Quantitave Biomass and Time Required to Remove Gracliaria Salicornia and Kappaphycus from 1-Meter-Squared Plots in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii in Spring 2002, (NODC Accession 0001011)

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Title:
Quantitave Biomass and Time Required to Remove Gracliaria Salicornia and Kappaphycus from 1-Meter-Squared Plots in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii in Spring 2002, (NODC Accession 0001011)
Abstract:
Primarily from the Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative, yet also support from The Nature Conservancy of Hawai'i, State Division of Aquatic Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Project Reef Check, University of Hawai'i's Waikiki Aquarium, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and UH Botany Department.
Supplemental_Information:
Unknown

Resource Description: NODC Accession # 0001011

  1. How might this data set be cited?
    Dr. Cynthia Hunter, principle investigator, Dr. Celia Smith, co-principle investigator, Ms. Jennifer E. Smith, graduate student Univ. of Hawaii, Mr. Eric Conklin, graduate student Univ. of Hawaii, Ms. Rebecca Most, graduate student Univ. of Hawaii, Mr. Thomas Sauvage, graduate student Univ. of Hawaii, and Ms. Cheryl Squair, graduate student Univ. of Hawaii, 20051205, Quantitave Biomass and Time Required to Remove Gracliaria Salicornia and Kappaphycus from 1-Meter-Squared Plots in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii in Spring 2002, (NODC Accession 0001011).

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -157.8313
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -157.7967
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 21.4769
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 21.4583
  3. What does it look like?
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
    Beginning_Date: 21-Mar-2002
    Beginning_Time: 0900
    Ending_Date: 21-Apr-2002
    Ending_Time: 1500
    Currentness_Reference: ground conditions
  5. What is the general form of this data set?
  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?
    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?
  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    Files: contents AlienAlgaeRemovalPlots.xls original spreadsheet AlienAlgaeRemovalPlots.csv CSV ASCII dump

    MS Excel spreadsheet with self-explanatory columns.

    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: None

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
    Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
    Dr. Cynthia Hunter
    Waikiki Aquarium
    Principle Investigator
    2777 Kalakaua Avenue
    Honolulu, Hawaii
    USA

    (808) 923-9741 (voice)
    Cindyh@hawaii.edu

Why was the data set created?

To assess the feasibility of manual removal of alien/invasive macroalgae

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?
  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
    Date: Unknown (process 1 of 1)
    For each species, the biomass was removed from select 1-m**2 areas and weighed. The time in minutes to clear a 1-m**2 area was also recorded. Notes were made on the type of substratum and habitat. Person who carried out this activity:
    Ms. Jennifer E. Smith
    Botany Department University of Hawaii at Manoa
    graduate student
    3190 Maile Way, St. John 614
    Honolulu, Hawaii
    USA

    808-956-6947 (voice)
    jesmith@hawaii.edu
    Data sources used in this process:
    • None
  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

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  1. How well have the observations been checked?
  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?
  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?
  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?
    the surveys were 100% complete
  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?
    See methodology

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Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: Dataset credit required
  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
    NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center
    Attn: NODC User Services
    not applicable
    1315 East-West Highway, SSMC3, 4th Floor
    Silver Spring, MD
    U.S.A.

    301-713-3277 or 3280 (voice)
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    nodc.services@noaa.gov
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  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set? Downloadable Data
  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?
    NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data,expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA, NESDIS, NODC, nor CoRIS 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.
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Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 29-Mar-2020
Metadata author:
Mr. Patrick C. Caldwell
NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC
Hawaii/US Pacific Liaison
1000 Pope Road, MSB 316
Honolulu, Hawaii
USA

(808)-956-4105 (voice)
(808) 956-2352 (FAX)
caldwell@hawaii.edu
Hours_of_Service: 8 AM to 5 PM weekdays
Contact_Instructions: check services@nodc.noaa.gov if not available
Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)
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