Hawaii Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (CRAMP): Digital Still Images from Transects on Maui, Molokai, and Kauai, 2007 (NODC Accession 0056791)

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Dr. Paul Jokiel
Originator: Dr. Kuulei Rodgers
Originator:
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Department Of Oceanography, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University Of Hawaii
Originator: Mr. Eric Brown (Molokai)
Originator: National Park Service
Originator: Mr. Skippy Hau (Maui)
Originator: Mr. Russ Sparks (Maui)
Originator:
State of Hawaii, Division of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources
Publication_Date: Unknown
Title:
Hawaii Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (CRAMP): Digital Still Images from Transects on Maui, Molokai, and Kauai, 2007 (NODC Accession 0056791)
Online_Linkage: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0056791
Description:
Abstract:
This dataset consists of digital still transect images (JPG files) from CRAMP surveys taken in 2007 from 9 sites on Maui, 3 sites on Molokai, and 1 site on Kauai. Sites typically have two transects along different isobaths, shallow (~3m) and deep (~10m) lines. Digital images are important for future researchers to resolve any question about how the image data were interpreted for the quantitative database, to provide the opportunity to re-analyze the images using other methods, and to return to the same locations for future comparisons.

In a separate NODC Accession, 0051060, text data files are given of the substrate types and coverages as derived objectively from photographic images using PhotoGrid, a software package which analyzes random points on images of coral reefs and substrate.

Purpose:
To understand the ecology of Hawaiian coral reefs in relation to other geographic areas and to monitor change at each given site.
Supplemental_Information:
Entry_ID Unknown Sensor_Name: digital camera Source_Name: SCUBA Project_Campaign: Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (CRAMP) Originating_Center: Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Storage_Medium CSV, JPEG Reference None Online_size: 922061 kilobytes Originator University of Hawaii; State of Hawaii

Resource Description: NODC Accession Number 0056791

Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20070206
Ending_Date: 20071009
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -159.5121
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -156.4310
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 22.2117
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 20.6012
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NCEI Geoportal Filter
Theme_Keyword: CoRIS_Metadata
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Coastal studies,
Theme_Keyword: Coral reef monitoring and assessment,
Theme_Keyword: digital still images
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Theme_Keyword: 010
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: Visual Images > Biology
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword:
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus
Place_Keyword:
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Maui Island > Maui Island (20N156W0004)
Place_Keyword:
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Maui > Maui Island (20N156W0004)
Place_Keyword:
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Kauai Island > Kauai Island (22N159W0001)
Place_Keyword:
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Kauai Island (22N159W0001)
Place_Keyword:
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Molokai Island > Molokai Island (21N157W0001)
Place_Keyword:
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Molokai Island (21N157W0001)
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean
Place_Keyword: Hawaii
Place_Keyword: Maui
Place_Keyword: Molokai
Place_Keyword: Kauai
Place_Keyword: Honolua
Place_Keyword: North Honolua
Place_Keyword: South Kahekili
Place_Keyword: Kahekili
Place_Keyword: Kanehena Pt.
Place_Keyword: Kanehena Bay
Place_Keyword: Maalaea
Place_Keyword: Molokini
Place_Keyword: Olowalu
Place_Keyword: Puamana
Place_Keyword: Mahinahina
Place_Keyword: Papaula
Place_Keyword: Ahihi Kinau
Place_Keyword: Kamilioloa
Place_Keyword: Kamalo
Place_Keyword: Palaau
Place_Keyword: Hanalei
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Region
Place_Keyword: MHI
Stratum:
Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Stratum_Keyword: Benthic
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: Dataset credit required
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Dr. Paul Jokiel
Contact_Organization:
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
University of Hawaii
Contact_Position: Principal Investigator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: P.O. Box 1346
City: Kaneohe
State_or_Province: Hawaii
Postal_Code: 96744
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808-236-7440
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jokiel@hawaii.edu
Data_Set_Credit:
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative, National Ocean Service, United States Geological Survey, State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources, 130 Mahalani Street Wailuku, HI 96793, Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Coastal Program, Limahuli National Botanical Garden, Save Our Seas
Native_Data_Set_Environment: JPEG images, Comma-separated version (CSV) format

Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report: see Process Step
Completeness_Report: The 2007 surveys were 100% complete
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
methodology to keep up with advances in technology, replacing video with digital stills. Unlike prior digital cameras, recent cameras have resolution superior to video and the card media can store close to 1,000 high quality images. The initial costs of the equipment are lower and the images can be archived. The valuable in situ time is shorter as well as the time spent processing the images. Frame-grabbing is completely eliminated. The video camera cannot keep an exact distance from the bottom while the still camera mounted on a simple monopod assures a constant distance. With a still camera, there are no oblique angles that can affect results since the camera is held completely vertical by the monopod. It is however important to use consistent methodology when comparing sites spatially and/or temporally. Yet as newer and better technology is introduced it is important to update and upgrade methods. CRAMP began by using video techniques and replaced this with digital stills in 2003.

