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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CRED REA Coral Health and Disease Assessment at Palmyra Atoll, Line Islands, 2006
spreadsheet
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/ecosystems/coral-reefs-pacific
Belt transects along 2 consecutively-placed, 25m transect lines were surveyed at 50-cm intervals as part of Rapid
Ecological Assessments conducted at 13 sites at Palmyra Atoll in March, 2006 from the NOAA vessel Hi'ialakai (HI06-04).
Raw survey data included percent cover of benthic parameters, including live coral, dead coral, carbonate pavement,
sand, coral rubble, fleshy macroalgae, crustose coralline algae, and other sessile invertebrates along the two transect
lines. In addition, an area of 3-4m on either side of each transect was surveyed; within this area, each coral colony
was inspected and every diseased/afflicted colony identified to the lowest taxonomic and type of affliction recorded.
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
Maximum depth was 15 meters.
Corals observed:
Common Name Scientific Name
Species Genus Family Order Class Phylum- Kingdom
Division
Coral Porites Poritidae Scleractinia Anthozoa Cnidaria Animalia
Coral Pocillopora Pocilloporidae Scleractinia Anthozoa Cnidaria Animalia
Crustose algae Rhodophyta Plantae
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asNeeded
-162.188484
-161.975032
5.916696
5.848978
NCEI Geoportal FilterCoRIS_MetadataCRCP ProjectPacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP): Biennial monitoring for the U.S. Pacific Islands and Atolls1221
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Coral Cover
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Coral Diseases
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Rapid Assessment Studies
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Crustose Coralline Algae
None
Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP)
Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA)
HI0604
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Numeric Data Sets > Biology
ISO 19115 Topic Category
biota
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Palmyra Atoll (05N162W0001)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Palmyra Atoll (05N162W0001)
None
USA Minor Outlying Islands
Equatorial Islands
Line Islands
USA
CoRIS Region
PRIA
Data are available two years following data collection date.
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
Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Bernardo Vargas-Angel
mailing and physical address
NOAA IRC
NMFS/PIFSC/CRED
1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
808 725-5360
808 725-5429
nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov
e-mail preferred
Not applicable
Unclassified
Not applicable
Oracle
Observations were made by a single diver who is an expert in coral diseases. The benthic cover and disease assessment
surveys are conducted one time per site per survey year; it is not replicated.
The same methods of data collection were used at each of the sites surveyed
at this location, and were conducted by the same scientist (Vargas-Angel).
The survey sites were selected to be representative of the dominant habitats at this reef.
GPS unit
1
Instrument parameters
Dive computer and SCUBA depth gauge
0.3
Instrument parameters
As a diver swam along the transect line, he inspected the benthic elements falling directly underneath each 50-cm
mark on the transect line. Each such element was tallied under the following scheme: live coral, dead coral, carbonate
pavement, coral rubble, sand, rock, algae, invertebrate, and other. Live benthic elements including coral, algae,
and invertebrates were identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible. At the end of this examination , the diver
also surveyed an area of 3-4 m on either side of each transect lines, along which each coral was inspected and
every diseased colony identified to the lowest taxonomic and type of affliction recorded.
Unknown
0.0001
0.0001
Decimal Degrees
World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84)
Geodetic Reference System 80 (GRS80)
6378137
298.2572236
Local surface
1
meters
Explicit Depth Coordinate Included with Horizontal Coordinates
Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
CRED Data Management Team
mailing and physical address
NOAA IRC
NMFS/PIFSC/CRED
1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
808 725-5360
808 725-5429
nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov
e-mail preferred
Offline Data
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.
XLS (Microsoft Excel worksheet)
CDROM, or email
ISO 9660
None if receiving the data online
Contact CRED data management team for information
Contact CRED data management team for information
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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)
mailing and physical address
NOAA IRC
NMFS/PIFSC/CRED
1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
808 725-5360
808 725-5429
nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov
e-mail preferred
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
20060619011956
None
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