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General Information

File Identifier:	gov.noaa.nodc.cor:0164293
Metadata Date Stamp:	2018-09
Organization:	DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Organization Role:	custodian

Identification Information

Title:

National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: benthic images collected from stratified random sites (StRS) across the Hawaiian Archipelago from 2016-07-13 to 2016-09-27 (NCEI Accession 0164293)

Abstract:

The data described here are benthic habitat imagery that result from benthic photo-quadrat surveys conducted along transects at stratified random sites across the Hawaiian archipelago in 2016 as a part of Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) surveys for corals and fish. A stratified random sampling (StRS) design was employed to survey the coral reef ecosystems throughout the U.S. Pacific regions. The survey domain encompassed the majority of the mapped area of reef and hard bottom habitats in the 0-30 m depth range. The stratification scheme included island, reef zone, and depth in all regions, as well as habitat structure type in the Main Hawaiian Islands. Sampling effort was allocated based on strata area and sites were randomly located within strata. Sites were surveyed using photo-quadrats along transects to collect benthic imagery to ultimately produce estimates of relative abundance (percent cover), frequency of occurrence, benthic community taxonomic composition and relative generic richness. The StRS design effectively reduces estimate variance through stratification using environmental covariates and by sampling more sites rather than sampling more transects at a site. Therefore, site-level estimates and site to site comparisons should be used with caution.

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Data Theme

Theme Topics:

Environment and Conservation, Oceans and Estuaries, Imagery and Base Maps, Biology and Ecology

Spatial Domain

West Bounding Longitude:	-178.384
South Bounding Latitude:	18.944
East Bounding Longitude:	-154.807
North Bounding Latitude:	28.458

Data Quality Information

Scope (quality information applies to):

Dataset

Contact Information

Contact Position:	Information Services
Address:	Federal Building 151 Patton Avenue
City:	Asheville
State:	NC
Postal Code:	28801-5001
Country:	USA
Email:	NCEI.Info@noaa.gov
Contact Website:	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/
Telephone:	301-713-3277
Fax:	301-713-3300

Metadata Reference Information

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