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File Identifier:
gov.noaa.nodc.cor:0159146
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
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Identification Information
Title:
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Complexity and Urchin Abundance at Climate Stations of the Pacific Remote Island Areas from 2015-01-26 to 2015-04-27 (NCEI Accession 0159146)
Abstract:
The benthic complexity and urchin abundance monitoring effort provides baselines for tracking these variables at NCRMP climate stations. Climate stations are 3-4 sites per island that were selected in a stratified random fashion to be roughly equally spaced around the island, along the 15 m contour, on hard bottom, and at least 1 km away from a river mouth or embayment. Once selected we assess multiple features of the coral reef environment including in-situ temperature (STR), seawater carbonate, net carbonate accretion (CAU), bioerosion (BMU), and cryptobiota diversity (ARMS). Structural complexity is known to be an important component in coral reef ecosystems. Ecosystem relationships that correlate with structural complexity include reef fish density and biomass, live and branching coral cover, urchin abundance and algal cover (Graham and Nash 2013). In many cases, the benthic complexity is an important indicator of benthic and fish communities. The data were collected around the Pacific Remote Island Areas as part of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) led mission in 2015.
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Data Theme
Theme Topics:
Environment and Conservation, Elevation and Derived Products, Biology and Ecology
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Spatial Domain
West Bounding Longitude:
-176.624
South Bounding Latitude:
-0.38234
East Bounding Longitude:
-159.979
North Bounding Latitude:
16.7634
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Data Quality Information
Scope (quality information applies to):
Dataset
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Contact Information
Organization:
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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
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Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Standard Name:
ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
Metadata Standard Version:
ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
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