NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Fiji AB Coral d18O, PAGES Australasia 2k Version
This Paleoclimatology Study is archived at and available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The NOAA Paleoclimatology Study Type is Coral. The data include paramete...
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef benthic communities in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary from 2022-08-25 to 2022-09-02 (NCEI Accession 0277838)
The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) assessed coral reef communities in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) using two benthic surveys: the Benthic Assessment (includes Line Point-Intercept) and the Coral Demographic method...
Inventory and review of artificial substrates to support coral propagation in mesophotic and deep benthic communities
To date, the development and selection of artificial substrates for mesophotic and deep-sea coral restoration has not been comprehensively reviewed and evaluated. This report was developed by the Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities (MDBC) Coral Propag...
Development of a hybrid ML and physical model global ensemble system
Recently, data-driven machine learning weather prediction (MLWP) models not only produce superior forecasts compared to traditional numerical weather prediction (NWP) models but also run with magnitudes smaller computing resources and are significantly fa...
Project Instructions: NOAA Ship OREGON II R2-25-01 (355) G-FISHER Survey
NOAA Ship Oregon II will conduct a survey of reef fish on the U.S. continental shelf of the GOA using custom built spherical stereo/video stationary camera systems. Water will be sampled using an environmental sensor paired with the stereo camera array in...
Between 12 June–30 July, 2023, three expedition legs were completed on the NOAA ship Pisces (PC-23-02). Operations consisted of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dives, multibeam surveys, autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) dives, and conductivity, temperat...
NCCOS Mapping: Merged Bathymetry Data in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary for Benthic Habitat Mapping from 1998 to 2022 (NCEI Accession 0304093)
We created merged bathymetry surfaces segmented in GeoTIFF format by resolution and depth within the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) from more than 20 multibeam mapping surveys. These bathymetry data were collected between 1998 and 2022 ...
American Samoa Territorial Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef benthic and fish communities in American Samoa from 2005-03-10 to 2024-03-13 (NCEI Accession 0232256)
The data described here result from coral reef assessments of reef slopes (10m depth) at permanent sites around Tutuila, American Samoa as part of the ongoing American Samoa Coral Reef Monitoring Program (ASCRMP). These surveys were conducted by members o...
Reef fish Stationary Point Count (SPC) survey data collected by the Guam Long-term Coral Reef Monitoring Program from 2010-08-04 to 2024-11-19 (NCEI Accession 0244405)
The data in this package include fish abundance, length, biomass, and presence/absence data collected at High Priority Reef Areas (HPRA) by Guam Long-term Coral Reef Monitoring Program (GLTMP) biologists. The monitoring team uses a Stationary Point Count ...
Mapping The Way Forward: Spatial Data Inventory and Insights for Marine Planning in the Central Atlantic Region of the United States
NCCOS and BOEM are building marine spatial planning capacity in the Central Atlantic region of the United States (US). Marine spatial planning holds great promise to assist coastal managers, Tribes, environmental organizations, and industry with planning ...
Genotypes of Acropora cervicornis in Florida show resistance to either elevated nutrients or disease, but not both in combination
Coral restoration programs are expanding to revive coral populations and ecosystem services, but local and global stressors still threaten coral survival. In the Caribbean, the ESA-listed staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis has experienced profound declin...
NCCOS Assessment: Investigating the effects of chronic turbidity exposure with elevated temperature to priority Florida coral species, Orbicella faveolata 2024-02-13 to 2024-05-07 (NCEI Accession 0304024)
This dataset is comprised of multiple analyses from a 90-day laboratory exposure experiment to determine the chronic effects of fine-sediment generated turbidity in combination with increased temperature on the health of Orbicella faveolate coral nubbins....
Benthic cover data collected at High Priority Reef Areas by the Guam Long-term Coral Reef Monitoring Program from 2010-08-04 to 2024-11-19 (NCEI Accession 0285768)
The data in this package include benthic percent cover data collected at High Priority Reef Areas by the Guam Long-term Coral Reef Monitoring Program (GLTMP). These data were generated through the analysis of images obtained by benthic photo transect surv...
