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Benthic, urchin, and fish observation data collected utilizing multiple methodologies for coral reef carbonate budget assessments in 2021 in O'ahu, in the Mariana Archipelago in 2022, and in American Samoa in 2023
This data package includes the benthic, urchin, and fish observation data collected for coral reef carbonate budget assessments by the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) of... -
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Water Chemistry of the Coral Reefs across the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands from Water Samples collected from 2012 to 2014
Water samples are collected and analyzed to assess spatial and temporal variation in the seawater carbonate systems of coral reef ecosystems in the Hawaiian and Mariana... -
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Shallow Water Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) Profiles for select locations across the Mariana Archipelago since 2014
Nearshore and offshore Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) casts were collected at sites in the Hawaiian Archipelago as part of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program... -
Benthic photoquadrat imagery and benthic cover data collected in Nu'uuli Pala Lagoon and Backreef in American Samoa from 2024-11-11 to 2024-11-21
This metadata record describes the benthic imagery, raw benthic cover, mean benthic cover, and mean macroalgae cover data of Nu'uuli Pala Lagoon and Backreef in American Samoa,... -
Hawaii DAR Commercial Catch
Hawaii law requires that all fishers who take marine life for commercial purposes report their catch and effort to the Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR). From 1948... -
OW NASA VIIRS Ocean Color
The dataset contains satellite-derived sea-surface ocean color (chlorophyll-a) measurements collected by means of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor... -
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Water Temperature Data from Subsurface Temperature Recorders (STRs) deployed at coral reef sites in the Pacific Remote Island Areas since 2011.
Water temperature time series data provided in this data set are from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) deployed at permanent coral reef sites across the Pacific Remote... -
Reefs for the future: Resilience of coral reefs in the main Hawaiian Islands
Declining health of coral reef ecosystems led scientists to search for factors that support reef resilience: the ability of reefs to resist and recover from environmental... -
The effects of elevated temperature and acidification on the biodiversity of coral reef cryptobenthic communities that recruited Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures placed within mesocosms at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology between July 2016 and June 2018
The data described here includes cytochrome oxidase I (COI) DNA metabarcoding data collected from modified Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures deployed in mesocosms at the... -
Swordfish Stomach Content Data, 1989-2000
Stomach contents were tabulated for 734 swordfish (Xiphias gladius) from the central North Pacific from 1989 to 2000 (most from 1994-1998). The swordfish were captured by... -
Bathymetric Position Index (BPI) Structures Grid Derived from Gridded Bathymetry for Select U.S. Coral Reef Locations across the Pacific Ocean
Bathymetric Position Index (BPI) Structures are derived for islands and banks across the U.S. Pacific Islands Region from a focal mean analysis on bathymetry and slope, and were... -
HMSRP Hawaiian Monk Seal Shark Predation Mitigation Shark Sightings and Incidents
Data on direct sightings of large sharks around monk seal pupping sites and shark incidents on preweaned and newly weaned pups at French Frigate Shoals are entered on a... -
American Samoa Commercial Purchases
In 1990 the local government made it mandatory for local vendors to participate in this monitoring program and it is continuing. The Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources... -
Hawaiian monk seal sighting and human-seal interaction data extracted from Instagram postings to support NMFS monk seal recovery efforts in the main Hawaiian Islands, from 2014-10-01 to 2015-09-30.
As social media platforms develop, they potentially provide valuable information for wildlife researchers and managers. NOAAâs Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program (HMSRP) is... -
HCBC 2019 Hawaii Bleaching Analysis Ready Clustered Data
The analysis-ready data described here result from performing hierarchical clustering of individual coral bleaching surveys conducted across the Hawaiian Archipelago in 2014,... -
Tagging Recovery data collected during NOAA research vessel cruises between 1957 and 1958 in the main Hawaiian Islands
Tag Recovery data was collected during a NOAA research cruise by John R. Manning cruise in 1957 and NOAA research cruises by the Charles H. Gilbert in 1957 and 1958 in the main... -
Tuna Morphometrics data collected by commercial fishery vessels in the equatorial Pacific in 1952 and 1955
This data set contains tuna morphometric measurements collected by Pacific Oceanic Fishery Investigations from commercial fishery (chartered) vessels in 1952 and 1955. Date,...