National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Cover Derived from Analysis of Benthic Images Collected for Climate Stations across the Hawaiian Archipelago since 2013
Data Set (DS) | Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:36146 | Updated: October 17, 2023 | Published / External
Item Identification
Title: | National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Cover Derived from Analysis of Benthic Images Collected for Climate Stations across the Hawaiian Archipelago since 2013 |
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Short Name: | NCRMP: Benthic Cover at Climate Stations (Image Analysis) Hawaiian Archipelago |
Status: | On Going |
Revision Date: | 2021 |
Publication Date: | 2016 |
Abstract: |
The data described here result from benthic photo-quadrat surveys conducted along transects at climate stations and permanent sites identified by the Ocean and Climate Change team across the Hawaiian archipelago since 2013 . Benthic habitat imagery were quantitatively analyzed using Coral Point Count with Excel extensions (CPCe; Kohler and Gill, 2006) software from 2010-2014 and a web-based annotation tool called CoralNet (Beijbom et al. 2016) from 2015 to present. In general, images are analyzed to produce three functional group levels of benthic cover: Tier 1 (e.g., hard coral, soft coral, macroalgae, turf algae, etc.), Tier 2 (e.g., Hard Coral = massive, branching, foliose, encrusting, etc.; Macroalgae = upright macroalgae, encrusting macroalgae, bluegreen macroalgae, and Halimeda, etc.), and Tier 3 (e.g., Hard Coral = Astreopora sp, Favia sp, Pocillopora, etc.; Macroalgae = Caulerpa sp, Dictyosphaeria sp, Padina sp, etc.). 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), and bioerosion (BMU). In 2013 and 2016, cryptobiota diversity (ARMS) was also assessed. These data can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive. |
Purpose: |
The NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) details a long term approach to provide an ecosystem perspective via monitoring climate, fish, benthic, and socioeconomic variables in a consistent and integrated manner. The NCRMP is intended to coordinate various NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) biological, physical, and human dimensions activities into a cohesive NOAA-wide effort. Through the implementation of the NCRMP, NOAA will be able to clearly and concisely communicate results of national-scale monitoring to national, state, and territorial policy makers, resource managers, and the public on a periodic basis. |
Notes: |
StRS and Climate cover data should be packaged to archive simultaneously. |
Supplemental Information: |
The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) is a framework for conducting sustained observations of biological, climate, and socioeconomic indicators at 10 priority coral reefs across the U.S. and its territories. This integrated approach will consolidate monitoring of coral reefs under a uniform method in the Pacific, Atlantic, Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico for the first time. NCRMP is funded by the CRCP and supported by NOAA Fisheries, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), and many other partners. The Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP), now know as the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD), at NOAA Fisheries is leading biological monitoring in the U.S. Pacific Islands Region. The biological component of NCRMP in the Pacific provides a triennial ecological characterization at a broad spatial scale of general reef condition for reef fishes, corals and benthic habitat (i.e., fish species composition/density/size, benthic cover, and coral density/size/condition). Each year, CREP [ESD] scientists work closely with CRCP and local partners to collect biological data on fish populations and coral reef communities from strategically selected sites during Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) missions. Innovative analysis techniques are then used to develop products that give fellow scientists, managers, decision makers and the public a better understanding of a region’s resources and how they are changing over time. |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.7289/v5f47mff |
DOI Registration Authority: | NOAA |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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ISO 19115 Topic Category |
biota
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UNCONTROLLED | |
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus | Numeric Data Sets > Benthic |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Microbiota > Blue-green Algae |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Algal Cover |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Crustose Coralline Algae |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Encrusting Macroalgae |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Turf Algae |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Baseline studies |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Quadrat Monitoring > Photograph Analysis |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Transect Monitoring |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Transect Monitoring > Belt Transect |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Transect Monitoring > Point Counts |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > In Situ Biological |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Photographic Analysis |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Rapid Assessment Studies |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Mollusks > Tridacna |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Sponges |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Benthic biology |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Coral Cover |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Hard Coral Cover |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Hard Coral Cover Live percentage |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Octocoral Cover |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Coral |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Coral Communities |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Macroinvertebrates |
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus | EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Plants > Seagrass |
CRCP Project | 743 |
CRCP Project | National Coral Reef Monitoring Program |
NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS | REEF AND/OR BOTTOM REGIME - PERCENT COVER |
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS | laboratory analyses |
NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS | HI'IALAKAI |
NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS | OSCAR ELTON SETTE |
NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS | RAINIER |
NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS | Coral Reef Conservation Program |
NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS | CORAL REEF STUDIES |
NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS | National Coral Reef Monitoring Program |
NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS | US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program |
None | Coral Reef Ecosystem Division |
None | Coral Reef Ecosystem Program |
None | CRED |
None | CREP |
None | Ecosystem Sciences Division |
None | ESD |
None | Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center |
None | PIFSC |
Spatial Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Hawaii (21N160W0000) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Kauai Island (22N159W0001) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Molokai Island (21N157W0001) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > French Frigate Shoals (24N166W0001) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Kure Atoll (28N178W0001) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Lisianski Island (25N173W0001) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (28N178W0000) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Oahu (21N157W0003) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Pearl and Hermes Reef (27N176W0001) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Kauai > Niihau Island (21N160W0001) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Maui > Lanai Island (20N156W0002) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Maui > Maui Island (20N156W0004) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaiian Islands (21N157W0027) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands (21N157W0027) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii > Hawaii (21N160W0000) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii Island > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Kauai Island > Kauai Island (22N159W0001) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Lanai Island > Lanai Island (20N156W0002) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Maui Island > Maui Island (20N156W0004) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Molokai Island > Molokai Island (21N157W0001) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Niihau Island > Niihau Island (21N160W0001) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Oahu Island > Oahu (21N157W0003) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (28N178W0000) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > French Frigate Shoals (24N166W0001) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Kure Atoll (28N178W0001) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Lisianski Island (25N173W0001) |
CoRIS Place Thesaurus | OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Pearl and Hermes Reef (27N176W0001) |
NODC Sea Area Names Thesaurus | North Pacific Ocean |
NODC Sea Area Names Thesaurus | Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument |
None | Main Hawaiian Islands |
None | MHI |
None | Northwestern Hawaiian Islands |
None | NWHI |
Physical Location
Organization: | Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center |
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City: | Honolulu |
State/Province: | HI |
Country: | USA |
Data Set Information
Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
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Data Set Type: | CSV Files |
Maintenance Frequency: | As Needed |
Data Presentation Form: | Table (digital) |
Entity Attribute Detail URL: | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/36149 |
Distribution Liability: |
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. |
Data Set Credit: | PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Program and funded by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program |
Support Roles
Data Steward
Date Effective From: | 2013 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Vargas-Angel, Bernardo |
Address: |
1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu, HI 96818 USA |
Email Address: | bernardo.vargasangel@noaa.gov |
Phone: | (808)725-5423 |
Distributor
Date Effective From: | 2016 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) |
Address: |
NOAA/NESDIS E/OC SSMC3, 4th Floor, 1351 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 |
Phone: | (301) 713-3277 |
Metadata Contact
Date Effective From: | 2020 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Olenski, Brooke |
Email Address: | brooke.olenski@noaa.gov |
Originator
Date Effective From: | 2013 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) |
Address: |
1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu, HI 96818 USA |
Email Address: | pifsc.info@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 808-725-5360 |
URL: | https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov |
Business Hours: | 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
Originator
Date Effective From: | 2013 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) |
Address: |
1305 East West Highway 10th Floor Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281 |
Phone: | (301) 713-3155 |
URL: | https://coralreef.noaa.gov |
Point of Contact
Date Effective From: | 2013 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Vargas-Angel, Bernardo |
Address: |
1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu, HI 96818 USA |
Email Address: | bernardo.vargasangel@noaa.gov |
Phone: | (808)725-5423 |
Extents
Currentness Reference: | Ground Condition |
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Extent Group 1
Extent Description: |
Hawaiian Archipelago including the main and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. |
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Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
W° Bound: | -178.383718 | |
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E° Bound: | -166.11682 | |
N° Bound: | 28.459215 | |
S° Bound: | 23.627917 | |
Description |
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI), including French Frigate, Kure, Lisianski, and Pearl & Hermes. |
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 2
W° Bound: | -160.23392 | |
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E° Bound: | -154.8176 | |
N° Bound: | 22.168448 | |
S° Bound: | 18.968567 | |
Description |
Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI), including Hawaii, Kauai, Maui, Oahu, Molokai, Niihau, and Lanai. |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
Time Frame Type: | Discrete |
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Start: | 2013-09-18 |
Alternate Start As Of Info: | HA1305 |
Description: |
NWHI RAMP 2013 |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 2
