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Federal
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Coral demographic data (adult and juvenile corals, species, colony length, condition, etc.) collected during Stratified Random Surveys (StRS) across the US Pacific since 2013 derived from in-situ diver surveys and structure-from-motion imagery
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The data described here result from benthic coral demographic surveys within belt transects of specified length and width for two life stages (juveniles and adults)... -
Federal
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... -
Federal
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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Guam Long-term Coral Reef Monitoring Program Reef Fish Surveys since 2010
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Government of Guam's Comprehensive Long-term Monitoring at Permanent Sites in Guam project, also known as the Guam Long-term Coral Reef Monitoring Program... -
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Ground Validation GPS of the Mariana Archipelago
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project is a cooperative effort among the National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment; the... -
Federal
Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Benthic Habitat Maps Prepared by Visual Interpretation from IKONOS satellite imagery procured by NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project is a cooperative effort among the National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment; the... -
Federal
Structure from Motion (SfM) benthic images collected from Fixed Sites across the U.S. Pacific since 2019
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The photographs described in this dataset were collected using a Structure from Motion (SfM) approach during in-water surveys throughout the U.S. Pacific since 2019.... -
Federal
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Geospatial, Temperature, and Depth Data Collected during Towed-diver Surveys of the U.S. Pacific Reefs from 2000 to 2017
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The geospatial, temperature and depth data included in this dataset are from towed-diver surveys (also referred to as towboard surveys) of coral reef ecosystems... -
Federal
Guam Long-term Coral Reef Monitoring Program Coral Colony Size and Condition Surveys since 2010
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Government of Guam's Comprehensive Long-term Monitoring at Permanent Sites in Guam project, also known as the Guam Long-term Coral Reef Monitoring Program... -
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National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Cover from Annotated Benthic Images Collected During Photoquadrat Surveys at Climate Stations across the Mariana Archipelago since 2014
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This data has been combined into a US Pacific-wide InPort record: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/78600. The coral reef benthic community data described... -
Federal
Socioeconomic context for fisher-shark interactions in the Marianas
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset includes qualitative interview data aggregated and entered into an excel csv file. We collected data primarily during two trips to Guam and the CNMI in... -
Federal
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Towed-diver Surveys of Benthic Habitat, Key Benthic Species, and Marine Debris Sightings of the Marianas since 2014
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The towed-diver method is used to conduct benthic surveys, assessing large-scale disturbances (e.g., bleaching) and quantifying benthic components such as habitat... -
Federal
Bathymetric Position Index (BPI) Zones Grid Derived from Gridded Bathymetry for Select U.S. Coral Reef Locations across the Pacific Ocean
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Bathymetric Position Index (BPI) Zones are derived for islands and banks across the U.S. Pacific Islands Region from a focal mean analysis on bathymetry and slope,... -
Federal
Coral Reef Structural Complexity derived from Structure-from-Motion (SfM) imagery collected at Stratified-Random Sites (StRS) across the U.S. Pacific since 2019
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The data described here are structural complexity estimates derived from Structure-from-Motion (SfM) benthic habitat imagery from diver transect surveys conducted at... -
Federal
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... -
Federal
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Towed-diver Surveys of Large-bodied Fishes of the Marianas since 2014
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The towed-diver method is used to conduct surveys of large-bodied (> 50 cm) fishes in the Hawaiian and Mariana Archipelagos, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote... -
Federal
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Images Collected from Stratified Random Sites (StRS) across the Mariana Archipelago since 2014
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The data described here are benthic habitat imagery that result from benthic photo-quadrat surveys conducted along transects at stratified random sites across the... -
Federal
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... -
Federal
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Rapid Ecological Assessments of Fish Large-Area Stationary Point Count Surveys (SPC) at Coral Reef Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2000 to 2007
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The large-area stationary point count (SPC) method is used to conduct reef fish surveys in the Hawaiian and Mariana Archipelagos, American Samoa, and the Pacific... -
Federal
Structure from Motion (SfM) Coral (Adult and Juvenile) Annotations derived from Stratified Random Site (StRS) Imagery across the US Pacific from 2019 to 2023 for methods comparison
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Coral adult and juvenile coral colony demographic data described in this dataset are derived from the GIS analysis of benthic photomosaic imagery. The source imagery...