Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Classification Scheme
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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* » Title | Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Classification Scheme |
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Short Name | Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Classification Scheme |
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Benthic features were assigned one of thirty habitat types ranging from sand to coral. A complete description of these classification categories can be found in the NWHI_class_scheme PDF file (http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/nwhi/pdf/NWHI_class_scheme.pdf). | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Score | Req'd? | PKey? | » Name | Data Storage Type | Description |
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100 | No | No | Unconsolidated sediment,1000,10,215,215,170 | Unknown | Mobile substrate that varies in coarseness (from mud to sand to rubble), and which is characterized by some degree of instability in response to water motions. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Sand,1100,11,255,255,166 | Unknown | Coarse sediment typically found in areas exposed to currents or wave energy. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Sand with macroalgae,1120,230,9,225,165 | Unknown | An area with 10-100 percent coverage of any combination of numerous species of red, green or brown macroalgae. Typically occurs at the base of patch and linear reef structures and can be a transient feature. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Sand with patchy (10-50% cover) macroalgae,1121,231,180,240,130 | Unknown | Discontinuous macroalgae (10-50 percent cover), with breaks in coverage that are too diffuse or irregular, or result in isolated patches of macroalgae that are too small to be mapped individually as dense beds. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Sand with dense (>50% cover) macroalgae,1122,232,96,158,61 | Unknown | Macroalgae covering 50-100 percent of the sand substrate. May include blowouts (no coverage) of less than 10 percent of the total area that are too small to be mapped independently. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Unconsolidated Rubble,1300,13,230,207,100 | Unknown | Dead, unstable coral rubble that appears predominantly pebble- and cobble-sized. This habitat often occurs landward of well-developed reef crest formations or in the back reef, as well as at the base of patch reef and linear reef formations. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Unconsolidated Rubble with sparse (10-50% cover) algae,1301,14,203,214,0 | Unknown | Rubble with 10-50 percent cover of macroalgae or turf algae. Turf algae is the most frequent cover type. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Unconsolidated Rubble with dense (>50% cover) algae,1302,15,200,240,80 | Unknown | Rubble with greater than 50% cover of macroalgae or turf algae. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Sand and Rubble,1400,16,229,218,143 | Unknown | Sediment composed of approximately even amounts of sand and rubble that cannot be separately distinguished in the imagery for the given area. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Groove, 1500, 17, 255, 255, 0 | Unknown | Narrow, linear sand feature that alternates with coral formations in spur and groove habitat, and which oriented perpendicular to the shore or bank/shelf escarpment. Groove is delineated as an individual category when the channel is clearly larger than the MMU. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Hardbottom,2000,20,110,140,145 | Unknown | Hardened substrate of unspecified relief formed by the deposition of calcium carbonate by reef building corals and other organisms (relict or ongoing) or existing as exposed bedrock or volcanic rock. Habitats within this category typically have some colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Hardbottom with sparse (10-50% cover) algae,2001,21,85,120,85 | Unknown | Discontinuous macroalgae and/or turf algae, covering 10-50 percent of the hardbottom substrate. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Hardbottom with live coral (>10% cover),2010,23,240,164,164 | Unknown | Substrates formed by the deposition of calcium carbonate by reef-building corals and other organisms. Habitats within this category have greater than 10 percent colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Hardbottom (uncolonized),2020,26,150,130,100 | Unknown | Hard substrate composed of relict deposits of calcium carbonate or exposed volcanic rock. Habitats within this category have 10 percent or less coverage of hard coral or crustose coralline algae, but total coverage from both cover types may exceed 10 percent. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Hardbottom with crustose coralline algae (>10% cover),2030,29,255,153,255 | Unknown | An area with 10 percent or greater coverage of any combination of numerous species of encrusting or coralline algae. This habitat is typically found on reef crest and in shallow back reef and fore reef areas. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Linear Reef, 2100, 40, 52, 20, 235 | Unknown | Linear coral formations that often are oriented parallel to shore or the shelf edge, but which are also found within NWHI atolls, without a particular axis relative to the shore/shelf edge. This category included habitat structures that are commonly referred to as fore reef, fringing reef, and shelf edge reef. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Linear Reef with live coral (>10% cover),2110,43,255,50,50 | Unknown | Linear coral formations that often are oriented parallel to shore or the shelf edge, but which are also found with the NWHI atolls, without a particular axis relative to the shore/shelf edge. This category includes habitat structures that are commonly referred to as fore reef, fringing reef, and shelf edge reef. Habitats within this category have greater than 10 percent colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Linear Reef (uncolonized),2120,46,140,120,100 | Unknown | Linear coral formations that often are oriented parallel to shore or the shelf edge, but which are also found with the NWHI atolls, without a particular axis relative to the shore/shelf edge. This category includes habitat structures that are commonly referred to as fore reef, fringing reef, and shelf edge reef. Habitats within this category have 10 percent or less coverage of hard coral or crustose coralline algae, but total coverage from both types may exceed 10 percent. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Linear Reef uncolonized with sparse (10-50% cover) algae,2121,47,50,220,50 | Unknown | Linear coral formations that often are oriented parallel to shore or the shelf edge, but which are also found with the NWHI atolls, without a particular axis relative to the shore/shelf edge, with discontinuous macroalgae and/or turf alga, covering 10-50 percent of the hardbottom substrate. Habitats within this category have 10 percent or less coverage of hard coral or crustose coralline algae, but total coverage from both types may exceed 10 percent. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Linear Reef with crustose coralline algae (>10% cover),2130,49,220,0, 230 | Unknown | Linear coral formations that often are oriented parallel to shore or the shelf edge, but which are also found with the NWHI atolls, without a particular axis relative to the shore/shelf edge, having an area with 10 percent or greater coverage of any combination of numerous species of encrusting or coralline algae. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Aggregated Coral Heads with live coral (>10% cover),2210,63,250,180,220 | Unknown | Coral formations that are composed of relatively monotypic coral colonies, typically isolated from other shallow-water coral reef formations by unconsolidated sediment, where the hardened substrate is larger than the MMU. This habitat can include large individual coral heads and clusters of coral heads that are too small or too close together to be mapped separately. Habitats within this category have greater than 10 percent colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Spur and Groove,2300,80,255,128,0 | Unknown | Habitat having alternating sand and coral formations that are oriented perpendicular to the shore or bank/shelf escarpment. The coral formations (spurs) of this feature typically have a high vertical relief relative to pavement with sand channels and are separated from each other by 1-5 m of sand or bare hard bottom (grooves). The height and width of the spurs and grooves may vary considerably. This habitat type typically occurs in the fore reef or bank/shelf escarpment region and is frequently found seaward of breaks in the barrier reef. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Individual Patch Reef,2400,100,80,150,200 | Unknown | Shallow-water coral reef formations that are isolated from other shallow-water coral reef formations by unconsolidated sediments and that have no organized structural axis relative to the contours of the shore or shelf edge. Unlike aggregated coral heads, patch reefs typically consist of a diverse assemblage of coral and algal species. Distinctive single patch reefs are larger than or equal to 100 sq. m. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Patch Reef with live coral (>10% cover),2410,103,255,138,138 | Unknown | Shallow-water coral reef formations that are isolated from other shallow-water coral reef formations by unconsolidated sediments and that have no organized structural axis relative to the contours of the shore or shelf edge. Unlike aggregated coral heads, patch reefs typically consist of a diverse assemblage of coral and algal species. Distinctive single patch reefs are larger than or equal to 100 sq. m. Habitats within this category have greater than 10 percent colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Patch Reef, uncolonized,2420,106,185,175,150 | Unknown | Shallow-water coral reef formations that are isolated from other shallow-water coral reef formations by unconsolidated sediments and that have no organized structural axis relative to the contours of the shore or shelf edge. Unlike aggregated coral heads, patch reefs typically consist of a diverse assemblage of coral and algal species. Distinctive single patch reefs are larger than or equal to 100 sq. m. Habitats within this category have 10 percent or less coverage of hard coral or crustose coralline algae, but total coverage from both cover types may exceed 10 percent. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Patch Reef uncolonized with sparse (10-50% cover) algae,2421,107,90,200,90 | Unknown | Shallow-water coral reef formations, with discontinuous macroalgae and/or turf algae covering 10-50 percent of the hardbottom substrate, that are isolated from other shallow-water coral reef formations by unconsolidated sediments and that have no organized structural axis relative to the contours of the shore or shelf edge. Unlike aggregated coral heads, patch reefs typically consist of a diverse assemblage of coral and algal species. Distinctive single patch reefs are larger than or equal to 100 sq. m. Habitats within this category have 10 percent or less coverage of hard coral or crustose coralline algae, but total coverage from both cover types may exceed 10 percent. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Patch Reef with crustose coralline algae (>10% cover),2430,109,255,0,200 | Unknown | Shallow-water coral reef formations, having an area with 10 percent or greater coverage of any combination of numerous species of encrusting or coralline algae, that are isolated from other shallow-water coral reef formations by unconsolidated sediments and that have no organized structural axis relative to the contours of the shore or shelf edge. Unlike aggregated coral heads, patch reefs typically consist of a diverse assemblage of coral and algal species. Distinctive single patch reefs are larger than or equal to 100 sq. m. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Aggregated Patch Reef,2500,120,5,193,255 | Unknown | Clustered patch reefs that are individually too small (less than the MMU) or are too close together to map as individual patch reefs. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Aggregated Patch Reef with live coral (>10% cover),2510,123,252,110,165 | Unknown | Clustered patch reefs that are individually too small or are too close together to map as individual patch reefs. Habitats within this category have greater than 10 percent colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Scattered Coral-Rock in sand with live coral (>10% cover),2610,143,255,200,200 | Unknown | Sand or rubble substrate with scattered rocks, or small, isolated coral-heads that are too small to be delineated individually (i.e., too small to be identified as individual patch reef or aggregated coral heads). Habitats within this category have greater than 10 percent colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Pavement,2700,160,150,190,200 | Unknown | Flat, low-relief, solid carbonate rock. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Pavement with sparse (10-50% cover) algae,2701,161,143,207,145 | Unknown | Flat, low-relief, solid carbonate rock, with discontinuous macroalgae and/or turf algae, covering 10-50 percent of the hardbottom substrate. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Pavement with dense (>50% cover) algae,2702,162,140,160,100 | Unknown | Flat, low-relief, solid carbonate rock, with discontinuous to continuous macroalgae and/or turf algae covering greater than 50 percent of the hardbottom substrate. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Pavement with live coral (>10% cover),2710,163,255,189,193 | Unknown | Flat, low-relief, solid carbonate rock. Habitats within this category have greater than 10 percent colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Pavement with live coral (>10% cover) and dense (>50% cover) algae,2712,165,189,0,0 | Unknown | Flat, low-relief, solid carbonate rock, with discontinuous to continuous macroalgae and/or turf algae covering greater than 50 percent of the hardbottom substrate. Habitats within this category have greater than 10 percent colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Pavement uncolonized,2720,166,160,150,125 | Unknown | Flat, low-relief, solid carbonate rock, with 10 percent or less coverage or hard coral or crustose coralline algae, but total coverage from both types may exceed 10 percent. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Pavement uncolonized with dense (>50% cover) algae, 2722,168,100,200,120 | Unknown | Flat, low-relief, solid carbonate rocks. Discontinuous to continuous macroalgae and/or turf algae, covering greater than 50 percent of the hardbottom substrate. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Pavement with crustose coralline algae (>10% cover),2730,169,200,150,190 | Unknown | Flat, low-relief, solid carbonate rocks, with 10 percent of greater coverage of any combination of numerous species of encrusting or coralline algae. This habitat is typically found on reef crest and in shallow back reef and fore reef areas. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Pavement with Sand Channels,2800,180,255,187,143 | Unknown | Habitat with alternating sand and pavement substrates that are oriented perpendicular to the shore, fringing reef or bank shelf escarpment. The sand channels of this feature have low vertical relief relative to spur and groove formations. This habitat type occurs in areas exposed to moderate wave surge such as the bank/shelf zone or areas just landward of breaks in the barrier reef. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Pavement with sand channels and live coral (>10% cover),2810,183,255,100,100 | Unknown | Habitat with alternating sand and pavement substrates that are oriented perpendicular to the shore, fringing reef or bank/shelf escarpment. The sand channels of this feature have low vertical relief relative to spur and groove formations. This habitat type occurs in area exposed to moderate wave surge such as the bank/shelf zone or areas just landward of breaks in the barrier reef. Habitats within this category have greater than 10 percent colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Pavement with sand channels, uncolonized,2820,186,194,105,61 | Unknown | Habitat with alternating sand and pavement substrates that are oriented perpendicular to the shore, fringing reef or bank/shelf escarpment. The sand channels of this feature have low vertical relied relative to spur and groove formations. This habitat type occurs in areas exposed to moderate wave surge such as the bank/shelf zone or areas just landward of breaks in the barrier reef. Habitats within this category have 10 percent of less coverage of hard coral or crustose coralline algae, but total coverage from both cover types may exceed 10 percent. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Volcanic Rock,2900,200,169,164,183 | Unknown | Substrate of exposed basalt rock, which frequently includes large boulders and blocks. This habitat is typically found in nearshore environments around some basalt islands. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Volcanic Rock with dense (>50% cover) algae,2903,202,15,240,115 | Unknown | Substrate of exposed basalt rock, which frequently includes large boulders and blocks. Discontinuous to continuous macroalgae and/or turf algae, covering greater than 50 percent of the hardbottom substrate. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Volcanic Rock with live coral (>10% cover),2910,203,255,138,138 | Unknown | Substrate of exposed basalt rock, which frequently includes large boulders and blocks. Habitats within this category have greater than 10 percent colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Volcanic Rock, uncolonized,2920,206,200,165,137 | Unknown | Substrate of exposed basalt rock, which frequently includes large boulders and blocks. Habitats within this category have 10 percent or less coverage of hard coral or crustose coralline algae, but total coverage from both cover types may exceed 10 percent. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Other Delineations,3000,240,0,255,255 | Unknown | Describes several types of features found in the imagery that are not representative of shallow-water coral reef ecosystem. This specific category also is used to identify the saline lake found on Laysan Island. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Deep water,3010,241,0,58,107 | Unknown | Areas where the bottom cannot be detected (identified) in the imagery. In most cases, this occurs in water more than 30 m deep. However, turbidity in the water column can obscure the bottom in water as little as 5 m deep. Areas affected by turbidity and where field based supplemental information was lacking were labeled "unclassified". | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Reef crest,3020,242,232,149,100 | Unknown | The flattened, emergent or nearly emergent segment of a reef. This feature typically is found along barrier reef lines in NWHI and is frequently covered with dense macroalgae. Breaking waves are typically found at or just seaward of the reef crest and are delineated as surf if present in the imagery. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Dredged channel,3030,243,110,245,255 | Unknown | Area where excavation or dredging has occurred. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Land,3100,250,170,115,0 | Unknown | Areas determined to be above the water line in the imagery at the time the imagery was acquired. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Cloud cover,3210,251,0,0,0 | Unknown | Areas where the water or land surface in the imagery is obscured due to cloud cover. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Shadow,3220,252,0,0,0 | Unknown | Areas where the water or land surface in the imagery is obscured due to shadow. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Surf,3230,253,0,0,0 | Unknown | Areas where the water or land surface in the imagery is obscured due to surf. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Missing Data,3240,255,70,0,80 | Unknown | Data dropouts in the imagery. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | Unclassified,3300,255,82,41,82 | Unknown | Areas where the bottom type is unclassified because of turbidity in the water, surface glint, or other types of interference. This category also includes areas where the seabed cannot be classified due to a lack of supplemental field-based information, or for other reasons. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
100 | No | No | No Data,0,0,0,0 | Unknown | Refers to areas within the geographic bounds of the habitat map that lie outside the bounds of the acquired imagery. This is not a habitat category in the classification scheme. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
Attribute Details
Attribute Name | Unconsolidated sediment,1000,10,215,215,170 |
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Seq. Order | 1 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
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Mobile substrate that varies in coarseness (from mud to sand to rubble), and which is characterized by some degree of instability in response to water motions. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Sand,1100,11,255,255,166 |
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Seq. Order | 2 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
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Coarse sediment typically found in areas exposed to currents or wave energy. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Sand with macroalgae,1120,230,9,225,165 |
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Seq. Order | 3 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
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An area with 10-100 percent coverage of any combination of numerous species of red, green or brown macroalgae. Typically occurs at the base of patch and linear reef structures and can be a transient feature. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Sand with patchy (10-50% cover) macroalgae,1121,231,180,240,130 |
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Seq. Order | 4 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
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Discontinuous macroalgae (10-50 percent cover), with breaks in coverage that are too diffuse or irregular, or result in isolated patches of macroalgae that are too small to be mapped individually as dense beds. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Sand with dense (>50% cover) macroalgae,1122,232,96,158,61 |
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Seq. Order | 5 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
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Macroalgae covering 50-100 percent of the sand substrate. May include blowouts (no coverage) of less than 10 percent of the total area that are too small to be mapped independently. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Unconsolidated Rubble,1300,13,230,207,100 |
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Seq. Order | 6 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
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Dead, unstable coral rubble that appears predominantly pebble- and cobble-sized. This habitat often occurs landward of well-developed reef crest formations or in the back reef, as well as at the base of patch reef and linear reef formations. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Unconsolidated Rubble with sparse (10-50% cover) algae,1301,14,203,214,0 |
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Seq. Order | 7 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
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Rubble with 10-50 percent cover of macroalgae or turf algae. Turf algae is the most frequent cover type. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Unconsolidated Rubble with dense (>50% cover) algae,1302,15,200,240,80 |
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Seq. Order | 8 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
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Rubble with greater than 50% cover of macroalgae or turf algae. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Sand and Rubble,1400,16,229,218,143 |
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Seq. Order | 9 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
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Sediment composed of approximately even amounts of sand and rubble that cannot be separately distinguished in the imagery for the given area. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Groove, 1500, 17, 255, 255, 0 |