Time Frame Type: | Range |
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Start: | 2013-10-22 |
End: | 2013-10-30 |
Alternate Start As Of Info: | SB1320 |
Description: |
Shore-based surveys of Oahu |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 3
Time Frame Type: | Range |
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Start: | 2013-07-12 |
End: | 2013-07-14 |
Alternate Start As Of Info: | SE1305 |
Description: |
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands mission (Kure) |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 4
Time Frame Type: | Range |
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Start: | 2013-09-05 |
End: | 2013-09-13 |
Alternate Start As Of Info: | HA1305 |
Description: |
NWHI RAMP 2013 |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 5
Time Frame Type: | Range |
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Start: | 2013-08-03 |
End: | 2013-08-23 |
Alternate Start As Of Info: | HA1304 |
Description: |
MHI RAMP 2013 |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 6
Time Frame Type: | Range |
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Start: | 2016-07-17 |
End: | 2017-08-23 |
Alternate Start As Of Info: | HA1606 |
Description: |
MHI RAMP 2016 |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 7
Time Frame Type: | Discrete |
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Start: | 2016-09-21 |
Alternate Start As Of Info: | HA1606 |
Description: |
NWHI RAMP 2016 |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 8
Time Frame Type: | Range |
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Start: | 2019-08-27 |
End: | 2019-09-04 |
Alternate Start As Of Info: | RA1903 |
Description: |
NWHI RAMP 2019 |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 9
Time Frame Type: | Range |
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Start: | 2019-04-26 |
End: | 2019-08-05 |
Alternate Start As Of Info: | SE1902 |
Description: |
MHI RAMP 2019 |
Access Information
Security Class: | Unclassified |
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Security Classification System: |
Not applicable |
Security Handling Description: |
Not applicable |
Data Access Policy: |
NOAA Ecosystem Science Division (ESD) Data Sharing Recommendations, version 9.0 updated August 12, 2015: ESD welcomes the opportunity to collaborate on research issues contributing to the scientific basis for better management of marine ecosystems. ESD has a very diverse set of field activities that generates large volumes of data using an array of data collection protocols. The following recommendations are for your consideration as you use this data: 1) Data analyses should take all field exigencies into account. The most effective way to do this would be active collaboration with ESD principal investigators. 2) In all presentations, product releases, or publications using data generated by ESD, proper acknowledgement of both ESD and the individuals responsible for data collection is expected. Citing the DOI (if available) is preferred, a non-DOI example is listed below. 3) If you collect or generate data for the same study areas, ESD requests that you share relevant information on complimentary data collections. 4) Those receiving data are strongly urged to inform the ESD Data Management Team of any errors and discrepancies that are discovered during the course of using these data. They are further urged to bring to the attention of the Team all problems and difficulties encountered in using these data. This information is necessary in order to improve the collections and to facilitate more efficient and economical data processing and retrieval. The users are asked to supply copies of any missing data that may be located, and to provide information as to significant subsets and special aggregations of data that are developed in using the material provided. Example citation: "This publication makes use of data products provided by the Ecosystem Science Division (ESD), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with funding support from the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP). The analysis and interpretations presented here are solely that of the current authors.” |
Data Access Procedure: |
Data can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive. |
Data Access Constraints: |
None |
Data Use Constraints: |
Please cite NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) when using the data. Example: Ecosystem Sciences Division; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (2021). National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Percent Cover Derived from Analysis of Benthic Images Collected for Climate Stations across the Hawaiian Archipelago since 2013. NOAA's National Center for Environmental Information, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/36146. |
Metadata Access Constraints: |
None |
Metadata Use Constraints: |
None |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
Download URL: | https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0157720 |
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Distributor: | National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2016 - Present) |
File Name: | MV_BIA_CNET_ANALYSIS_DATA HAWAII 2013.csv |
Description: |
Image analysis data derived from photoquadrat benthic images at NCRMP climate stations and permanent sites across the Hawaiian archipelago in 2013 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP), now know as the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD). |
File Type (Deprecated): | csv (comma-separated values) |
Distribution Format: | CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) |
Distribution 2
Download URL: | https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0164294 |
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Distributor: | National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2016 - Present) |
File Name: | MV_BIA_CNET_ANALYSIS_DATA HAWAII 2016.csv |
Description: |
Image analysis data derived from photoquadrat benthic images at NCRMP climate stations and permanent sites across the Hawaiian archipelago in 2016 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP), now know as the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD). |
File Type (Deprecated): | csv (comma-separated values) |
Distribution Format: | CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) |
Distribution 3
Download URL: | https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0240338 |
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Distributor: | National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2016 - Present) |
File Name: | MHI_2019_CLIMATE_BENTHIC_COVER.csv |
Description: |
