CRED Benthic Habitat Towboard Still Photos from Kingman Atoll in March and April, 2004

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information
• CoRIS

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Publication_Date: 20040520

Title:

CRED Benthic Habitat Towboard Still Photos from Kingman Atoll in March and April, 2004

Description:

Abstract:

This data is in the form of JPEG still photos taken every 15 seconds from a benthic habitat towboard being towed by small boats at Kingman Island between March 26 and April 5, 2004. The towboard is operated by a SCUBA diver who maintains the camera approximately 1 meter above the bottom while being towed behind a small boat for a 50-minute tow. Depth of the water is between 0-25 meters, and the tows are completed in forereef, backreef, and lagoon habitats. The digital photos are taken by a Canon EOS 10-D camera with a 20-mm lens, using a remote control attachment to fire the camera automatically every 15 seconds. There are approximately 200 pictures on each CD-rom, which represent the photos from one 50-minute tow. Photo dimensions, if printed, would be 108.37 cm wide by 72.25 cm tall. The resolution at "Draft" quality (the lowest) is 72 pixels/inch. The resolution at "Best" quality (the highest) is 266 pixels/inch. System requirements for viewing the photos are any PC, Mac, or other operating system with software installed to view JPEG images such as Adobe Photoshop, ACDSee, Quicktime, Canon Digital Camera File Viewer Utility or other photo viewing software. Each photo is approximately 2 megabytes. With just over 200 images per cd, each cd is approximately 400 megabytes. These CD-roms are currently stored at the Kewalo Research Facility in Honolulu, HI and copies are kept at a storage unit in Kaimuki, several miles away from the Kewalo facility.

Purpose:

Photos are taken of the bottom to document the benthic habitat. The photos are analyzed at the Kewalo Research Facility in Honolulu to determine percent cover of benthic substrates and the organisms covering the bottom. Data from the analysis of these photos will be input as another metadata record, hopefully linked to this one. Information on the coral reef benthic habitat in the U.S. affiliated Pacific Island areas is used for making decisions on the ecosystem management of these regions.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20040326

Ending_Date: 20040405

Currentness_Reference: Ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -162.483

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -162.33

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 6.454

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 6.367

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NCEI Geoportal Filter

Theme_Keyword: CoRIS_Metadata

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CRCP Project

Theme_Keyword:

Long-term Monitoring Of Benthos (Coral, other invertebrates, Algae) - Rapid Ecological Assessments at all U.S. Pacific Islands

Theme_Keyword: 1221

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus

Theme_Keyword: Visual Images > Biology

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus

Theme_Keyword:

EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Habitats

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat

Theme_Keyword:

EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Photic Zone Corals

Theme_Keyword:

EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Coral Diseases > Bleaching

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: benthic habitat

Theme_Keyword: coral reef

Theme_Keyword: towboard

Theme_Keyword: ecosystem

Theme_Keyword: coral bleaching

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: 002

Theme_Keyword: biota

Theme_Keyword: 010

Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus

Place_Keyword:

OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Kingman Reef (06N162W0001)

Place_Keyword:

COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Kingman Reef (06N162W0001)

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Place_Keyword: Kingman Island

Place_Keyword: Western Pacific

Place_Keyword: U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Island Areas

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Region

Place_Keyword: PRIA

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints: none

Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: Not applicable

Security_Classification: Unclassified

Security_Handling_Description: Not applicable

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Contact_Person: Matt Dunlap

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: NOAA IRC

Address: NMFS/PIFSC/CRED

Address: 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176

City: Honolulu

State_or_Province: HI

Postal_Code: 96818

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808 725-5360

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808 725-5429

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov

Contact_Instructions: e-mail preferred

Resource_Description: Offline Data

Distribution_Liability:

NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Recording_Format:

Pictures taken with a Canon EOS-10D camera onto a 1.5 Gigabyte Compact Flash memory card, then burned onto CD-ROMS.

Fees: none

Ordering_Instructions:

Call Contact for updated information. Currently, these CD-ROMS are stored at 2 locations in Honolulu. Eventually, these photos may be digitized and made available on a server, and/or sent to the National Oceanographic Data Center for storage.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20200329

Metadata_Review_Date: 20081020

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Contact_Person: Matt Dunlap

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: NOAA IRC

Address: NMFS/PIFSC/CRED

Address: 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176

City: Honolulu

State_or_Province: HI

Postal_Code: 96818

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808 725-5360

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808 725-5429

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov

Contact_Instructions: e-mail preferred

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

CoRIS:

CoRIS_ID: 20050307040602

CoRIS_Children: None

CoRIS_Beginning_Date: 20040326

CoRIS_Ending_Date: 20040405

CoRIS_Metadata_Link:

https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/cred_benthic_photos_kingman_atoll_2004.html

CoRIS_Tracking_ID: 895