cred_rea_benthic_cover_saipan_island_2009 eng; USA utf8 dataset Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 808 725-5360 808 725-5429 NOAA IRC NMFS/PIFSC/CRED 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176 Honolulu HI 96818 USA nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov e-mail preferred pointOfContact 2019-05-26 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) World Geodetic System 1984 WGS 84 2007-08-27 revision https://epsg.org/crs_4326/WGS-84.html WGS 84 GML of World Geodetic System 1984 coordinate reference system. information resourceProvider European Petroleum Survey Group https://epsg.org/home.html European Petroleum Survey Group Geodetic Parameter Registry Registry that accesses the EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset, which is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations. search publisher urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 CRED REA Line Point Intercept Surveys of Benthic Parameter Assessments at Saipan Island, Marianas Archipelago in 2009 2009-05-08 publication Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) originator tableDigital To support a long-term NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) for sustainable management and conservation of coral reef ecosystems, from 5 April - 7 May 2009, line point intercept (LPI) surveys of benthic parameter assessments were conducted, as a part of Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA), during the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise HI0902 and HI0903 in the Marianas Archipelago at biennial intervals by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC). During the cruise, 23 REA sites were surveyed at Saipan Island in the Marianas Archipelago. At the specific REA sites, coral biologists along with algal biologists, marine invertebrate zoologist, and fish biologists entered the water and conducted a fine-scale (~300 m2) and high degree of taxonomic resolution REA survey to assess and monitor species composition, abundance, percent cover, size distribution, diversity, and general health of fish, corals, macro-invertebrates, and algae in shallow-water (< 35 m) habitats. As a part of REA surveys, the line point intercept surveys were used to quantitatively assess average percent live coral cover and other benthic substrates at REA sites. The surveys were conducted along two consecutively-placed 25m transect lines by a coral biologist. All benthic elements falling directly underneath the transect line at 20-cm to 50-cm intervals were recorded as one of nine benthic categories: live coral, dead coral, carbonate pavement, encrusting coralline algae, macroalgae, coral rubble, sand, rock, and other benthic sessile invertebrates. All living benthic elements (e.g., coral, algae, and other invertebrates) were identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible. These data provide the basis for computing quantitative estimates of percent live coral cover, as well as percent cover of the different benthic constituents. Part of a long-term monitoring program at biennial intervals which documents the state of the reefs. "Cristi Richards, Dave Burdick, Stephanie Schopmeyer", Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA underDevelopment Dr. Bernardo Vargas-Angel Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 808 725-5360 808 725-5429 NOAA IRC NMFS/PIFSC/CRED 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176 Honolulu HI 96818 USA nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov e-mail preferred pointOfContact ASNEEDED CoRIS_Metadata theme NCEI Geoportal Filter Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP): Biennial monitoring for the U.S. Pacific Islands and Atolls 1221 project CRCP Project Marine Ecosystem Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA) Coral Reef Ecosystem Benthic Cover Marianas Archipelago Saipan Island HI0902 and HI0903 theme None EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral reef ecology EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Rapid assessment studies theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus Numeric Data Sets > Biology theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Marianas Archipelago Saipan Island place None OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Saipan Island > Saipan Island (15N145E0002) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan > Saipan Island (15N145E0002) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus CNMI place CoRIS Region While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. otherRestrictions Use Constraints: Please cite CRED when using the data. Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration otherRestrictions Access Constraints: Data are available two years following data collection date unclassified Not applicable Not applicable eng; USA biota Native Dataset Environment: Oracle Technical Prerequisites: Contact CRED data management team for information 145.682035 145.848199 15.079644 15.298604 2009-04-14 2009-04-20 Maximum depth was 24 meters. Benthic cover parameters observed: Year Region Island BenthicCategory BenthicName 2009 MARIAN Saipan ANTH corallimorph 2009 MARIAN Saipan CALG Branched calcified rhodophyta 2009 MARIAN Saipan CALG crustose coralline red algae 2009 MARIAN Saipan CALG Dead/coralline algae 2009 MARIAN Saipan CALG non-geniculate calcified branched red algae 2009 MARIAN Saipan CALG Pavement/Coralline algae 2009 MARIAN Saipan CALG Rock/Crustose coralline algae 2009 MARIAN Saipan CALG Rubble/coralline algae 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Acanthastrea sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Acropora humilis 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Acropora palifera 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Acropora sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Acropora valida 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Astreopora sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Coscinaraea sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Cyphastrea sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Favia sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Favia stelligera 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Fungia sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Galaxea sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Gardineroseris sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Goniastrea retiformis 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Goniastrea sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Goniopora sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Hydnophora sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Leptastrea sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Leptoria phyrgia 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Leptoria sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Leptoseris sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Lobophyllia hemprichii 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Lobophyllia sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Millepora sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Montastrea sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Montipora capitata 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Montipora sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Montipora verilli 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Oulophyllia sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Pavona duerdeni 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Pavona sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Platygyra pini 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Platygyra sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Pocillopora eydouxi 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Pocillopora meandrina 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Pocillopora sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Pocillopora verrucosa 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Porites lobata 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Porites lutea 