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Benthic cover data collected using the Line Point-Intercept (LPI) methodology.

'NA' values indicate field not applicable or data was not collected.

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Defines columns for Benthic Data Cover Table NCRMP_PR2021_Benthic_Data01_BenthicCover.csv

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Data Attribute / Type Description
REGION
character
A mnemonic code indicating the region in which a sample was taken.
PRIMARY_SAMPLE_UNIT
Numeric
A code indicating the primary sample unit in which a sample was collected.
STATION_NR
Numeric
A number indicating the secondary sampling unit within a given primary sample unit.
Year
Numeric
A number indicating the calendar year.
Month
Numeric
A number indicating the calendar month.
Day
Numeric
A number indicating the calendar day.
HABITAT_CD
Character
A code indicating the habitat type.
STRAT
Character
A code indicating the stratum in which a sample was taken. Differs by region.
RUGOSITY_CD
character
A number indicating a rugosity category of low (0), high (1), or combined (2). Florida SEFCRI region only.
WTD_RUG
Numeric
A number indicating the weighted rugosity, in m, of the secondary sampling unit
MEAN_RUG
Numeric
A number indicating the average rugosity, in m, calculated from the total number of rugosity measurements taken along the 15m transect
LAT_DEGREES
Numeric
Latitude of secondary sampling unit in decimal degrees
LON_DEGREES
Numeric
Longitude of secondary sampling unit in decimal degrees.
MAPGRID_NR
Numeric
A number indicating gridded shapefile number.
SUB_REGION_NAME
Character
Code indicating a geographical area in REGION in which the sample was collected.
SUB_REGION_NR
Numeric
A number indicating the subregion. Florida regions only.
ZONE_NAME
Character
A code indicating the distance offshore. Florida regions only.
ZONE_NR
Numeric
A number indicating the zone name. Florida regions only.
MPA_NAME
Character
The name of the marine protected area in which the sample was collected. Florida regions only.
MPA_NR
Numeric
A number identifying the marine protected area in which the sample was collected. Zero indicates unprotected status. Florida regions only.
ADMIN
Character
The name of the marine protected area in which the sample was collected. Same as MPA_NAME.
PROT
Character
A Boolean value indicating whether a sample was in a managed area (1) or not (0). Does not imply protection. Florida regions only.
DEPTH_STRAT
character
A code indicating less than or greater than 12 meters depths.
MIN_DEPTH
Numeric
Minimum depth, in meters, of secondary sampling unit.
MAX_DEPTH
Numeric
Maximum depth, in meters, of secondary sampling unit.
METERS_COMPLETED
Numeric
A number indicating the number of meters on the transect completed for the sample.
COVER_CAT_CD
character
A code indicating the group or species for a sample. When species, consists of the first three letters of the genus and the first four of the species name.
COVER_CAT_NAME
character
The name of the category or species that corresponds with the COVER_CAT_CD
HARDBOTTOM_P
Numeric
A number indicating the percentage of points for COVER_CAT_CD on hardbottom habitat along a linear-point-intercept transect.
SOFTBOTTOM_P
Numeric
A number indicating the percentage of points for COVER_CAT_CD on softbottom habitat along a linear-point-intercept transect.
RUBBLE_P
Numeric
A number indicating the percentage of points for COVER_CAT_CD on rubble habitat along a linear-point-intercept transect.

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