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2005-present_Cetacean Biopsy Samples from the Pacific Islands Region
This catalog cetacean skin and blubber samples collected during both small boat and shipboard surveys. Samples are collected using projectile darts. The catalog also contains... -
Coral Reef Resilience and Social Vulnerability to Climate Change in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands
This dataset results from an analysis of exposure, resilience, and social vulnerability to climate change threats for the coral reefs of the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands.... -
Midwater trawl station data collected during NOAA R/V Townsend Cromwell cruise in 1967 in Hawaiian waters
Station information was collected for each deployment of an Anchovy No. 2 Cobb Pelagic Trawl, a new small-mesh midwater trawl, on NOAA Research Vessel Townsend Cromwell Cruise... -
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Belt Transect Surveys of Corals at U.S. Pacific Reefs in 2008 (even size-class bins)
The coral demographic data described here result from belt transect surveys conducted by the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division... -
Towed-Diver Observations in the Main Hawaiian Islands to Assess the Mass Coral Bleaching Event in November 2015
A team from the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) deployed on a two-week research cruise in November 2015 to evaluate the... -
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Coral demographic data (adult and juvenile corals, species, colony length, condition, etc.) collected during Stratified Random Surveys (StRS) across the US Pacific since 2013 derived from in-situ diver surveys and structure-from-motion imagery
The data described here result from benthic coral demographic surveys within belt transects of specified length and width for two life stages (juveniles and adults) across the... -
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Towed-diver Surveys of Benthic Habitat, Key Benthic Species, and Marine Debris Sightings of American Samoa in 2015
The towed-diver method is used to conduct benthic surveys, assessing large-scale disturbances (e.g., bleaching) and quantifying benthic components such as habitat... -
Experimental Vertical Longline Report data collected during NOAA R/V Townsend Cromwell cruises in 1985 and 1987 at the Hancock Seamounts
Experimental vertical longline sets were deployed during 3 cruises of NOAA R/V Townsend Cromwell at the Hancock Seamounts in 1985 and 1987. Collected data included set and haul... -
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Calcification Rates of Crustose Coralline Algae Derived from Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) Deployed at Enrique Reef in Puerto Rico from 2015 to 2018
The calcification rate data described here are from calcification accretion units (CAUs) that have been retrieved (and replaced) at existing, long-term monitoring sites during...