Image analysis data derived from photoquadrat benthic images at NCRMP climate stations and permanent sites across the Main Hawaiian Islands in 2019 by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) |
File Date/Time: | 2021-07-29 00:00:00 |
File Type (Deprecated): | csv (comma-separated values) |
Distribution Format: | CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) |
Distribution 4
Download URL: | https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0240338 |
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Distributor: | National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2016 - Present) |
File Name: | NWHI_2019_CLIMATE_BENTHIC_COVER.csv |
Description: |
Image analysis data derived from photoquadrat benthic images at NCRMP climate stations and permanent sites across the Northwest Hawaiian Islands in 2019 by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) |
File Date/Time: | 2021-07-29 00:00:00 |
File Type (Deprecated): | csv (comma-separated values) |
Distribution Format: | CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) |
URLs
URL 1
URL: | https://coralnet.ucsd.edu/ |
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Name: | CoralNet |
URL Type: |
Online Resource
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File Resource Format: | HTML |
Description: |
CoralNet Home Page |
URL 2
URL: | https://cnso.nova.edu/cpce/ |
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Name: | Coral Point Count with Excel Extensions |
URL Type: |
Online Resource
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File Resource Format: | HTML |
Description: |
Coral Point Count with Excel Extensions (CPCe) Home Page |
URL 3
URL: | https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/corals.php |
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Name: | NOAA Fisheries: Coral Reefs in the Pacific |
URL Type: |
Online Resource
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File Resource Format: | PHP |
Description: |
NOAA Fisheries: Coral Reefs in the Pacific website. |
URL 4
URL: | https://www.coris.noaa.gov/monitoring/ |
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Name: | Coral Reef Information System: NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program |
URL Type: |
Online Resource
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File Resource Format: | PHP |
Description: |
NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) website. |
Technical Environment
Description: |
PIFSC Oracle database view: MV_BIA_CNET_ANALYSIS_DATA (CoralNet) / MV_BIA_PERC_COVER_PHOTO_CLI_RW (CPCe) |
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Data Quality
Accuracy: |
Data sets derived from image analysis are highly reliable within the stipulated taxonomic context. Each time a production run is performed for a region, a calibration exercise is conducted by all staff that will participate in that round of image analysis classification. Usually 100-150 photos are selected from the photos being processed as part of the production run series, or other region-relevant photo streams. Then, CPCE or CoralNet assigns 10 random points per photo. Each photo analyst is asked to classify the same set of points in each of the photos used as part of the calibration exercise. The goal of the calibration exercise is to assess inter-observer variability. Inter-observer variability rates are available upon request for each production run. Handheld GPS units were used to locate and mark site locations. |
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Comparability: |
Survey transects were appropriately marked to allow direct, site-level temporal comparisons. |
Completeness Measure: |
Complete; photoquads were taken at all sites surveyed. The data set derived from the annotated images is as good as the images themselves; poor images with low contrast, inappropriate white balance, or out of focus may have been discarded. Therefore, total annotations for some sites may have differing number of points between sites (300 annotations are expected per site if there were 30 photographs and 10 point analyzed per photograph). Although the analysis process is statistically robust to allow for differing n (points) between sites, users should be aware of this limitation. |
Completeness Report: |
Only shallow water (0 to 30 meter depth range) hard-bottom habitats are surveyed. Classification is completed to the functional group/genus level (Tier 3). The data set derived from the image analysis is as good as the images themselves; poor images with low contrast, inappropriate white balance, or out of focus may have to be discarded. Therefore, percent cover estimates for some sites may derive from differing number of points between sites. Although the analysis process is statistically robust to allow for differing n (points) between sites the users should be aware of this limitation. |
Conceptual Consistency: |
Training modules and standard operating procedures have been developed and documented to ensure improved performance and consistent imagery analysis results produced by multiple analysts. |
Quality Control Procedures Employed: |
Quality control is enforced by means of point-to-point, inter-observer calibration exercises that are conducted before each image analysis production series. |
Data Management
Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: | Yes |
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Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: | Unknown |
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: | Yes |
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: | No |
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: | Unknown |
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: | NCEI-MD |
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: | Unknown |
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?: |
The image analysis data is captured in two different locations: exported files from CPCe or CoralNet that reside on a file server, which are ingested into a table in the PIFSC Oracle database. Both the file server and PIFSC Oracle database are maintained and regularly backed up by PIFSC ITS. |
Lineage
Lineage Statement: |
Benthic photographs were collected during photoquadrat surveys conducted at permanent sites and climate stations in coral reef habitats by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division. The imagery was later analyzed using Coral Point Count with Excel Extentions (CPCe; 2014 and prior) or CoralNet (starting in 2015) to generate benthic community data. |
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Sources
Beijbom, Oscar, Peter J. Edmunds, Chris Roelfsema, Jennifer Smith, David I. Kline, Benjamin P. Neal, Matthew J. Dunlap, et al. 2015. “Towards Automated Annotation of Benthic Survey Images: Variability of Human Experts and Operational Modes of Automation.” Edited by Chaolun Allen Chen. PLOS ONE 10 (7): e0130312.
