Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Belt Transect for Demographics and Condition of Corals at U.S. Pacific Reefs from 2008-09-14 to 2012-05-19 (NCEI Accession 0163749)

• Main Author: Bernardo Vargas-Angel
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2017
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NMFS > National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 0163749; 163749; BIOLOGICAL DATA; CORAL; CORAL - CENSUS; CORAL - COLONY SIZE; CORAL - SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; coral reef surveys; swimmer/diver; visual observation; in situ; survey; survey - biological; survey - coral reef; survey - swimmer/diver; HI'IALAKAI; OSCAR ELTON SETTE; US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program; Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP); CORAL REEF STUDIES; Pacific Reef and Assessment Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP); Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary; National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa; North Pacific Ocean; Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument; Philippine Sea; Rose Atoll Marine National Monument; South Pacific Ocean; oceanography; 1221; 587; C204 Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP): Biennial monitoring for the US Pacific Islands and Atolls; Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Monitoring coral reef ecosystems of the US Pacific Islands and Atolls; CRED; CREP; Coral Reef Ecosystem Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program; PIFSC; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Numeric Data Sets > Biology; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Species Richness; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Coral Colony Size and Condition; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Rapid assessment studies; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > BioDiversity; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral reef ecology > Coral cover; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Coral; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Coral Communities; Coral Belt Survey; Coral Disease; REA; Rapid Ecological Assessment; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; SHIPS; COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Agrihan Island > Agrihan Island (18N145E0002); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Aguihan > Aguihan Island (Aguijan) (14N145E0006); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Alamagan Island > Alamagan Island (17N145E0002); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Asuncion Island > Asuncion Island (19N145E0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Farallon de Pajaros > Farallon de Pajaros (20N144E0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Guguan > Guguan Island (17N145E0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Maug > Maug Island (20N145E0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Northern Mariana Islands > Northern Mariana Islands ( CNMI ) (18N146E0000); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Pagan > Pagan Island (18N145E0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Rota > Rota Island ( Luta ) (14N145E0007); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan > Saipan Island (15N145E0002); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Sarigan Island > Sarigan Island (16N145E0003); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Tinian > Tinian Island (14N145E0005); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Manu'a Islands (14S170W0038); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Ofu Island (14S169W0013); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Olosega Island (14S169W0014); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Rose Island (Rose Atoll) (14S168W0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Swains Atoll (11S171W0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Ta'u Island (14S169W0012); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Tutuila Island (14S170W0016); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > South Bank (14S170W0067); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Guam > Guam (13N144E0000); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Kauai Island (22N159W0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Molokai Island (21N157W0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > French Frigate Shoals (24N166W0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Kure Atoll (28N178W0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Lisianski Island (25N173W0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (28N178W0000); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Oahu (21N157W0003); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Pearl and Hermes Reef (27N176W0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Kauai > Niihau Island (21N160W0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Maui > Lanai Island (20N156W0002); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Maui > Maui Island (20N156W0004); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaiian Islands (21N157W0027); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Baker Island (00N176W0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Howland Island (00S176W0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Jarvis Island (00S160W0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Johnston Atoll (16N169W0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Kingman Reef (06N162W0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Palmyra Atoll (05N162W0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Wake Atoll (19N167E0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > Manu'a Islands (14S170W0038); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > South Bank (14S170W0067); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > Swains Atoll (11S171W0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > Tutuila Island (14S170W0016); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Baker Island > Baker Island (00N176W0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands (21N157W0027); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii Island > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Kauai Island > Kauai Island (22N159W0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Lanai Island > Lanai Island (20N156W0002); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Maui Island > Maui Island (20N156W0004); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Molokai Island > Molokai Island (21N157W0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Niihau Island > Niihau Island (21N160W0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Oahu Island > Oahu (21N157W0003); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Howland Island > Howland Island (00S176W0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Johnston Atoll > Johnston Atoll (16N169W0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Jarvis Island (00S160W0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Kingman Reef (06N162W0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Palmyra Atoll (05N162W0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (28N178W0000); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > French Frigate Shoals (24N166W0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Kure Atoll (28N178W0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Lisianski Island (25N173W0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Pearl and Hermes Reef (27N176W0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Wake Atoll > Wake Atoll (19N167E0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Ofu Island (14S169W0013); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Olosega Island (14S169W0014); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Ta'u Island (14S169W0012); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Rose Island > Rose Island (Rose Atoll) (14S168W0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Agrihan Island > Agrihan Island (18N145E0002); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Aguihan Island Reefs > Aguihan Island (Aguijan) (14N145E0006); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Alamagan Island > Alamagan Island (17N145E0002); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Asuncion Island > Asuncion Island (19N145E0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Farallon de Pajaros > Farallon de Pajaros (20N144E0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Guam > Guam (13N144E0000); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Guguan Island > Guguan Island (17N145E0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Mariana Archipelago > Northern Mariana Islands ( CNMI ) (18N146E0000); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Maug Island > Maug Island (20N145E0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Pagan Island > Pagan Island (18N145E0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Rota Island > Rota Island ( Luta ) (14N145E0007); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Saipan Island > Saipan Island (15N145E0002); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Sarigan Island > Sarigan Island (16N145E0003); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Tinian Island Reefs > Tinian Island (14N145E0005); OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN; CNMI; Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; MHI; Main Hawaiian Islands; Mariana Archipelago; Mariana Islands; Marianas; NWHI; Northwestern Hawaiian Islands; PRIA; Pacific Remote Island Areas; Biennial; Pacific; Line Islands; Luta; Humpback Whale; Rose Island
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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). Adult colony surveys record morphology, colony size, partial mortality in two categories - old dead and recent dead, cause of recent dead partial mortality, and non-lesion forming condition including bleaching and disease. The survey domain encompassed the majority of the mapped area of reef and hard bottom habitats in the 0-30 m depth range. Sites were surveyed using belt transects to collect adult coral colony metrics. These data provide information on adult coral abundance (density, proportion occurrence, and total colony abundance), size distribution, partial mortality, prevalence and abundance of recent mortality and cause, prevalence of disease and bleaching, and diversity.