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Porites rus 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Porites sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Psammocora sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Seriatopora sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Stylocoeniella sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Stylophora mordax 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Stylophora sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CORL Turbinaria sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan CYAN Cyanobacteria 2009 MARIAN Saipan CYAN Dead/Cyanobacteria 2009 MARIAN Saipan CYAN Pavement/cyanobacteria 2009 MARIAN Saipan CYAN Rock/Cyanobacteria 2009 MARIAN Saipan CYAN Rubble/Cyanobacteria 2009 MARIAN Saipan CYAN Sand/Cyanobacteria 2009 MARIAN Saipan INVT Echinoderm 2009 MARIAN Saipan INVT Invertebrate 2009 MARIAN Saipan INVT Other Invertebrate 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Amansia sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Amphiroa sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Asparagopsis taxiformis 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Avrainvillea sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Boodlea sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Caulerpa filicoides 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Caulerpa racemosa 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Caulerpa serrulata 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Caulerpa sertularioides 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Caulerpella ambigua 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Dichotomaria marginata 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Dichotomaria sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Dictyosphaeria sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Dictyosphaeria versluysii 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Dictyota ceylanica 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Dictyota sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Galaxaura sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Gibsmithia sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Halimeda opuntia 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Halimeda sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Halimeda taenicola 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Halimeda tuna 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Liagora sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Lobophora variegata 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Martensia sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Microdictyon setchellianum 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Microdictyon sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Neomeris sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Padina sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Pavement/macroalgae 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Peyssonnelia sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Portieria hornemannii 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Rhipidosiphon sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Turbinaria ornata 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Tydemania sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan malg Ventricaria ventricosa 2009 MARIAN Saipan OCTO Lobophyton sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan OCTO Octocoral 2009 MARIAN Saipan OCTO Sinularia sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan OTHR Sponge 2009 MARIAN Saipan SAND Sand 2009 MARIAN Saipan TALG Dead/Turf algae 2009 MARIAN Saipan TALG Pavement/Turf 2009 MARIAN Saipan TALG Rock/turf 2009 MARIAN Saipan TALG Rubble 2009 MARIAN Saipan TALG Rubble/turfalgae 2009 MARIAN Saipan TALG Sand/turf 2009 MARIAN Saipan TALG turf algae 2009 MARIAN Saipan ZOAN Palythoa sp 2009 MARIAN Saipan ZOAN Zoanthus sp XLS (Microsoft Excel worksheet) CRED Data Management Team Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 808 725-5360 808 725-5429 NOAA IRC NMFS/PIFSC/CRED 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176 Honolulu HI 96818 USA nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov e-mail preferred distributor None if receiving the data online CDROM, OR EMAIL iso9660 dataset Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report GPS unit Horizontal Positional Accuracy Instrument parameters meters 1 Vertical Positional Accuracy Report Dive computer and SCUBA depth gauge Vertical Positional Accuracy Instrument parameters meters 0.3 The survey sites were selected to be representative of the dominant habitats at this reef system. The majority of surveys were conducted in the lagoon due to inclement sea conditions in other habitats. The same methods of data collection were used at each of the sites surveyed at this location, and were conducted by the same scientist. REA surveys are investigations that provide a high degree of taxonomic resolution for coral, algae, other macroinvertebrate, and reef fish communities. The surveys were conducted using a combination of dive teams which generally included a two to three person fish team, a two person coral/coral disease team, and a combined team of two algae biologists and one macroinvertebrate biologist. The majority of REA surveys were conducted along the forereef slopes of individual islands at depths between 10 and 20 m. However, additional surveyed habitats included a lagoonal-type patch reef and offshore oceanic banks. During REA surveys, biological assessment teams follow highly structured protocols that are repeated at each REA site. Upon arrival at an REA site, three teams of divers enter the water over spaced time intervals. The fish team firstly enters the water and deploys a 25-m transect line. Two of the fish divers begin to survey along that transect while the remaining fish diver begins stationary point count assessments in the general vicinity. After approximately 20 min, the coral team enters the water and begins to work along the first transect line. By this time the fish team has deployed and begun surveys along a second 25-m transect. About 10 min later, the algal/invertebrate team enters the water and begins surveying the first transect. In total, the fish team surveys three transects at each site (transects 1, 2, and 3), and the coral and algal/invertebrate teams survey transects 1 and 2. The sampling effort takes between 60 and 80 min to complete. The selection of REA sites was made in close consultation with Coral Reef Advisory Group (CRAG) and local agencies. Factors considered during REA site selection included: (1) ensuring a range of sample sites representative of the benthic and reef fish habitats around each island; (2) selecting a mixture of sites within and outside of marine protected areas; (3) selecting a mixture of both 'impacted' and 'least impacted' sites; (4) selecting some sites adjacent to local villages, and (5) selecting a number of sites that could be compared to and complement previous assessment and monitoring work as well as future coral reef monitoring proposed by CRAG and local agencies. It is important to note that access to REA sites can be limited by wave exposure, weather conditions, and other environmental factors such as currents, which can affect the ability to resurvey sites between years. Transect placement was guided by: (1) a focus on hard-bottom communities; (2) deploying lines along an isobath to the extent possible at each site, and (3) laying the transect lines into the prevailing current. annually This metadata was automatically generated from the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2016-01-11 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform. Translated from FGDC 2025-03-24T14:33:59.37Z Last Metadata Review Date: 2009-09-08 Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 808 725-5360 808 725-5429 NOAA IRC NMFS/PIFSC/CRED 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176 Honolulu HI 96818 USA nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov e-mail preferred pointOfContact