CRED REA Coral Population Parameters at Palmyra Atoll, Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2008
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- Originator:
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Publication_Date: 20100416
- Title:
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CRED REA Coral Population Parameters at Palmyra Atoll, Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2008
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet
- Online_Linkage:
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https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/ecosystems/coral-reefs-pacific
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- Abstract:
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Belt transects along 2 consecutively-placed, 25m transect lines were surveyed as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 14 sites around Palmyra Atoll in Pacific Remote Island Areas from 30 March to 3 April 2008, aboard the NOAA ship Hi'ialakai during the Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise HI0803. Raw survey data included species presence and relative abundance, colony counts and size classes by genus, and determination of benthic cover using the line-intercept method. Depending on colony density, 1 m on each side of the transect lines was included in the belt (for a total of 25-50m2 per site).
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Part of a long-term monitoring program at biennial intervals in which corals, algae, fish, and other macroinvertebrates are co-sampled along the same set of transect lines.
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Maximum depth was 20 meters.
Corals observed:
Island Species TaxonName Genus Class
PAL ACAS Acanthastrea sp Acanthastrea Scleractinia
PAL ACSP Acropora sp Acropora Scleractinia
PAL ACYT Acropora cytherea Acropora Scleractinia
PAL ASSP Astreopora sp Astreopora Scleractinia
PAL AVAL Acropora valida Acropora Scleractinia
PAL CORL Coralmorph Coralimorphia
PAL DESP Dendronephthya sp Dendronephthya Octocoral
PAL DISS Distichopora sp Distichopora Hydrozoan
PAL FASP Favia sp Favia Scleractinia
PAL FAVS Favites sp Favites Scleractinia
PAL FSTE Favia stelligera Favia Scleractinia
PAL FUSP Fungia sp Fungia Scleractinia
PAL GARS Gardineroseris sp Gardineroseris Scleractinia
PAL GOAL Goniopora/Alveopora Goniopora/Alveopora Scleractinia
PAL HERS Herpolitha sp Herpolitha Scleractinia
PAL HMIC Hydnophora microconnos Hydnophora Scleractinia
PAL LMYC Leptoseris myceteroides Leptoseris Scleractinia
PAL LOBP Lobophytum sp Lobophytum Scleractinia
PAL LOBS Lobophyllia sp Lobophyllia Scleractinia
PAL MCAP Montipora capitata Montipora Scleractinia
PAL MCUR Montastrea curta Montastrea Scleractinia
PAL MOSP Montipora sp Montipora Scleractinia
PAL PASP Palythoa sp. Palythoa Other Anthozoan
PAL PAVS Pavona sp Pavona Scleractinia
PAL PCAC Pavona cactus Pavona
PAL PCAP Pocillopora capitata Pocillopora Scleractinia
PAL PDAM Pocillopora damicornis Pocillopora Scleractinia
PAL PDUE Pavona duerdeni Pavona Scleractinia
PAL PEYD Pocillopora eydouxi Pocillopora Scleractinia
PAL PLOB Porites lobata Porites Scleractinia
PAL PLSP Platygyra sp Platygyra Scleractinia
PAL PMAL Pavona maldivensis Pavona Scleractinia
PAL PMEA Pocillopora meandrina Pocillopora Scleractinia
PAL POCS Pocillopora sp Pocillopora Scleractinia
PAL POSP Porites sp Porites Scleractinia
PAL PRUS Porites rus Porites Scleractinia
PAL PSSP Psammocora sp Psammocora Scleractinia
PAL PVAR Pavona varians Pavona Scleractinia
PAL PVAU Porites vaughani Porites Scleractinia
PAL PVER Pocillopora verrucosa Pocillopora Scleractinia
PAL SARS Sarcophyton sp Sarcophyton Octocoral
PAL SISP Sinularia sp Soft Coral Octocoral
PAL SPIS Stylophora pistillata Stylophora Scleractinia
PAL TREN Turbinaria reniformis Turbinaria Scleractinia
PAL TUBA Tubastrea/Balanophyllia Tubastrea/Balanophyllia Scleractinia
PAL ZOPA Zoanthus & Palythoa Zoanthus & Palythoa Scleractinia
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- Beginning_Date: 20080330
- Ending_Date: 20080403
- Currentness_Reference: Ground condition
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: asNeeded
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -162.188484
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -161.975032
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 5.916696
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 5.848978
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NCEI Geoportal Filter
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CRCP Project
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Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP): Biennial monitoring for the U.S. Pacific Islands and Atolls
- Theme_Keyword: 1221
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: Marine Ecosystem
- Theme_Keyword: Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP)
- Theme_Keyword: Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA)
- Theme_Keyword: Coral Reef
- Theme_Keyword: Corals
- Theme_Keyword: Coral cover
- Theme_Keyword: Pacific Remote Island Areas
- Theme_Keyword: Palmyra Atoll
- Theme_Keyword: HI0803
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
- Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets > Biology
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
- Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
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EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Rapid Assessment Studies
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EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Biodiversity
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EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Photic zone corals
