gov.noaa.nodc:0000630 eng utf8 dataset 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 2026-03-24T18:46:40Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Baseline marine biological survey at Roi-Namur sewage outfall, United States Army Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands, 1997 (NCEI Accession 0000630) 2001-12-04 publication 2001-12-04 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0000630 NCEI Archive Management System 0000630 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 Kevin Foster US DOI/Fish and Wildlife Service/Pacific Islands Ecoregion resourceProvider US DOI/Fish and Wildlife Service/Pacific Islands Ecoregion resourceProvider Foster, Kevin U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service author Molina, Michael U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service author Burgett, Jeff U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service author Randy Galien U.S. Department of the Army, Space and Missile Defense Command, U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll originator US DOI/Fish and Wildlife Service/Pacific Islands Ecoregion contributor tableDigital Roi-Namur is located at the northernmost tip of Kwajalein Atoll, approximately 64 kilometers north of the U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) central command post on Kwajalein Islet. Roi-Namur has a single sewage outfall, which is located at the northwestern corner of the islet. Originally, the outfall extended from shore to a point about halfway across the reef flat where the pipe ended abruptly as an upturned, uncapped elbow. Raw sewage was pumped through the pipe in pulses approximately every 15-20 minutes. Waves and shallow currents across the reef flat carried at least some of the effluent back toward shore and the lagoon, creating a potentially unhealthy situation. In order to correct this problem, USAKA implemented a plan to extend the original outfall all the way across the reef flat and into the open ocean where the predominant current flow would carry effluent-mixed waters away from the islet. Ultimately, the extended outfall was to be connected to a new sewage treatment facility that would discharge primarily treated effluent. Because of a concern that this discharge might adversely impact the coral-reef community surrounding the end of the new outfall, a baseline marine biological survey was to be conducted prior to start-up of the new sewage treatment facility. As planned, the results of this survey would provide a baseline against which the results of future surveys could be compared in order to determine whether a balanced community of indigenous species had been maintained at the site during operation of the facility. If not, conversion to secondary treatment at the facility would need to be considered. The first resurvey was planned to occur one year after start-up of the new sewage treatment facility with subsequent resurveys planned for every five years thereafter. In August 1997, biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) conducted the baseline marine biological survey in the vicinity of the Roi-Namur outfall. For the National Oceanographic Data Center, interest in the report focuses on the marine element. Data tables from marine surveys of reef fishes, corals, other macroinvertebrates, and algae that exist in those habitats are provided. To generally characterize the coral-reef habitat within the vicinity of the outfall and document the primary species of reef fishes, corals, other macroinvertebrates, and algae that exist in those habitats. completed historicalArchive 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 pointOfContact asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0000630 Graphic not available. PNG 0000630 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2001-11-30 publication CORAL - SPECIES IDENTIFICATION FISH SPECIES HABITAT - BENTHIC SPECIES IDENTIFICATION SPONGE SPECIES IDENTIFICATION SUBSTRATE DESCRIPTION theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS visual estimate instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS survey - biological survey - coral reef theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS SWIMMER/DIVER platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS US DOI/Fish and Wildlife Service/Pacific Islands Ecoregion dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US DOI/Fish and Wildlife Service/Pacific Islands Ecoregion dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS) CORAL REEF STUDIES project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Northwest Pacific Ocean (limit-180) place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOI/USFWS > U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > SPONGES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > COASTAL LANDFORMS > CORAL REEFS theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Biological survey Coral reef monitoring and assessment Coral species algae species benthic habitat coastal studies coral reef macro-invertebrate species reef fish species sponge species subtrate type and cover theme Originator Keywords VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian SWIMMER/DIVER (ICES code: 33DV) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands Namur tropical western Pacific place Originator Place Names accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Foster, Kevin; Molina, Michael; Burgett, Jeff (2001). Baseline marine biological survey at Roi-Namur sewage outfall, United States Army Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands, 1997 (NCEI Accession 0000630). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000630. Accessed [date]. Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives. otherRestrictions Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose. Foster, Kevin; US DOI/Fish and Wildlife Service/Pacific Islands Ecoregion (2001). Baseline marine biological survey at the Peacock Point outfall and other point-source discharges on Wake Atoll, Pacific Ocean in 1998-06 (NCEI Accession 0000247). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000247. 2001-04-16 publication NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0000247 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000247 HTTPS https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000247 Related dataset information Foster, Kevin US DOI/Fish and Wildlife Service/Pacific Islands Ecoregion author US DOI/Fish and Wildlife Service/Pacific Islands Ecoregion author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) publisher tableDigital crossReference collection Molina, Michael; Foster, Kevin; Naughton, John; Nitta, Eugene (2001). 1996 Inventory of Endangered Species and Wildlife Resources on US Army Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands (NCEI Accession 0000251). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000251. 2001-04-16 publication NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0000251 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000251 HTTPS https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000251 Related dataset information Molina, Michael U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service author Foster, Kevin U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service author Naughton, John US NMFS Pacific Islands Area Office https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/pacific-islands-regional-office HTTPS Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO) website Institution web page information author Nitta, Eugene US NMFS Pacific Islands Area Office https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/pacific-islands-regional-office HTTPS Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO) website Institution web page information author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) publisher tableDigital crossReference collection eng; USA utf8 environment oceans biota 167.44 167.46 9.37 9.4 1997-08-01 1997-08-31 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information +1-301-713-3277 ncei.info@noaa.gov pointOfContact In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. 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