Contact Role Type: | Publisher |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | PLOS ONE |
Publish Date: | 2015-07-08 |
Citation URL: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130312 |
Citation URL Name: | PLOS ONE |
Source Contribution: |
Research article, RE: CoralNet |
Kohler, Kevin E., and Shaun M. Gill. 2006. “Coral Point Count with Excel Extensions (CPCe): A Visual Basic Program for the Determination of Coral and Substrate Coverage Using Random Point Count Methodology.” Computers & Geosciences 32 (9): 1259–69.
Contact Role Type: | Publisher |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | ScienceDirect Computers & Geosciences |
Publish Date: | 2006-11-01 |
Citation URL: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2005.11.009 |
Citation URL Name: | ScienceDirect |
Source Contribution: |
Research article, RE: CPCe |
Lozada-Misa P, Schumacher BD, Vargas-Angel B. 2017. Analysis of benthic survey images via CoralNet : a summary of standard operating procedures and guidelines. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC Administrative Report, H-17-02, 169 p.
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC |
Publish Date: | 2017-01-31 |
Citation URL: | https://doi.org/10.7289/V5/AR-PIFSC-H-17-02 |
Citation URL Name: | NOAA Institutional Repository |
Citation URL Description: |
The NOAA Fisheries, Ecosystem Sciences Division benthic image analysis SOP using CoralNet. |
Process Steps
Process Step 1
Description: |
The benthic photoquadrat imagery that are collected as part of the Climate Station surveys are analyzed by using Coral Point Count with Excel extensions (CPCe; Kohler and Gill 2006) software through 2014 or by using the web-based annotation tool CoralNet (Beijbom et al. 2015) from 2015 to present. CPCe or CoralNet assigns 10 random points per photo and the benthic elements falling directly underneath each point is identified to three functional group levels: Tier 1 (e.g. hard coral, soft coral, macroalgae, turf algae, etc.), Tier 2 (e.g. Hard coral by morphology = massive, branching, foliose, encrusting, etc.; Macroalgae = upright macroalgae, encrusting macroalgae, bluegreen macroalgae, and Halimeda, etc.), and Tier 3 (e.g. Hard coral by genus and morphology; Macroalgae by genus or grouped genera). The detailed list of each functional group level or tier is included in the benthic image analysis classification scheme. |
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Process Contact: | Vargas-Angel, Bernardo |
Phone (Voice): | (808)725-5423 |
Email Address: | bernardo.vargasangel@noaa.gov |
Source: | Lozada-Misa P, Schumacher BD, Vargas-Angel B. 2017. Analysis of benthic survey images via CoralNet : a summary of standard operating procedures and guidelines. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC Administrative Report, H-17-02, 169 p. |
Process Step 2
Description: |
Raw survey data includes unique image name and individual point observations identified at three functional group levels of benthic cover with the corresponding physical data which reflect the description of the site. The physical data for all records includes the following: region, island, site, date (day, month, year), latitude (dd), longitude (dd), reef zone, habitat type, depth category, minimum depth and maximum depth. |
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Child Items
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Type | Title |
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Entity | Benthic Image analysis classification scheme |
Entity | Benthic_Cover |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 36146 |
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GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:36146 |
Metadata Record Created By: | Troy T Kanemura |
Metadata Record Created: | 2016-12-30 15:16+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2023-10-17 16:12+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2021-07-30 |
Owner Org: | PIFSC |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Last Review Date: | 2021-07-30 |
Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2022-07-30 |