mmt_reef_flat_metadata_v2 eng; USA utf8 dataset John Starmer Coastal Resources Management Office 670-664-8300 670-664-8315 PO Box 10007 Saipan MP 96950 USA 7:30-16:30, GMT+10 pointOfContact 2020-03-29 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Northern Mariana Islands Marine Monitoring Team Reef Flat Surveys 2009-05-05 publication Coastal Resources Management Office originator tableDigital The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' (CNMI) interagency marine monitoring team conducts surveys on reef flat areas on the islands of Saipan, Tinian and Rota in an effort to assess change in benthic communities over time. The program encourages volunteer participation from government and public sector under the supervision of professional government biologists. The data collected include benthic cover and invertebrate abundance. Coral community composition was added to the surveys in 2009. To correlate change over time of reef flat benthic communities with environmental changes. Contributors to the Data Set: Division of Environmental Quality PO Box 501304 Saipan, MP 96950 USA Phone: 670-664-8500 Hours of Service: 7:30-16:30, GMT+10 This work was funded in part by NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program. underDevelopment Coastal Resources Management Office 670-664-8303 670-664-8315 PO Box 10007 Saipan MP 96950 USA 7:30-16:30, GMT+10 pointOfContact monthly CoRIS_Metadata theme NCEI Geoportal Filter coral reef reef flat benthic cover macroinvertebrate coral algae seacucumber theme None EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus Numeric Data Sets > Biology theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Saipan Rota Tinian place None COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan > Saipan Island (15N145E0002) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Saipan Island > Saipan Island (15N145E0002) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Rota Island > Rota Island ( Luta ) (14N145E0007) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Rota > Rota Island ( Luta ) (14N145E0007) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Tinian > Tinian Island (14N145E0005) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Tinian Island Reefs > Tinian Island (14N145E0005) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus CNMI place CoRIS Region Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, the CNMI government cannot assume liability for any damages or misrepresentations caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular system. The CNMI government makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. otherRestrictions Use Constraints: Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, the CNMI government cannot assume liability for any damages or misrepresentations caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular system. The CNMI government makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None. eng; USA biota 145.118153 145.854964 14.062272 15.309908 2000-09-14 This program is in an iterative development stage where ideal sampling protocols are still being refined. Numbers are reported as invertebrates per 100 meters squared and benthic cover as percentages, however sample sizes used to produce these numbers may not be equivalent. XLS (Microsoft Excel worksheet) Coastal Resources Management Office 670-664-8300 670-664-8315 PO Box 10007 Saipan MP 96950 USA 7:30-16:30, GMT+10 distributor None http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26922303/reef_flat.xls information dataset Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report Geographical positions were determined using handheld GPS units Horizontal Positional Accuracy Manufacturer's specifications of handheld GPS units. meters 10 Original count values from 2000, 2005 and most of 2006 are not available, though the final converted data are. Changes in transect length and quadrat numbers cause minor variation in total numbers of counts and area surveyed. Professional biologists and supervised volunteers conducted in situ surveys on reef flat sites. Data were entered into a spreadsheet and original entries were verified with observers in cases where observations were called into question by data managers. annually This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version FGDC-STD-001.1-1999) using the 2016-01-11 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform. Translated from FGDC 2025-03-24T17:25:10.058Z Last Metadata Review Date: 2009-06-03 John Starmer Coastal Resources Management Office 670-664-8300 670-664-8315 PO Box 10007 Saipan MP 96950 USA 7:30-16:30, GMT+10 pointOfContact