Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Coastal Resources Management Office Publication_Date: 20090505 Title: Northern Mariana Islands Marine Monitoring Team Reef Flat Surveys Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet Online_Linkage: http://cnmimmt.blogspot.com/ Description: Abstract: The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' (CNMI) interagency marine monitoring team conducts surveys on reef flat areas on the islands of Saipan, Tinian and Rota in an effort to assess change in benthic communities over time. The program encourages volunteer participation from government and public sector under the supervision of professional government biologists. The data collected include benthic cover and invertebrate abundance. Coral community composition was added to the surveys in 2009. Purpose: To correlate change over time of reef flat benthic communities with environmental changes. Supplemental_Information: This program is in an iterative development stage where ideal sampling protocols are still being refined. Numbers are reported as invertebrates per 100 meters squared and benthic cover as percentages, however sample sizes used to produce these numbers may not be equivalent. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20000914 Ending_Date: present Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: In Work Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Monthly Spatial_Domain: Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Saipan, Rota, Tinian Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: 145.118153 East_Bounding_Coordinate: 145.854964 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 15.309908 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 14.062272 Bounding_Altitudes: Altitude_Minimum: -2 Altitude_Maximum: 0 Altitude_Distance_Units: meters Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NCEI Geoportal Filter Theme_Keyword: CoRIS_Metadata Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: coral reef Theme_Keyword: reef flat Theme_Keyword: benthic cover Theme_Keyword: macroinvertebrate Theme_Keyword: coral Theme_Keyword: algae Theme_Keyword: seacucumber Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: biota Theme_Keyword: 002 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets > Biology Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Saipan Place_Keyword: Rota Place_Keyword: Tinian Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan > Saipan Island (15N145E0002) Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Saipan Island > Saipan Island (15N145E0002) Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Rota Island > Rota Island ( Luta ) (14N145E0007) Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Rota > Rota Island ( Luta ) (14N145E0007) Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Tinian > Tinian Island (14N145E0005) Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Tinian Island Reefs > Tinian Island (14N145E0005) Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Region Place_Keyword: CNMI Access_Constraints: None. Use_Constraints: Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, the CNMI government cannot assume liability for any damages or misrepresentations caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular system. The CNMI government makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Coastal Resources Management Office Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: PO Box 10007 City: Saipan State_or_Province: MP Postal_Code: 96950 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 670-664-8303 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 670-664-8315 Hours_of_Service: 7:30-16:30, GMT+10 Data_Set_Credit: Contributors to the Data Set: Division of Environmental Quality PO Box 501304 Saipan, MP 96950 USA Phone: 670-664-8500 Hours of Service: 7:30-16:30, GMT+10 This work was funded in part by NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program. Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Observations have been subjected to initial checks during data entry and have been proofed for consistency by program managers Logical_Consistency_Report: Changes in transect length and quadrat numbers cause minor variation in total numbers of counts and area surveyed. Completeness_Report: Original count values from 2000, 2005 and most of 2006 are not available, though the final converted data are. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Geographical positions were determined using handheld GPS units Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 10 Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Manufacturer's specifications of handheld GPS units. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Professional biologists and supervised volunteers conducted in situ surveys on reef flat sites. Data were entered into a spreadsheet and original entries were verified with observers in cases where observations were called into question by data managers. Process_Date: Not Complete Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Coastal Resources Management Office Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: PO Box 10007 City: Saipan State_or_Province: MP Postal_Code: 96950 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 670-664-8300 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 670-664-8315 Hours_of_Service: 7:30-16:30, GMT+10 Resource_Description: Other Documents Distribution_Liability: Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, the CNMI government cannot assume liability for any damages or misrepresentations caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular system. The CNMI government makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: XLS (Microsoft Excel worksheet) Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26922303/reef_flat.xls Fees: None Custom_Order_Process: Upon request, data can be provided in alternative digital formats or hard copy. Technical_Prerequisites: Users need a program that can read Microsoft Excel files. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20200329 Metadata_Review_Date: 20090603 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Coastal Resources Management Office Contact_Person: John Starmer Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: PO Box 10007 City: Saipan State_or_Province: MP Postal_Code: 96950 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 670-664-8300 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 670-664-8315 Hours_of_Service: 7:30-16:30, GMT+10 Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001.1-1999 CoRIS: CoRIS_ID: 20090603032214 CoRIS_Children: None CoRIS_Beginning_Date: 20000914 CoRIS_Ending_Date: 99991231 CoRIS_Metadata_Link: https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/mmt_reef_flat_metadata_v2.html CoRIS_Tracking_ID: 2742