Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Belt Transect Surveys for Demographics and Condition of Corals at U.S. Pacific Reefs from 2007 to 2012

Description

The data described here result from benthic coral demographic surveys in the Hawaiian and Mariana Archipelagos, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas as part of NOAA's Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP). Permanent sites located in hard-bottom habitats in 0-30 m depths were surveyed using belt transects to collect adult coral colony metrics, including colony size, partial mortality in two categories - old dead and recent dead, and non-lesion forming condition, including bleaching and disease. The data provided in this data set were collected during NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD; formerly the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division) led Pacific RAMP cruises across the Pacific Islands Region from 2008 to 2012. Data collected as part of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument funded research cruises in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2012 are also included as these data were funded separately from but are complementary to the Pacific RAMP data collected by ESD. A two-stage stratified random sampling (StRS) design was employed during these monument-led missions in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. 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. 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 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/25260
0 Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument website https://www.papahanaumokuakea.gov/
0 List of coral genera surveyed in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0184869
0 List of coral species surveyed in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0184869
0 NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) website, Ecological Assessment of Corals https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/corals.php
0 Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division website. https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/pacific_ramp.php
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/25260.pdf
0 Adult coral colony observations from coral demographic surveys of sites at U.S. Pacific Reefs from 2008 to 2012 conducted by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0163749
0 Adult coral colony observations from coral demographic surveys of stratified random sites conducted across the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands by the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2012 (HI0708, HI0907, HA1103, HA1204). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0184869
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 Adult coral colony observations from coral demographic surveys of sites at U.S. Pacific Reefs from 2008 to 2012 conducted by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0163749
0 Adult coral colony observations from coral demographic surveys of stratified random sites conducted across the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands by the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2012 (HI0708, HI0907, HA1103, HA1204). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0184869
0 List of coral genera surveyed in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0184869
0 List of coral species surveyed in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0184869
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/25260
0 NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) website, Ecological Assessment of Corals https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/corals.php
0 Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division website. https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/pacific_ramp.php
0 Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument website https://www.papahanaumokuakea.gov/
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/25260.pdf
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
0 Adult coral colony observations from coral demographic surveys of sites at U.S. Pacific Reefs from 2008 to 2012 conducted by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0163749
0 Adult coral colony observations from coral demographic surveys of stratified random sites conducted across the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands by the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2012 (HI0708, HI0907, HA1103, HA1204). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0184869
0 List of coral genera surveyed in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0184869
0 List of coral species surveyed in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0184869
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/25260
0 NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) website, Ecological Assessment of Corals https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/corals.php
0 Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division website. https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/pacific_ramp.php
0 Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument website https://www.papahanaumokuakea.gov/
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/25260.pdf

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