cred_rea_benthic_cover_tutuila_2008 eng; USA utf8 dataset Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 808 725-5360 808 725-5429 NOAA IRC NMFS/PIFSC/CRED 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176 Honolulu HI 96818 USA nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov e-mail preferred pointOfContact 2019-06-05 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) World Geodetic System 1984 WGS 84 2007-08-27 revision https://epsg.org/crs_4326/WGS-84.html WGS 84 GML of World Geodetic System 1984 coordinate reference system. information resourceProvider European Petroleum Survey Group https://epsg.org/home.html European Petroleum Survey Group Geodetic Parameter Registry Registry that accesses the EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset, which is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations. search publisher urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 CRED REA Benthic Parameter Assessment at Tutuila Island, American Samoa in 2008 2010-03-22 publication Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) originator tableDigital Point-count surveys at 50-cm intervals were conducted along 2 consecutively placed, 25m line transect lines, as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 23 sites around Tutuila Island in American Samoa from 18-25 February aboard the NOAA ship Hi'ialakai during the Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise HI0802. Raw survey data consisted of counts of benthic elements, including but not limited to live coral, dead coral, carbonate pavement, sand, coral rubble, fleshy macroalgae, crustose coralline algae, turfalgae, as well as other sessile invertebrates along the two transects. All live benthic elements were identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible. These data provide the basis for computing quantitative estimates of percent live coral cover, as well as percent cover of the different benthic constituents. 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. Dr. Jean Kenyon, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA underDevelopment Dr. Bernardo Vargas-Angel Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 808 725-5360 808 725-5429 NOAA IRC NMFS/PIFSC/CRED 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176 Honolulu HI 96818 USA nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov e-mail preferred pointOfContact ASNEEDED CoRIS_Metadata theme NCEI Geoportal Filter Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP): Biennial monitoring for the U.S. Pacific Islands and Atolls 1221 project CRCP Project Marine Ecosystem Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA) Coral Reef Ecosystem Benthic Cover American Samoa Tutuila Island HI0802 theme None EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral reef ecology EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Rapid assessment studies theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus Numeric Data Sets > Biology theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Tutuila Island American Samoa South Pacific place None OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > Tutuila Island (14S170W0016) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Tutuila Island (14S170W0016) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus AmSam place CoRIS Region 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. otherRestrictions Use Constraints: 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 otherRestrictions Access Constraints: Data are available two years following data collection date unclassified Not applicable Not applicable eng; USA biota Native Dataset Environment: Oracle Technical Prerequisites: Contact CRED data management team for information -170.8612764 -170.5045149 -14.38281981 -14.22005532 2008-02-18 2008-02-25 Maximum depth was 16 meters. Benthic cover parameters observed: BenthicCategory BenthicName ANTH corallimorph ANTH Rhodactis sp CALG Branched calcified rhodophyta CALG Crustose coralline algae CALG Dead/coralline algae CALG Pavement/Coralline algae CALG Rock/Crustose coralline algae CALG Rubble/coralline algae CALG Sand/Coralline algae CORL Acanthastrea echinata CORL Acanthastrea sp CORL Acropora abrotnoides CORL Acropora clathrata CORL Acropora crateriformis CORL Acropora cytherea CORL Acropora digitifera CORL Acropora elseyi CORL Acropora formosa CORL Acropora gemmifera CORL Acropora humilis CORL Acropora hyacinthus CORL Acropora nasuta CORL Acropora nobilis CORL Acropora palifera CORL Acropora retusa CORL Acropora robusta CORL Acropora sp CORL Acropora sp microclados CORL Acropora valida CORL Astreopora myriophthalma CORL Astreopora randalli CORL Astreopora sp CORL coral CORL Coscinaraea columna CORL Coscinaraea sp CORL Coscinaraea spraea CORL Cyphastrea ocellina CORL Cyphastrea sp CORL Diploastrea heliopora CORL Distichopora sp CORL Echinophyllia sp CORL Echinopora lamellosa CORL Echinopora sp CORL Echinopora spyllia CORL Favia matthai CORL Favia pallida CORL Favia sp CORL Favia speciosa