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Seq. Order | 10 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
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Narrow, linear sand feature that alternates with coral formations in spur and groove habitat, and which oriented perpendicular to the shore or bank/shelf escarpment. Groove is delineated as an individual category when the channel is clearly larger than the MMU. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Hardbottom,2000,20,110,140,145 |
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Seq. Order | 11 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
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Hardened substrate of unspecified relief formed by the deposition of calcium carbonate by reef building corals and other organisms (relict or ongoing) or existing as exposed bedrock or volcanic rock. Habitats within this category typically have some colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Hardbottom with sparse (10-50% cover) algae,2001,21,85,120,85 |
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Seq. Order | 12 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
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Discontinuous macroalgae and/or turf algae, covering 10-50 percent of the hardbottom substrate. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Hardbottom with live coral (>10% cover),2010,23,240,164,164 |
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Seq. Order | 13 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
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Substrates formed by the deposition of calcium carbonate by reef-building corals and other organisms. Habitats within this category have greater than 10 percent colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Hardbottom (uncolonized),2020,26,150,130,100 |
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Seq. Order | 14 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
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Hard substrate composed of relict deposits of calcium carbonate or exposed volcanic rock. Habitats within this category have 10 percent or less coverage of hard coral or crustose coralline algae, but total coverage from both cover types may exceed 10 percent. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Hardbottom with crustose coralline algae (>10% cover),2030,29,255,153,255 |
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Seq. Order | 15 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
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An area with 10 percent or greater coverage of any combination of numerous species of encrusting or coralline algae. This habitat is typically found on reef crest and in shallow back reef and fore reef areas. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Linear Reef, 2100, 40, 52, 20, 235 |
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Seq. Order | 16 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Linear coral formations that often are oriented parallel to shore or the shelf edge, but which are also found within NWHI atolls, without a particular axis relative to the shore/shelf edge. This category included habitat structures that are commonly referred to as fore reef, fringing reef, and shelf edge reef. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Linear Reef with live coral (>10% cover),2110,43,255,50,50 |
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Seq. Order | 17 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Linear coral formations that often are oriented parallel to shore or the shelf edge, but which are also found with the NWHI atolls, without a particular axis relative to the shore/shelf edge. This category includes habitat structures that are commonly referred to as fore reef, fringing reef, and shelf edge reef. Habitats within this category have greater than 10 percent colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Linear Reef (uncolonized),2120,46,140,120,100 |
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Seq. Order | 18 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Linear coral formations that often are oriented parallel to shore or the shelf edge, but which are also found with the NWHI atolls, without a particular axis relative to the shore/shelf edge. This category includes habitat structures that are commonly referred to as fore reef, fringing reef, and shelf edge reef. Habitats within this category have 10 percent or less coverage of hard coral or crustose coralline algae, but total coverage from both types may exceed 10 percent. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Linear Reef uncolonized with sparse (10-50% cover) algae,2121,47,50,220,50 |
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Seq. Order | 19 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Linear coral formations that often are oriented parallel to shore or the shelf edge, but which are also found with the NWHI atolls, without a particular axis relative to the shore/shelf edge, with discontinuous macroalgae and/or turf alga, covering 10-50 percent of the hardbottom substrate. Habitats within this category have 10 percent or less coverage of hard coral or crustose coralline algae, but total coverage from both types may exceed 10 percent. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Linear Reef with crustose coralline algae (>10% cover),2130,49,220,0, 230 |
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Seq. Order | 20 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Linear coral formations that often are oriented parallel to shore or the shelf edge, but which are also found with the NWHI atolls, without a particular axis relative to the shore/shelf edge, having an area with 10 percent or greater coverage of any combination of numerous species of encrusting or coralline algae. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Aggregated Coral Heads with live coral (>10% cover),2210,63,250,180,220 |
