 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) | Open resource |
| PIFSC_NTM-PIFSC-71_2018_SOP_Benthic.pdf | Unknown | SOP that describes method to collect benthic images during the surveys. | Open resource |
| PIFSC_NTM-PIFSC-71_2018_SOP_Benthic.pdf | Unknown | SOP that describes method to collect benthic images during the surveys. | Open resource |
| PIFSC_NTM-PIFSC-71_2018_SOP_Benthic.pdf | Unknown | SOP that describes method to collect benthic images during the surveys. | Open resource |
| Site Info PRIAs 2015.csv | Unknown | 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) | Open resource |
| StR Images PRIAs 2015 | Unknown | Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2015 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) | Open resource |
| StR Images PRIAs 2015 | Unknown | Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2015 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) | Open resource |
| StR Images PRIAs 2015 | Unknown | Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2015 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) | Open resource |
| Site Info PRIAs 2015.csv | Unknown | 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) | Open resource |
| Site Info PRIAs 2015.csv | Unknown | 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) | Open resource |
| StR Images PRIAs 2014 | Unknown | Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across Wake Island in 2014 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) | Open resource |
| Site Info PRIAs 2014.csv | Unknown | 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) | Open resource |
| StR Images PRIAs 2014 | Unknown | Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across Wake Island in 2014 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) | Open resource |
| StR Images PRIAs 2014 | Unknown | Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across Wake Island in 2014 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) | Open resource |
| Site Info PRIAs 2014.csv | Unknown | 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) | Open resource |
| Site Info PRIAs 2014.csv | Unknown | 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) | Open resource |
| Site Info PRIAs 2016.csv | Unknown | 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) | Open resource |
| Site Info PRIAs 2016.csv | Unknown | 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) | Open resource |
| StR Images PRIAs 2016 | Unknown | Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across Jarvis Island in 2016 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) | Open resource |
| StR Images PRIAs 2016 | Unknown | Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across Jarvis Island in 2016 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) | Open resource |
| StR Images PRIAs 2016 | Unknown | Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across Jarvis Island in 2016 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) | Open resource |
| Site Info PRIAs 2016.csv | Unknown | 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) | Open resource |
| StR Images PRIAs 2017 | Unknown | Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2017 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) | Open resource |
| Site Info PRIAs 2017.csv | Unknown | 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) | Open resource |
| StR Images PRIAs 2017 | Unknown | Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2017 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) | Open resource |
| Site Info PRIAs 2017.csv | Unknown | 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) | Open resource |
| StR Images PRIAs 2017 | Unknown | Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2017 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) | Open resource |
| Site Info PRIAs 2017.csv | Unknown | 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) | Open resource |
| Site Info PRIAs 2018.csv | Unknown | 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. | Open resource |
| StR Images PRIAs 2018 | Unknown | Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2018 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD). | Open resource |
| Site Info PRIAs 2018.csv | Unknown | 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. | Open resource |
| StR Images PRIAs 2018 | Unknown | Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2018 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD). | Open resource |
| StR Images PRIAs 2018 | Unknown | Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2018 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD). | Open resource |
| Site Info PRIAs 2018.csv | Unknown | 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. | Open resource |
| NCRMP_STRS_IMAGES_PRIA_2023 | Unknown | Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2023 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) | Open resource |
| NCRMP_STRS_SITEINFO_PRIA_2023.csv | Unknown | 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) | Open resource |
| NCRMP_STRS_SITEINFO_PRIA_2023.csv | Unknown | 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) | Open resource |
| NCRMP_STRS_IMAGES_PRIA_2023 | Unknown | Photoquadrat benthic images collected at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2023 by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | 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 | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | 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 | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | 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 | Open resource |
| National Coral Reef Monitoring Program | Unknown | NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) website. | Open resource |
| National Coral Reef Monitoring Program | Unknown | NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) website. | Open resource |
| National Coral Reef Monitoring Program | Unknown | NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) website. | Open resource |
| Full Metadata Record | Unknown | View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. | Open resource |
| Full Metadata Record | Unknown | View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. | 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) | NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. | Open resource | |
| NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) | NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. | Open resource | |
| NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) | NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. | Open resource | |
| PIFSC ESD: Coral Reefs in the Pacific | Unknown | Overview of NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division, Archipelagic Research Program's methods to assess corals. | Open resource |
| PIFSC ESD: Coral Reefs in the Pacific | Unknown | Overview of NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division, Archipelagic Research Program's methods to assess corals. | Open resource |
| PIFSC ESD: Coral Reefs in the Pacific | Unknown | Overview of NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division, Archipelagic Research Program's methods to assess corals. | Open resource |
| Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Website | Unknown | Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage | Open resource |
| Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Website | Unknown | Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage | Open resource |
| Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Website | Unknown | Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage | Open resource |
| Ecosystem Sciences Division | Unknown | PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division website | Open resource |
| Ecosystem Sciences Division | Unknown | PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division website | Open resource |
| Ecosystem Sciences Division | Unknown | PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division website | Open resource |
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