National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Cover Derived from Analysis of Benthic Images Collected for Climate Stations across the Hawaiian Archipelago from 2013-07-12 to 2013-10-30 (NCEI Accession 0157720)

• Main Authors: Bernardo Vargas-Angel, Thomas Oliver, Kohler, K.E., Gill, S.M., O. Beijbom, P. J. Edmunds, C. Roelfsema, J. Smith, D. I. Kline, B. Neal, M. J. Dunlap, V. Moriarty, T-Y. Fan, C-J. Tan, S. Chan, T. Treibitz, A. Gamst, B. G. Mitchell, D. Kriegman
• 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; 0157720; 157720; BIOLOGICAL DATA; REEF AND/OR BOTTOM REGIME - PERCENT COVER; laboratory analysis; biological; laboratory analyses; 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; National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP); Pacific Reef and Assessment Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP); Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary; North Pacific Ocean; Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument; oceanography; 743; CRED; CREP; Coral Reef Ecosystem Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program; PIFSC; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Numeric Data Sets > Benthic; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Microbiota > Blue-green Algae; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Algal Cover; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Crustose Coralline Algae; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Encrusting Macroalgae; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Turf Algae; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Baseline studies; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Quadrat Monitoring > Photograph Analysis; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Transect Monitoring; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Transect Monitoring > Belt Transect; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Transect Monitoring > Linear Transect (point); EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > In Situ Biological; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Photographic Analysis; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Rapid Assessment Studies; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Mollusks > Tridacna; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Sponges; 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 > Benthic biology; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Coral Cover; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Hard Coral Cover; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Hard Coral Cover Live percentage; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Octocoral Cover; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Coral; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Coral Communities; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Macroinvertebrates; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Plants > Seagrass; SHIPS; COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Hawaii (21N160W0000); 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 > Oahu (21N157W0003); 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); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands (21N157W0027); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii > Hawaii (21N160W0000); 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 > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; MHI; Main Hawaiian Islands; Pacific; Humpback Whale
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The data described here result from benthic photo-quadrat surveys conducted along transects at climate stations and permanent sites identified by the Ocean and Climate Change team across the Hawaiian archipelago in 2013 . Benthic habitat imagery were quantitatively analyzed using Coral Point Count with Excel extensions (CPCe; Kohler and Gill, 2006) software from 2010-2014 and a web-based annotation tool called CoralNet (Beijbom et al. 2016) from 2015 to present. In general, images are analyzed to produce three functional group levels of benthic cover: Tier 1 (e.g., hard coral, soft coral, macroalgae, turf algae, etc.), Tier 2 (e.g., Hard Coral = massive, branching, foliose, encrusting, etc.; Macroalgae = upright macroalgae, encrusting macroalgae, bluegreen macroalgae, and Halimeda, etc.), and Tier 3 (e.g., Hard Coral = Astreopora sp, Favia sp, Pocillopora, etc.; Macroalgae = Caulerpa sp, Dictyosphaeria sp, Padina sp, etc.). Climate stations are 3-4 sites per island that were selected in a stratified random fashion to be roughly equally spaced around the island, along the 15 m contour, on hard bottom, and at least 1 km away from a river mouth or embayment. Once selected we assess multiple features of the coral reef environment including in-situ temperature (STR), seawater carbonate, net carbonate accretion (CAU), bioerosion (BMU), and cryptobiota diversity (ARMS).