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EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Coral cover
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword: biota
- Theme_Keyword: 002
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Place_Keyword: Palmyra Atoll
- Place_Keyword: Line Islands
- Place_Keyword: Pacific Remote Island Areas
- Place_Keyword: USA Minor Outlying Islands
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus
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OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Palmyra Atoll (05N162W0001)
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COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Palmyra Atoll (05N162W0001)
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Region
- Place_Keyword: PRIA
- Access_Constraints: Data are available two years following data collection date
- Use_Constraints:
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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
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization:
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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- 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
- Data_Set_Credit:
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Sarah Myhre, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
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- Security_Classification_System: Not applicable
- Security_Classification: Unclassified
- Security_Handling_Description: Not applicable
- Native_Data_Set_Environment: Oracle
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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Observations were made by a single diver who is an expert in coral biology. The population parameter survey is conducted one time per site per survey year; it is not replicated.
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
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With the exception of the non-quantitative survey along the backreef, the same methods of data collection were used at each of the sites surveyed at this location, and were conducted by the same scientists.
- Completeness_Report:
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The survey sites were selected to be representative of the dominant habitats at this reef system. Efforts were made to include broad spatial coverage of the reef area, but weather conditions or other environmental constraints may have precluded the team from surveying windward or exposed sites.
- Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: GPS unit
- Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 1
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Instrument parameters
- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Dive computer and SCUBA depth gauge
- Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
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- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 0.3
- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Instrument parameters
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- Process_Step:
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A diver swam along the length of one or two 25m transect lines that had been laid out along an isobath. The diver identified all corals whose center fell within .5m on either side of the transect to the species/genus level and assigned each colony a size class based on estimates of the maximum diameter of the colony ( 5 cm; 5-10 cm; 10-20 cm; 20-40cm; 40-80 cm; 80-160 cm; or greater than 160 cm).
- Process_Date: Unknown
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- Geographic:
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- Latitude_Resolution: 0.0001
- Longitude_Resolution: 0.0001
- Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84)
- Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 (GRS80)
- Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.2572236
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- Depth_System_Definition:
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- Depth_Datum_Name: Local surface
- Depth_Resolution: 1
- Depth_Distance_Units: meters
- Depth_Encoding_Method: Explicit Depth Coordinate Included with Horizontal Coordinates
- Distribution_Information:
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- Distributor:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization:
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Contact_Person: CRED Data Management Team
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- 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:
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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.
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- Technical_Prerequisites: Contact CRED data management team for information
- Metadata_Reference_Information:
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- Metadata_Date: 20190605
- Metadata_Review_Date: 20081126
- Metadata_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization:
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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- 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: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
- CoRIS:
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- CoRIS_ID: 20081126035716
- CoRIS_Children: None
- CoRIS_Beginning_Date: 20080330
- CoRIS_Ending_Date: 20080403
- CoRIS_Metadata_Link:
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https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/cred_rea_corals_palmyra_2008.html
- CoRIS_Tracking_ID: 2437
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