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Coral Reef Resilience and Social Vulnerability to Climate Change in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands 12 recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset results from an analysis of exposure, resilience, and social vulnerability to climate change threats for the coral reefs of the U.S.-affiliated Pacific... -
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NCRMP and related PIFSC surveys: Statistical Summary of Key Environmental Variables at Coral Reef Survey Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2000 to 2020
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Environmental Data Summary (EDS) tool was developed by scientists of the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center... -
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National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified Random Surveys (StRS) of Reef Fish, including Benthic Estimate Data of the Mariana Archipelago since 2014
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The stationary point count (SPC) method is used to conduct reef fish surveys in the Hawaiian and Mariana Archipelagos, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote Island... -
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Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Water Chemistry of the Coral Reefs across the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands from Water Samples collected from 2012 to 2014
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Water samples are collected and analyzed to assess spatial and temporal variation in the seawater carbonate systems of coral reef ecosystems in the Hawaiian and... -
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Seafloor substrate (hard and soft bottom) maps at select islands and atolls in American Samoa, the Mariana Archipelago, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Seafloor substrate (i.e., hard vs. soft bottom) maps from 0 to up to 50 m depths around select islands and atolls in American Samoa, the Mariana Archipelago, and the... -
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Depth Contours for select locations across the U.S. Pacific Islands
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
These data are depth contours (isobaths) derived at 50 meters for most islands and reefs in the Mariana Archipelago, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote Island... -
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EM300 Multibeam Sonar Data collected from May 7 to May 22 from NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai cruise HA-17-01 to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and Guam in 2017
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Multibeam data were collected using a Simrad EM300 30-kHz sonar aboard NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai, a 68-m (218') NOAA research vessel, from May 7 to May 22, 2017 during... -
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National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Shallow water conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) profiles for selected locations across the Mariana Archipelago
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Near-shore shallow water Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) surveys provided in this collection were conducted at selected sites around the Mariana Archipelago as... -
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Pacific Reef Monitoring and Assessment Program: Line-Point-Intercept (LPI) Surveys for Benthic Cover at Coral Reef Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2005 to 2012
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
A REA survey is a collection of inter-disciplinary protocols for gathering data pertaining to ecologically relevant biological components of a reef habitat over small... -
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Scleractinian Coral Cover Maps Derived from Classified in situ Seafloor Imagery for Select U.S. Locations in the Pacific from 2001 to 2015
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Coral cover maps depict percentage of scleractinian (hard) coral cover along survey tracks, overlain on existing bathymetric grids and/or satellite images, for... -
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Depth soundings from a single beam echo sounder collected around the nearshore areas of the U.S. Pacific Islands since March 2012
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset contains singlebeam bathymetry data collected from NOAA small boats by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program since March 2, 2012 in the U.S. Pacific... -
Federal
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Stratified Random Surveys (StRS) of Reef Fish, including Benthic Estimate Data at Coral Reef Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2007 to 2012
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The stationary point count (nSPC) method was used to conduct reef fish surveys in the Hawaiian and Mariana Archipelagos, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote Island... -
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National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Water Temperature Data from Subsurface Temperature Recorders (STRs) deployed at coral reef sites in the Mariana Archipelago from 2011 to 2022
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Water temperature time series data provided in this data set are from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) deployed for a period of 3-8 years at permanent sites... -
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National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Calcification Rates of Crustose Coralline Algae Derived from Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) Deployed across the Marianas Archipelago from 2011 to 2022
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The calcification rate data described here are from calcification accretion units (CAUs) that have been retrieved (and replaced) at existing, long-term monitoring... -
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Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Rapid Ecological Assessments of Fish Belt Transect Surveys (BLT) at Coral Reef Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2000 to 2009
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Belt transects (BLT) is one of the non-invasive underwater-survey methods to enumerate the diverse components of diurnally active shallow-water reef fish assemblages.... -
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Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Belt Transect Surveys for Demographics and Condition of Corals at U.S. Pacific Reefs from 2007 to 2012
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
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... -
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Slope Grid Derived from Gridded Bathymetry for Select U.S. Coral Reef Locations across the Pacific Ocean
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Slope is derived for islands and banks across the U.S. Pacific Islands Region primarily from gridded multibeam bathymetry collected aboard NOAA Ships Hi'ialakai and... -
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National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Complexity and Urchin Abundance at Climate Stations of the Mariana Archipelago since 2014
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The benthic complexity and urchin abundance monitoring effort provides baselines for tracking these variables at NCRMP climate stations. Climate stations are 3-4... -
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Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Rapid Ecological Assessment Quadrat Surveys of Corals around the Marianas Islands from 2003 to 2007
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP), established by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries... -
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National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Images Collected During Photoquadrat Surveys at Climate Stations across the Mariana Archipelago since 2014
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The data described here are benthic images (photographs) collected during photoquadrat surveys conducted by the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC),...