Macroinvertebrate belt transect survey data collected by the Guam Long-term Coral Reef Monitoring Program from 2010-08-06 to 2024-11-19 (NCEI Accession 0228762)
The data in this package include macroinvertebrate belt transect survey data collected collected at High Priority Reef Areas (HPRAs) by the Guam Long-term Coral Reef Monitoring Program (GLTMP) between 2010 and 2024. GLTMP biologists counted the number of ...
Data Report: Summary and Assessment of CTD Data from MDBC Expeditions aboard NOAA Ship Pisces, R/V Point Sur, and R/V Pelican October 2021−October 2023
This environmental data summary report provides visualization and interpretation of all shipboard conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) data collected during eight expeditions aboard three vessels between October 2021 and 2023—five aboard R/V Point S...
Data Report : Summary and Assessment of Environmental Data from MDBC Expedition R/V Point Sur, May 31–June 11, 2022
This environmental data summary report provides visualization and interpretation of all shipboard CTD data collected during the SALT 2 expedition (PS-22-22) in May and June of 2022. The results of this assessment will be used to inform laboratory-based hu...
Data Report: Comprehensive Inventory of Seafloor Mapping, Ground-truthing, and Predictive Habitat Modeling Datasets to Support Deepwater Horizon Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities
A comprehensive inventory of seafloor mapping, ground-truthing, and predictive habitat modeling data was compiled for a large part of the northern GOM for years 1980-2021 to meet the DWH restoration goals and support restoration activities. Thorough and r...
Data Report: Comprehensive Inventory of Habitat Assessment and Evaluation Datasets to Support Deepwater Horizon Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities
The objective of this report is to detail the data inventory scope and methods, such as data discovery, screening, acquisition, and extraction. The results of this inventory will be summarized with information specific to each HAE working group. An outlin...
Effective monitoring is vital to assess, refine, and adaptively manage coral reef restoration projects, but standardized monitoring protocols for restoration in Hawai‘i are currently lacking. This Hawai‘i Restoration Monitoring Guide fills this gap by out...
An analysis of issues affecting the management of coral reefs and the associated capacity building needs in the main Hawaiian Islands
This capacity assessment is a component of the coral reef management priority setting process facilitated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coral Reef Conservation Program (NOAA CRCP) and initiated in 2009. The stated purpose of thi...
An analysis of issues affecting the management of coral reefs and the associated capacity building needs in Guam
This capacity assessment is a component of the coral reef management priority setting process facilitated by the NOAA CRCP and initiated in 2009. The stated purpose of this process is 'to develop place-based, local coral reef management priorities' for th...
Recovery Status Review for 15 Species of Indo-Pacific Reef-building Corals Listed under the Endangered Species Act
This Recovery Status Review (RSR) is intended to inform the development of a recovery plan for the 15 Indo-Pacific reef-building coral species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 2014 and the ecosystems upon which they depend. T...
NCCOS Assessment: Post-hurricane assessment of chemical contaminants in nearshore waters and marine sediments at two St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) National Parks, 2021-08-16 to 2022-03-07 (NCEI Accession 0303533)
Marine sediment and water column samples were collected in nearshore habitats around the island of St. John, USVI during two sampling trips in late 2021 and early 2022 and following the landfall of two Category 5 hurricanes, Irma (landfall 2017-09-06) and...
Estimating coral reef carbonate budgets using Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry
Carbonate budget assessments quantify rates of calcium carbonate production and erosion from habitat-altering marine taxa and can be used to evaluate the potential for reef growth and the persistence of coral reef frameworks. Tracking the key ecosystem pr...
tinyVAST: R Package With an Expressive Interface to Specify Lagged and Simultaneous Effects in Multivariate Spatio‐Temporal Models
Multivariate spatio-temporal models are widely applicable, but specifying their structure is complicated and may inhibit wider use. We introduce the R package tinyVAST from two viewpoints: the software user and the statistician.
NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Fiji AB Coral d18O, PAGES Australasia 2k Version
This Paleoclimatology Study is archived at and available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The NOAA Paleoclimatology Study Type is Coral. The data include paramete...
Inventory and review of artificial substrates to support coral propagation in mesophotic and deep benthic communities