gov.noaa.nodc:NCRMP-Benthic-USVI eng utf8 series NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-07-10T14:27:25Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef benthic communities in the U.S. Virgin Islands 2018-09-20 publication 2026-04-14 revision 2018-09-12 creation International DOI Foundation (IDF) 10.7289/v5ww7fqk NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:NCRMP-Benthic-USVI NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Sarah D. Hile US DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (NCCOS/CCMA) sarah.hile@noaa.gov resourceProvider Kimberly Edwards NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) kimberly.edwards@noaa.gov https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Alexis Sturm NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) lexie.sturm@noaa.gov https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information resourceProvider NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information resourceProvider NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information author Laura Jay Grove NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) jay.grove@noaa.gov https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) website Institution web page information pointOfContact NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) website Institution web page information contributor NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital Data provided in this dataset were collected around the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) as part of NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)-led missions in collaboration with partners at the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Southeast Fisheries Science Center, the National Park Service, USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources, University of the Virgin Islands, University of Miami, Nova Southeastern University, The Nature Conservancy, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Benthic data collection for the ongoing National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) consists of two survey types: the Line Point-Intercept (LPI) method and the Coral Demographic method. The LPI method provides a measure of percent cover of biotic and abiotic components of the benthos in a stratified random sampling design in hardbottom and coral reef habitats. The coral demographics protocol provide more detailed and species-specific insight (‘signal magnitude’) for coral populations than is provided by percent cover. 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SPDX License: Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (CC0-1.0) Belt Transect Fish Survey Protocol for the U.S. Caribbean and the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary 2015 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151728/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Benthics/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2015/NCRMP_BeltTransectFish_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2015.pdf HTTPS Belt Transect Fish Survey Protocol: U.S. Caribbean/Flower Garden Banks Belt Transect Survey Protocol download US DOC; NOAA; NOS; CRCP; National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) author documentDigital crossReference process Coral Demographics Survey Protocol for the U.S. Caribbean and Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary 2015 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151728/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Benthics/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2015/NCRMP_CoralDemographic_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2015.pdf HTTPS Coral Demographics Survey Protocol: U.S. Caribbean and Flower Garden Banks Coral Demographics Protocol download US DOC; NOAA; NOS; CRCP; National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) author documentDigital crossReference process Line Point-Intercept (LPI) Survey Protocol for the U.S Caribbean and Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary 2015 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151728/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Benthics/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2015/NCRMP_LinePointIntercept_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2015.pdf HTTPS Line Point-Intercept Survey Protocol: U.S. Caribbean/Flower Garden Banks Line Point-Intercept Survey Protocol download US DOC; NOAA; NOS; CRCP; National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) author documentDigital crossReference process Topographic Complexity Survey Protocol for the U.S. Caribbean and Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary 2015 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151728/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Benthics/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2015/NCRMP_TopographicComplexity_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2015.pdf HTTPS Topographic Complexity Survey Protocol: U.S. Caribbean/Flower Garden Banks Topographic complexity survey protocol. download US DOC; NOAA; NOS; CRCP; National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) author documentDigital crossReference process Belt Transect Fish Survey Protocol for the U.S. Caribbean and Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary 2013 2013 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151728/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Benthics/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2013/NCRMP_BeltTransectFish_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2013.pdf HTTPS Belt Transect Fish Survey 2013 Protocol for belt transect fish surveys download US DOC; NOAA; NOS; CRCP; National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) author documentDigital crossReference process Coral Demographics Survey Protocol for the U.S. Caribbean and Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary 2013 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151728/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Benthics/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2013/NCRMP_CoralDemographic_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2013.pdf HTTPS Coral Demographic Survey Protocol: U.S. Caribbean/Flower Garden Banks 2013 Coral demographic survey protocol for 2013 download US DOC; NOAA; NOS; CRCP; National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) author documentDigital crossReference process Line Point-Intercept (LPI) Survey Protocol for the U.S. Caribbean and Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary 2013 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151728/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Benthics/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2013/NCRMP_LinePointIntercept_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2013.pdf HTTPS Line Point-Intercept Survey Protocol: U.S Caribbean/Flower Garden Banks 2013 Line point-intercept survey protocol 2013 download US DOC; NOAA; NOS; CRCP; National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) author documentDigital crossReference process OBIS USA: NCRMP Benthic Variables in Darwin Core Format 2023 publication https://obis.org/institute/23174 HTTPS OBIS USA: NCRMP Benthic Variables in Darwin Core Format Hard coral species percent cover and species abundance data are available in Darwin Core format for Atlantic/Caribbean sampling sites through OBIS USA. information crossReference project eng; USA utf8 environment oceans biota -65.14981 -64.43145 17.63554 18.4152 2013-07-08 Accessions that are part of the current collection: 0176081, 0215460, 0224205, 0270849, 0294845, and 0313687. 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ERDDAP offers all data as .html table, ESRI .asc and .csv, Google Earth .kml, OPeNDAP binary, .mat, .nc, ODV .txt, .csv, .tsv, .json, and .xhtml. download https://doi.org/10.7289/v5ww7fqk HTTPS Web browser NCEI Dataset Landing Page Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. information https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/granule/geoportal/?from=0&size=10&esdsl=%7B%22query%22%3A%7B%22bool%22%3A%7B%22must%22%3A%5B%7B%22query_string%22%3A%7B%22analyze_wildcard%22%3Atrue%2C%22query%22%3A%22fileid%3ANCRMP-Benthic-USVI.*%22%7D%7D%5D%7D%7D%7D#searchPanel HTTPS Web browser Granule Search Search for data granules belonging to this collection (a granule is the smallest aggregation of data that can be independently described and retrieved). search series NCEI Accession 0176081 v1.1 was published. 2018-09-20T21:43:19Z NCEI Accession 0215460 v1.1 was published. 2020-08-17T18:56:46Z NCEI Accession 0176081 was revised and v2.2 was published. 2020-12-17T07:45:34Z NCEI Accession 0215460 was revised and v2.2 was published. 2020-12-17T23:13:08Z NCEI Accession 0224205 v1.1 was published. 2021-01-21T21:03:38Z NCEI Accession 0270849 v1.1 was published. 2022-12-02T01:57:21Z NCEI Accession 0215460 was revised and v3.3 was published. 2023-11-05T12:51:25Z NCEI Accession 0294845 v1.1 was published. 2024-07-12T21:04:15Z NCEI Accession 0313687 v1.1 was published. 2026-04-14T18:58:25Z asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. 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