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Seq. Order | 21 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Coral formations that are composed of relatively monotypic coral colonies, typically isolated from other shallow-water coral reef formations by unconsolidated sediment, where the hardened substrate is larger than the MMU. This habitat can include large individual coral heads and clusters of coral heads that are too small or too close together to be mapped separately. Habitats within this category have greater than 10 percent colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Spur and Groove,2300,80,255,128,0 |
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Seq. Order | 22 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Habitat having alternating sand and coral formations that are oriented perpendicular to the shore or bank/shelf escarpment. The coral formations (spurs) of this feature typically have a high vertical relief relative to pavement with sand channels and are separated from each other by 1-5 m of sand or bare hard bottom (grooves). The height and width of the spurs and grooves may vary considerably. This habitat type typically occurs in the fore reef or bank/shelf escarpment region and is frequently found seaward of breaks in the barrier reef. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Individual Patch Reef,2400,100,80,150,200 |
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Seq. Order | 23 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Shallow-water coral reef formations that are isolated from other shallow-water coral reef formations by unconsolidated sediments and that have no organized structural axis relative to the contours of the shore or shelf edge. Unlike aggregated coral heads, patch reefs typically consist of a diverse assemblage of coral and algal species. Distinctive single patch reefs are larger than or equal to 100 sq. m. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Patch Reef with live coral (>10% cover),2410,103,255,138,138 |
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Seq. Order | 24 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Shallow-water coral reef formations that are isolated from other shallow-water coral reef formations by unconsolidated sediments and that have no organized structural axis relative to the contours of the shore or shelf edge. Unlike aggregated coral heads, patch reefs typically consist of a diverse assemblage of coral and algal species. Distinctive single patch reefs are larger than or equal to 100 sq. m. Habitats within this category have greater than 10 percent colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Patch Reef, uncolonized,2420,106,185,175,150 |
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Seq. Order | 25 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Shallow-water coral reef formations that are isolated from other shallow-water coral reef formations by unconsolidated sediments and that have no organized structural axis relative to the contours of the shore or shelf edge. Unlike aggregated coral heads, patch reefs typically consist of a diverse assemblage of coral and algal species. Distinctive single patch reefs are larger than or equal to 100 sq. m. Habitats within this category have 10 percent or less coverage of hard coral or crustose coralline algae, but total coverage from both cover types may exceed 10 percent. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Patch Reef uncolonized with sparse (10-50% cover) algae,2421,107,90,200,90 |
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Seq. Order | 26 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Scale | |
Status | Active |
Description |
Shallow-water coral reef formations, with discontinuous macroalgae and/or turf algae covering 10-50 percent of the hardbottom substrate, that are isolated from other shallow-water coral reef formations by unconsolidated sediments and that have no organized structural axis relative to the contours of the shore or shelf edge. Unlike aggregated coral heads, patch reefs typically consist of a diverse assemblage of coral and algal species. Distinctive single patch reefs are larger than or equal to 100 sq. m. Habitats within this category have 10 percent or less coverage of hard coral or crustose coralline algae, but total coverage from both cover types may exceed 10 percent. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Patch Reef with crustose coralline algae (>10% cover),2430,109,255,0,200 |
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Seq. Order | 27 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Shallow-water coral reef formations, having an area with 10 percent or greater coverage of any combination of numerous species of encrusting or coralline algae, that are isolated from other shallow-water coral reef formations by unconsolidated sediments and that have no organized structural axis relative to the contours of the shore or shelf edge. Unlike aggregated coral heads, patch reefs typically consist of a diverse assemblage of coral and algal species. Distinctive single patch reefs are larger than or equal to 100 sq. m. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Aggregated Patch Reef,2500,120,5,193,255 |
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Seq. Order | 28 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Scale | |
Status | Active |
Description |
Clustered patch reefs that are individually too small (less than the MMU) or are too close together to map as individual patch reefs. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Aggregated Patch Reef with live coral (>10% cover),2510,123,252,110,165 |
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Seq. Order | 29 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Scale | |
Status | Active |
Description |
Clustered patch reefs that are individually too small or are too close together to map as individual patch reefs. Habitats within this category have greater than 10 percent colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Scattered Coral-Rock in sand with live coral (>10% cover),2610,143,255,200,200 |
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Seq. Order | 30 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Sand or rubble substrate with scattered rocks, or small, isolated coral-heads that are too small to be delineated individually (i.e., too small to be identified as individual patch reef or aggregated coral heads). Habitats within this category have greater than 10 percent colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Pavement,2700,160,150,190,200 |
