National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef benthic communities in Puerto Rico from 2014-05-19 to 2014-12-03 (NCEI Accession 0151729)

• Main Authors: Randy Clark, US DOC; NOAA; NOS; CRCP; National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP), National Coral Reef Monitoring Program, Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• 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; DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 0151729; 151729; BENTHIC SPECIES; BENTHIC SPECIES - TAXA COUNTS; CORAL; CORAL - CENSUS; CORAL - COLONY SIZE; CORAL - SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; REEF AND/OR BOTTOM REGIME - PERCENT COVER; swimmer/diver; visual observation; in situ; US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science; Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment; Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP); CORAL REEF STUDIES; National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP); Caribbean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean; oceanography; 743; National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan (NCRMP) Implementation; Numeric Data Sets > Benthic; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat > Description; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > ESA Listed Species; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Coral Colony Size and Condition; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Benthos analysis > Transect monitoring > Linear transect (point); Research Data Types > Field Observation; Research Priorities > Long-term Monitoring; Research Topics > Ecological/Biological Characterization; Research Topics > Habitat Mapping; Research Topics > Monitoring; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000); OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000); OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA; Puerto Rico; Biennial; SEA FLOOR; North Atlantic
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Benthic data collection for the National Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Program (NCRMP) consists of two survey types: the Line Point-Intercept (LPI) method and the Coral Demographic method. The LPI method provides a measure of percent cover of biotic and abiotic components of the benthos in a strat...