Adult Coral Belt Observations Data Dictionary

Unique identifier for ROUND record.

Mission identifier.

Code for REGION_NAME.

The name of the region surveyed in the Pacific Islands region: American Samoa, Pacific Remote Island Areas, Mariana Archipelago, main Hawaiian Islands, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

3-letter code for ISLAND.

Name of island or atoll surveyed in the Pacific Islands region (REGION_NAME).

The code for the site surveyed at the island or atoll (ISLAND). Combines a 3-letter island code (ISLANDCODE) with a 2-4 digit site number.

Latitude in decimal degrees, WGS84, for the given SITE.

Longitude in decimal degrees, WGS84 for the given SITE.

3-letter code for REEF_ZONE.

The zone for the given SITE (Forereef, Backreef, Protected Slope, Lagoon).

3-letter code for HABITAT_TYPE.

Habitat type (e.g., aggregate reef, reef rubble, pavement) for the given SITE.

Minimum SITE depth (ft).

Maximum SITE depth (ft).

Classification of depth (shallow, mid, deep) based on midpoint between minimum and maximum depths of transect(s) of a given SITE. Shallow: >0-6 m, Mid: >6-18 m, Deep: >18-30 m

Single-letter code for DEPTH_BIN (S, M, D).

Unique identifier created each time a SITE is surveyed on a DATE_.

Local date the survey was conducted.

Numeric day the survey was conducted (DATE_).

Numeric month the survey was conducted (DATE_).

4-digit year the survey was conducted (DATE_).

Flag (-1) to indicate transect was not surveyed (Added Sept. 2014).

Flag (-1) to indicate that photographs were taken at the transect. 0 indicates no photographs were taken (Added in 2018).

Initials of diver that conducted the survey. NULL if NO_SURVEY_YN = -1.

References the coral belt survey method.

Unique transect ID number assigned to each transect during the same NCRMP mission (Added in 2018).

Used from 2013-2017 as a unique identifier for each transect surveyed within a SITE. In 2018, TRANSECTNUM = 2 indicates a re-survey of the same transect by an additional diver.

Unique ID number for each segment surveyed during the same NCRMP mission (Added in 2018).

Primary key for CORAL_BELT_TRANSECTRUN and unique identifier for TRANSECT.

Transect number (1-4). For collections on HARAMP 2019, any data entered under transect 2 is for use as an internal, diver-to-diver calibration, and is not part of the canonical dataset

Segment number (1-7). Segments are within a TRANSECT and are typically 1 x 2.5 m in size and situated 2.5 m apart.

Segment length (m).

Segment width (m).

Flag (-1) to indicate that no coral colonies were observed. 0 indicates corals were present (Added in 2018).

Coral colony identifier. NULL if NO_SURVEY_YN = -1 or TAXONCODE/SPECIES = 'AAAA'.

Length of coral colony (cm). Required. Value -9 is a placeholder and represents a missing value.

Code for MORPHOLOGY.

Coral morphology type (branching, columnar, encrusting, etc.). Required as of 2014. Does not apply to TAXONCODE/SPECIES = 'CALG'

Flag (-1) to indicate that the observed coral colony is a fragment and not attached to the substrate. 0 indicates the coral was not a fragment (Added in 2018).

Percentage of older dead coral (0-100%), as opposed to recently dead coral recorded in RECENTDEAD. Required. Value -9 is a placeholder and represents a missing value.

Percentage of recently dead (freshly denuded skeleton not fouled by algae) coral (0-100%), as opposed to older dead coral recorded in OLDDEAD. Required. Value -9 is a placeholder and represents a missing value. Deprecated, replaced by RECENTDEAD_1.

Percentage of recently dead (freshly denuded skeleton not fouled by algae) coral (0-100%), as opposed to older dead coral recorded in OLDDEAD. Required. Value -9 is a placeholder and represents a missing value. Replaces RECENTDEAD.

Code for RECENT_GENERAL_CAUSE_DESC_1. Replaces RECENT_GENERAL_CAUSE_CODE.

General cause of recently dead (freshly denuded skeleton not fouled by algae) coral recorded in RECENTDEAD_1. Required if RECENTDEAD_1 is >0.

Code for RECENT_SPECIFIC_CAUSE_DESC_1. Replaces RECENT_SPECIFIC_CAUSE_CODE.

Specific cause of recently dead (freshly denuded skeleton not fouled by algae) coral recorded in RECENTDEAD_1. Required if RECENTDEAD_1 is >0.

Percentage of recently dead (freshly denuded skeleton not fouled by algae) coral. Only used if more than one cause of coral mortality was observed (RECENTDEAD_1 >0).

Code for RECENT_GENERAL_CAUSE_DESC_2.

General cause of recently dead (freshly denuded skeleton not fouled by algae) coral recorded in RECENTDEAD_2. Required if RECENTDEAD_2 is >0.