CORL Favia stelligera CORL Favites complanata CORL Favites sp CORL Fungia scutaria CORL Fungia sp CORL Galaxea fascicularis CORL Galaxea sp CORL Gardineroseris planulata CORL Goniastrea edwardsi CORL Goniastrea pectinata CORL Goniastrea sp CORL Goniopora sp CORL Halomitra sp CORL Heliopora coerulea CORL Heliopora sp CORL Herpolitha sp CORL Hydnophora exesa CORL Hydnophora microconnos CORL Hydnophora sp CORL Leptastrea pruinosa CORL Leptastrea purpurea CORL Leptastrea sp CORL Leptoria phyrgia CORL Leptoria sp CORL Leptoseris incrustans CORL Leptoseris mycetoseroides CORL Lobophyllia sp CORL Merulina ampliata CORL Merulina sp CORL Millepora platyphylla CORL Millepora sp CORL Montastera valenciennesi CORL Montastrea curta CORL Montastrea sp CORL Montipora aequitrabeculata CORL Montipora capitata CORL Montipora flabellata CORL Montipora foveolata CORL Montipora grisea CORL Montipora hoffmeisteri CORL Montipora incrassata CORL Montipora nodosa CORL Montipora patula CORL Montipora peltiformis CORL Montipora sp CORL Montipora sp informis CORL Montipora tuberculosa CORL Montipora verrucosa CORL Mycedium elephantotus CORL Oulophyllia sp CORL Oxypora sp CORL Pachyseris sp CORL Pachyseris speciosa CORL Pavona chiriquiensis CORL Pavona clavus CORL Pavona duerdeni CORL Pavona explanulata CORL Pavona maldivensis CORL Pavona minuta CORL Pavona sp CORL Pavona varians CORL Platygyra daedalea CORL Platygyra sp CORL Plerogyra sp CORL Pocillopora capitata CORL Pocillopora damicornis CORL Pocillopora elegans CORL Pocillopora eydouxi CORL Pocillopora ligulata CORL Pocillopora meandrina CORL Pocillopora molokensis CORL Pocillopora sp CORL Pocillopora verrucosa CORL Porites brighami CORL Porites compressa CORL Porites cylindrica CORL Porites evermanni CORL Porites lichen CORL Porites lobata CORL Porites lutea CORL Porites monticulosa CORL Porites rus CORL Porites solida CORL Porites sp CORL Porites vaughani CORL Psammocora haimeana CORL Psammocora nierstraszi CORL Psammocora obtusangula CORL Psammocora sp CORL Psammocora stellata CORL Sandalolitha sp CORL Scapophyllia cylindrica CORL Stylocoeniella sp CORL Stylophora pistillata CORL Stylophora sp CORL Symphyllia cf recta CORL Symphyllia sp CORL Turbinaria reniformis CORL Turbinaria sp CYAN Cyanobacteria CYAN Metal/Cyanobacteria CYAN Pavement/cyanobacteria CYAN Rock/Cyanobacteria CYAN Rubble/Cyanobacteria DEAD Dead coral DEAD Dead/Cyanobacteria INVT Echinoderm INVT Invertebrate INVT Mollusk INVT Other Invertebrate INVT Tunicate MALG Caulerpa sp MALG Cheilosporum sp MALG Dead/lobophora MALG Dictyosphaeria sp MALG Dictyota sp MALG Halimeda sp. MALG Halymenia MALG Lobophora sp MALG Macroalgae MALG Microdictyon MALG Padina sp MALG Pavement/macroalgae MALG Pavementement/lobophora MALG Red algae MALG Rock/lobophora MALG Rubble/Lobophora MALG Rubble/macroalgae MALG Valonia MANM Metal MOLL Tridacna sp OCTO Briareum sp OCTO Cladiella sp OCTO Lobophyton sp OCTO Octocoral OCTO Pachyclavularia sp OCTO Sarcophyton sp OCTO Sinularia sp OTHR Other OTHR Sponge PAVE Pavement ROCK Rock RUBB Rubble RUBB Sand/Rubble SAND Rubble/sand SAND Sand TALG Dead/Turf algae TALG Pavement/Turf TALG Rock/Sand/turf TALG Rock/turf TALG Rubble/turfalgae TALG Sand/turf TALG Turfalgae ZOAN Palythoa sp. ZOAN Zoanthus sp XLS (Microsoft Excel worksheet) CRED Data Management Team Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 808 725-5360 808 725-5429 NOAA IRC NMFS/PIFSC/CRED 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176 Honolulu HI 96818 USA nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov e-mail preferred distributor None if receiving the data online CDROM, OR EMAIL iso9660 dataset Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report GPS unit Horizontal Positional Accuracy Instrument parameters meters 1 Vertical Positional Accuracy Report Dive computer and SCUBA depth gauge Vertical Positional Accuracy Instrument parameters meters 0.3 The survey sites were selected to be representative of the dominant habitats at this reef system. The majority of surveys were conducted in the lagoon due to inclement sea conditions in other habitats. The same methods of data collection were used at each of the sites surveyed at this location, and were conducted by the same scientist (Jean Kenyon). 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, macroalgae, turfalgae invertebrate, and other. Live benthic elements including coral, algae, and invertebrates were identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible. annually This metadata was automatically generated from the the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2016-01-11 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform. Translated from FGDC 2025-03-24T14:34:49.179Z Last Metadata Review Date: 2008-11-20 Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 808 725-5360 808 725-5429 NOAA IRC NMFS/PIFSC/CRED 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176 Honolulu HI 96818 USA nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov e-mail preferred pointOfContact