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Seq. Order | 31 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Flat, low-relief, solid carbonate rock. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Pavement with sparse (10-50% cover) algae,2701,161,143,207,145 |
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Seq. Order | 32 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Scale | |
Status | Active |
Description |
Flat, low-relief, solid carbonate rock, with discontinuous macroalgae and/or turf algae, covering 10-50 percent of the hardbottom substrate. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Pavement with dense (>50% cover) algae,2702,162,140,160,100 |
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Seq. Order | 33 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Scale | |
Status | Active |
Description |
Flat, low-relief, solid carbonate rock, with discontinuous to continuous macroalgae and/or turf algae covering greater than 50 percent of the hardbottom substrate. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Pavement with live coral (>10% cover),2710,163,255,189,193 |
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Seq. Order | 34 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Scale | |
Status | Active |
Description |
Flat, low-relief, solid carbonate rock. Habitats within this category have greater than 10 percent colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Pavement with live coral (>10% cover) and dense (>50% cover) algae,2712,165,189,0,0 |
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Seq. Order | 35 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
Precision | |
Scale | |
Status | Active |
Description |
Flat, low-relief, solid carbonate rock, with discontinuous to continuous macroalgae and/or turf algae covering greater than 50 percent of the hardbottom substrate. Habitats within this category have greater than 10 percent colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Pavement uncolonized,2720,166,160,150,125 |
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Seq. Order | 36 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Scale | |
Status | Active |
Description |
Flat, low-relief, solid carbonate rock, with 10 percent or less coverage or hard coral or crustose coralline algae, but total coverage from both types may exceed 10 percent. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Pavement uncolonized with dense (>50% cover) algae, 2722,168,100,200,120 |
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Seq. Order | 37 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
Precision | |
Scale | |
Status | Active |
Description |
Flat, low-relief, solid carbonate rocks. Discontinuous to continuous macroalgae and/or turf algae, covering greater than 50 percent of the hardbottom substrate. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Pavement with crustose coralline algae (>10% cover),2730,169,200,150,190 |
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Seq. Order | 38 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
Precision | |
Scale | |
Status | Active |
Description |
Flat, low-relief, solid carbonate rocks, with 10 percent of greater coverage of any combination of numerous species of encrusting or coralline algae. This habitat is typically found on reef crest and in shallow back reef and fore reef areas. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Pavement with Sand Channels,2800,180,255,187,143 |
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Seq. Order | 39 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Scale | |
Status | Active |
Description |
Habitat with alternating sand and pavement substrates that are oriented perpendicular to the shore, fringing reef or bank shelf escarpment. The sand channels of this feature have low vertical relief relative to spur and groove formations. This habitat type occurs in areas exposed to moderate wave surge such as the bank/shelf zone or areas just landward of breaks in the barrier reef. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Pavement with sand channels and live coral (>10% cover),2810,183,255,100,100 |
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Seq. Order | 40 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Scale | |
Status | Active |
Description |
Habitat with alternating sand and pavement substrates that are oriented perpendicular to the shore, fringing reef or bank/shelf escarpment. The sand channels of this feature have low vertical relief relative to spur and groove formations. This habitat type occurs in area exposed to moderate wave surge such as the bank/shelf zone or areas just landward of breaks in the barrier reef. Habitats within this category have greater than 10 percent colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Pavement with sand channels, uncolonized,2820,186,194,105,61 |
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Seq. Order | 41 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Scale | |
Status | Active |
Description |
Habitat with alternating sand and pavement substrates that are oriented perpendicular to the shore, fringing reef or bank/shelf escarpment. The sand channels of this feature have low vertical relied relative to spur and groove formations. This habitat type occurs in areas exposed to moderate wave surge such as the bank/shelf zone or areas just landward of breaks in the barrier reef. Habitats within this category have 10 percent of less coverage of hard coral or crustose coralline algae, but total coverage from both cover types may exceed 10 percent. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Volcanic Rock,2900,200,169,164,183 |
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Seq. Order | 42 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
Precision | |
Scale | |
Status | Active |
Description |
Substrate of exposed basalt rock, which frequently includes large boulders and blocks. This habitat is typically found in nearshore environments around some basalt islands. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Volcanic Rock with dense (>50% cover) algae,2903,202,15,240,115 |