Prior to the switch, the compatibility of the methods was assessed through intercalibration, using both methods (video and digital still images) at a large number of sites (30) that encompassed a wide range of coral cover. Once the methods proved compatible, all subsequent surveys were conducted with digital cameras. Non-overlapping digital stills are taken to assess the characteristics of benthic populations. High resolution digital images are taken along a 10 m transect using an Olympus 5050 zoom digital camera with an Olympus PT050 underwater housing. The camera is mounted to an aluminum monopod frame, 1.7 m from the substrate to provide a 50x69 cm image. A 6 cm bar provides a measurement scale. The software program PhotoGrid (Bird 2001) is used to quantify percent cover, richness and diversity of corals, algal functional groups and substrate cover. Images are downloaded and the 20 non-overlapping images from each 10 m transect are imported into PhotoGrid where 50 randomly selected points are projected onto each image for a total of 1,000 points per transect.

INSTRUMENT TYPES: digital camera: Olympus 5050 zoom digital camera

REFERENCES: Brown, E, E Cox, B Tissot, K Rodgers, and W Smith (1999). Evaluation of benthic sampling methods considered for the Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (CRAMP) in Hawaii. International Conference on Scientific Aspects of Coral Reef Assessment, Monitoring, and Restoration. April 14-16, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Green, R H and S R Smith (1997). Sample program design and environmental impact assessment on coral reef. Proc 8th International Coral Reef Symposium. 2: 1459-1464.

McCormick, Mark 1994. Comparison of field methods for measuring surface topography and their associations with a tropical reef fish assemblage. Marine Ecology Progress Series 112: 87-96.

Process_Date: Unknown
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Dr. Paul Jokiel
Contact_Organization:
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
University of Hawaii
Contact_Position: Principal Investigator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: P.O. Box 1346
City: Kaneohe
State_or_Province: Hawaii
Postal_Code: 96744
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808-236-7440
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jokiel@hawaii.edu

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Original data received as JPEG image files.

Directory tree is as follows:

data/ 0-data/ this denotes original files/directories as received by NODC

file: MHI2007sitedates.csv comment: Survey specifics (location, dates, depths)

subdirectories: 0-data/ 07 KaHan Images/ 07KaHan03m/ transect along 3m isobath filename: 07KaHan03mttff.JPG tt: transect number ff: frame number 07KaHan10m/ transect along 10m isobath

0-data/ 07CRAMP_SI/ Output from PhotoGrid for various Maui sites SI denotes selected images for analysis by PhotoGrid

transect file name template: Convention is yyIISSSDDm yy : last two digits of year II : island (sometimes left off) SSS : site (see STATIONS above) DDm : depth in meters TT : transect number ff : frame number (sometimes TT is left off if only one transect, and sometimes .SI is suffixed).

within 07CRAMP_SI/ there are subdirectories yyIISSSDDm_SI/ subdirectory for depth DDm yyIISSSTT_SI/ secondary subdirectory for transect TT filename: yyIISSSDDMTTff.jpg

0-data/ 07MaMah03m/ 3m depth at Mahinahina, Maui, filename template above 07MaMah10m/ same for 10m

0-data/ Ahii Kinau PhotoGrid Images/ all images from Ahii Kinau, Maui subdirectory: AHItt/ where tt: transect number

filename: AHIttTransectff.JPG tt: transect number ff: frame number

0-data/ Kamiloloa03m/ 3m depth at Kamilioloa, Molokai, filename template above Kamiloloa10m/ 10m depth

0-data/ Palaau03m/ 3m depth at Palaau, Molokai, filename template above Palaau10m/ 10m depth

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: None

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: NOAA/NESDIS/National Oceanographic Data Center
Contact_Person: Data Access Group, User Services Team
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: SSMC-3 Fourth Floor
Address: 1315 East West Highway
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State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20910-3282
Country: USA
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Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-713-3302
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: NODC.Services@noaa.gov
Hours_of_Service: 8am-5pm, Monday through Friday
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Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: JPEG, and ACSII CSV
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0056791
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20210106
Metadata_Review_Date: 20100111
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Mr. Patrick C. Caldwell
Contact_Organization: NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC
Contact_Position: Hawaii/US Pacific Liaison
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing
Address: 1000 Pope Road, MSB 316
Address: Dept. of Oceanography
Address: University of Hawaii at Manoa
City: Honolulu
State_or_Province: Hawaii
Postal_Code: 96822
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (808)-956-4105
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (808) 956-2352
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: caldwell@hawaii.edu
Hours_of_Service: 8 AM to 5 PM weekdays
Contact_Instructions: check services@nodc.noaa.gov if not available
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

CoRIS:
CoRIS_ID: 20100111061545
CoRIS_Children: None
CoRIS_Beginning_Date: 20070206
CoRIS_Ending_Date: 20071009
CoRIS_Metadata_Link:
https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/fgdcmetadata_0056791.html
CoRIS_Tracking_ID: 4422

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