cred_rea_corals_niihau_2006 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 2019-06-05 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 Coral Population Paramaters at Niihau, Main Hawaiian Islands, 2006 2008-08-11 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 Belt transects along 2 consecutively-placed, 25m transect lines were surveyed as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 6 sites at Niihau in the Main Hawaiian Islands in August 2006 from the NOAA vessel Hi'ialakai (HII06-10). Raw survey data included species presence and relative abundance, colony counts and size classes, and visual estimation of percent cover. Half a meter was included in the belt on each side of the transect lines, for a total of 50m2 per site). Part of a reef assessment program at biennial intervals in which corals, algae, fish, and other macroinvertebrates are co-sampled along the same set of transect lines. underDevelopment 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 ANNUAL 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 EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Coral Cover EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > BioDiversity 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 Marine Ecosystem Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA) HII0610 theme None Numeric Data Sets > Biology theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Niihau Island > Niihau Island (21N160W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Kauai > Niihau Island (21N160W0001) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus Niihau Main Hawaiian Islands Central Pacific USA place None MHI 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: None. unclassified Not applicable Not applicable eng; USA biota Native Dataset Environment: Oracle Technical Prerequisites: Contact CRED data management team for information -160.247083 -160.049426 21.778428 22.028496 2006-08-09 2006-08-11 Maximum depth was 15 meters. Corals observed: Common Name Scientific Name Species Genus Family Order Class Phylum- Kingdom Division Coral Porites Poritidae Scleractinia Anthozoa Cnidaria Animalia Coral Montipora Acroporidae Scleractinia Anthozoa Cnidaria Animalia Coral Pocillopora Pocilloporidae Scleractinia Anthozoa Cnidaria Animalia 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 Selection of survey sites was guided by priority areas outlined by the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR). The intention was to survey areas that had not been previously scientifically assessed, or to begin monitoring sites that had been assessed by CRED/DAR in 2005. The sites therefore do not necessarily represent a range of habitats or exposures. The same methods of data collection were used at each of the sites surveyed at this location, and were conducted by the same two scientists. As diver swam along the transect line, she or he inspected the corals whose center fell within a 1m belt (i.e., 0.5m on each side of the transect line). Each such coral was tallied by species and classified by its maximum diameter in one of 7 size classes: 0-5cm, 5-10cm, 10-20cm, 20-40cm, 40-80cm, 80-160cm, or greater than 160cm. At the end of this survey, a visual estimation of coral percent cover was made and recorded. Lastly, a larger area around the transect belt was inspected for additional coral taxa that did not occur within the belt; the relative abundance of all corals was qualitatively assessed using the DACOR system (D equals Dominant, A equals Abundant, C equals Common, O equals Occasional, R equals Rare. annually This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC 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 2025-03-14T16:24:06.051Z 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