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Seq. Order | 43 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Description |
Substrate of exposed basalt rock, which frequently includes large boulders and blocks. Discontinuous to continuous macroalgae and/or turf algae, covering greater than 50 percent of the hardbottom substrate. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Volcanic Rock with live coral (>10% cover),2910,203,255,138,138 |
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Seq. Order | 44 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
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Status | Active |
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Substrate of exposed basalt rock, which frequently includes large boulders and blocks. Habitats within this category have greater than 10 percent colonization by live coral. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Volcanic Rock, uncolonized,2920,206,200,165,137 |
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Seq. Order | 45 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
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Substrate of exposed basalt rock, which frequently includes large boulders and blocks. Habitats within this category have 10 percent or less coverage of hard coral or crustose coralline algae, but total coverage from both cover types may exceed 10 percent. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Other Delineations,3000,240,0,255,255 |
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Seq. Order | 46 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Describes several types of features found in the imagery that are not representative of shallow-water coral reef ecosystem. This specific category also is used to identify the saline lake found on Laysan Island. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Deep water,3010,241,0,58,107 |
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Seq. Order | 47 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Areas where the bottom cannot be detected (identified) in the imagery. In most cases, this occurs in water more than 30 m deep. However, turbidity in the water column can obscure the bottom in water as little as 5 m deep. Areas affected by turbidity and where field based supplemental information was lacking were labeled "unclassified". | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Reef crest,3020,242,232,149,100 |
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Seq. Order | 48 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
The flattened, emergent or nearly emergent segment of a reef. This feature typically is found along barrier reef lines in NWHI and is frequently covered with dense macroalgae. Breaking waves are typically found at or just seaward of the reef crest and are delineated as surf if present in the imagery. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Dredged channel,3030,243,110,245,255 |
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Seq. Order | 49 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Area where excavation or dredging has occurred. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Land,3100,250,170,115,0 |
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Seq. Order | 50 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Areas determined to be above the water line in the imagery at the time the imagery was acquired. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Cloud cover,3210,251,0,0,0 |
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Seq. Order | 51 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Areas where the water or land surface in the imagery is obscured due to cloud cover. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Shadow,3220,252,0,0,0 |
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Seq. Order | 52 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Areas where the water or land surface in the imagery is obscured due to shadow. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Surf,3230,253,0,0,0 |
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Seq. Order | 53 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Areas where the water or land surface in the imagery is obscured due to surf. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Missing Data,3240,255,70,0,80 |
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Seq. Order | 54 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Data dropouts in the imagery. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | Unclassified,3300,255,82,41,82 |
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Seq. Order | 55 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Areas where the bottom type is unclassified because of turbidity in the water, surface glint, or other types of interference. This category also includes areas where the seabed cannot be classified due to a lack of supplemental field-based information, or for other reasons. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Attribute Name | No Data,0,0,0,0 |
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Seq. Order | 56 |
Data Storage Type | Unknown |
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Required | No |
Primary Key | No |
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Status | Active |
Description |
Refers to areas within the geographic bounds of the habitat map that lie outside the bounds of the acquired imagery. This is not a habitat category in the classification scheme. | Description Source: NOS - Biogeography Program |
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Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID | 41268 |
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Metadata Record Created By | Tyler Christensen |
Metadata Record Created | 2017-04-06 10:33+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
» Metadata Record Last Modified | 2022-08-09 17:11+0000 |
Metadata Record Published | 2017-04-17 |
Owner Org | NCCOS |
Metadata Publication Status | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish? | N |
Metadata Workflow State | Published / External |
Metadata Last Review Date | 2017-04-17 |
Metadata Review Frequency | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date | 2018-04-17 |
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