Code for RECENT_SPECIFIC_CAUSE_DESC_2.

Specific cause of recently dead (freshly denuded skeleton not fouled by algae) coral recorded in RECENTDEAD_2. Required if RECENTDEAD_2 is >0.

Percentage of recently dead (freshly denuded skeleton not fouled by algae) coral. Only used if more than two causes of coral mortality were observed (RECENTDEAD_1 and RECENTDEAD_2 >0).

Code for RECENT_GENERAL_CAUSE_DESC_3.

General cause of recently dead (freshly denuded skeleton not fouled by algae) coral recorded in RECENTDEAD_3. Required if RECENTDEAD_3 is >0.

Specific cause of recently dead (freshly denuded skeleton not fouled by algae) coral recorded in RECENTDEAD_3. Required if RECENTDEAD_3 is >0.

Specific cause of recently dead (freshly denuded skeleton not fouled by algae) coral recorded in RECENTDEAD_3. Required if RECENTDEAD_3 is >0.

Code for CONDITION_1_DESC.

Code for COND_DESCRIPTION.

Condition/disease observed affecting the coral colony (e.g., bleaching, infection, infestation, pigmentation response, growth anomaly, etc.), but which does not cause RECENT DEAD.

Condition/disease observed affecting the coral colony (e.g., bleaching, infection, infestation, pigmentation response, growth anomaly, etc.), but which does not cause RECENT DEAD.

Extent of condition/disease observed on coral colony (1-100). Required if COND is recorded (<> 'NDZ). Value -9 is used as placeholder if COND was recorded and EXTENT was not.

Extent of condition/disease observed on coral colony (1-100). Required if CONDITION_1 is recorded (<> 'NDZ). Value -9 is used as placeholder if COND was recorded and EXTENT was not.

Severity of condition/disease observed on coral colony (scale of 1-5 from least to most severe). SEVERITY required only if COND = BLE or BLP. Value -9 is used as placeholder if SEVERITY was required and not recorded.

Severity of condition/disease observed on coral colony (scale of 1-5 from least to most severe). SEVERITY required only if COND = BLE, BLP, PTR, or SGA. Value -9 is used as placeholder if SEVERITY was required and not recorded.

Code for CONDITION_1_DESC.

Condition/disease observed affecting the coral colony (e.g., bleaching, infection, infestation, pigmentation response, growth anomaly, etc.), but which does not cause RECENT DEAD.

Extent of condition/disease observed on coral colony (1-100). Required if CONDITION_1 is recorded (<> 'NDZ). Value -9 is used as placeholder if COND was recorded and EXTENT was not.

Severity of condition/disease observed on coral colony (scale of 1-5 from least to most severe). SEVERITY required only if COND = BLE or BLP. Value -9 is used as placeholder if SEVERITY was required and not recorded.

Code for CONDITION_1_DESC.

Condition/disease observed affecting the coral colony (e.g., bleaching, infection, infestation, pigmentation response, growth anomaly, etc.), but which does not cause RECENT DEAD.

Extent of condition/disease observed on coral colony (1-100). Required if CONDITION_1 is recorded (<> 'NDZ). Value -9 is used as placeholder if COND was recorded and EXTENT was not.

Severity of condition/disease observed on coral colony (scale of 1-5 from least to most severe). SEVERITY required only if COND = BLE or BLP. Value -9 is used as placeholder if SEVERITY was required and not recorded.

4-letter code for TAXONNAME. Code AAAA represents a SEGMENT that was surveyed and no individual colonies were found. NULL if TRANSECT was not surveyed (NO_SURVEY_YN = -1).

Scientific name of observed organism to the finest taxonomic resolution that divers can identify a colony to, either to species or genus level identification (see RANK). NULL if NO_SURVEY_YN = -1.

4-letter code for TAXONNAME. Code AAAA represents a SEGMENT that was surveyed and no individual colonies were found. NULL if TRANSECT was not surveyed (NO_SURVEY_YN = -1).

Lowest defined rank in taxonomic hierarchy, from the World Registry of Marine Species (WoRMS) database.

Taxonomic classification: Phylum of observed organism (TAXONNAME).

Taxonomic classification: Class of observed organism (TAXONNAME).

Taxonomic classification: Order of observed organism (TAXONNAME).

Taxonomic classification: Family of observed organism (TAXONNAME).

4-letter code for GENUS.

Taxonomic classification: Genus name of observed organism (TAXONNAME).

Taxonomic classification: the true scientific name (genus and species) of the observed organism (TAXONNAME). If blank, organism not identified to species taxonomic level (see RANK).

Aphia ID from the World Registry of Marine Species (WoRMS) database. Null if organism not identified to species taxonomic level (see RANK). If value = 0, the species does not exist in WoRMS.