AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
CRED REA Invertebrate Quantitative Assessments at Swains Island, American Samoa, in 2010

To support a long-term NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) for sustainable management and conservation of coral reef ecosystems, from 17 February - 23 March 2010, marine invertebrate quantitative assessments were conducted, as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA), during the Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise HI1001 in the American Samoa. Such cruises are conducted at biennial intervals by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC). At specific reef sites, marine invertebrate zoologists along with coral and algal biologists entered the water and conducted a fine-scale (~100 m2) and high degree of taxonomic resolution benthic REA survey for coral, algae, and key invertebrate species. Invertebrate surveys were focused on quantifying key non-coral invertebrate species common to the reef habitats, and were conducted using a belt-transect survey method. In belt-transect surveys, quantitative counts of key invertebrates were recorded along two consecutively-placed 25m long and 2m wide belt transects (total area = 100 m2). For any species that cannot be identified in the field, a photograph and a representative specimen, if possible, is collected for later identification. Based on data from previous REA surveys, a group of target invertebrate species was chosen for quantitative counts at 4 REA sites at Swains Island in the American Samoa. The species in the list were chosen because they have been shown to be common components of the reef habitats and they are species that are generally visible (i.e.; non-cryptic) and easily enumerated during the course of a single 50-60 minute SCUBA survey.

Tags: 1221, american samoa, amsam, biology, biosphere, census, coastal processes, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem, coral reefs, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, hi1001, in situ biological, invertebrates, macroinvertebrates, marine biology, marine ecosystem, marine invertebrates, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oceans, pacific ocean, pacific reef assessment and monitoring program (pacific ramp): biennial monitoring for the u.s. paci, rapid ecological assessments (rea), reef assessment and monitoring program (ramp), reef monitoring and assessment, swains atoll (11s171w0001), swains island, united states of america, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessment Reef Fish Survey at Alamagan, Marianas in 2011

To support a long-term NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) for sustainable management and conservation of coral reef ecosystems, from 20110407 to 20110509, reef fish assessment surveys were conducted, as a part of Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA), during the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise HA1101 in the Marianas region by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC). During the cruise, 5 REA sites were surveyed at Alamagan in the Marianas region. At each REA site, fish biologists entered the water and conducted a fine-scale (~700 m^2) and high degree of taxonomic resolution REA survey to assess and monitor species diversity, size distribution, and abundance of fish in shallow-water hard-bottom (less than 30 m) habitats. Reef fish assessment surveys were focused on cataloging the diversity (species richness), abundance (numeric density) and biomass (fish mass per unit area) of diurnally active reef fish assemblages. The stationary point count (SPC) method was used to quantify reef fish species. Two divers lay out a 30 m transect line, and position themselves at the 7.5 and 22.5 meter marks. The SPC biologist then records estimated size and abundance of all fish within a visually estimated 15-m diameter cylinder centered on the stationary diver (7.5-m radius, total area ~ 177m^2 per cylinder). The diver first spends 5 minutes identifying all fish species in the cylindrical area, then proceeds to count and estimate size (total length) for each in a series of "instantaneous" point counts or sweeps of the cylinder. Fish were identified at the species level, wherever possible. All reef-associated fish, including those in the water column, were surveyed. The survey time for each stationary point count survey was approximately 20 min and generally four stationary point count surveys (two per diver) were conducted at each fish REA site. After completing REA surveys, divers noted the presence, at the survey site, of any unusual fish species not counted during SPC counts, in order to facilitate species lists per location.

Tags: 1221, alamagan, alamagan island, alamagan island (17n145e0002), biology, biosphere, c204 pacific reef assessment and monitoring program (pacific ramp): biennial monitoring for the us p, cnmi, coastal processes, coral reef, coral reef ecology, coral reefs, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, ha1101, marianas, marine ecosystem, northern mariana islands, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oceans, pacific ocean, random swimming, rapid assessment studies, rapid ecological assessments (rea), reef assessment and monitoring program (ramp), reef fish census, reef fishes, reef monitoring and assessment, stationary, stationary point count (spc) survey, western pacific ocean, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED REA Fish Team Stationary Point Count Surveys at Rose Atoll, 2004

Stationary Point Counts at 4 stations at each survey site were surveyed as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 12 sites at Rose Atoll in American Samoa inFebruary, 2004 from the NOAA vessel Oscar Elton Sette (OES0402). Raw survey data included species level abundance estimates.

Tags: 1221, algae) - rapid ecological assessments at all u.s. pacific islands, american samoa, american samoa (14s170w0000), amsam, biology, biosphere, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, fishes, long-term monitoring of benthos (coral, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oes0402, other invertebrates, pacific ocean, reef fish census, reef monitoring and assessment, rose atoll (14s168w0001), stationary, united states of america, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Continuous bottom temperature measurements in strategic areas of the Florida Reef Tract at Bicentennial Coral Head, 2006 - 2007 (NODC Accession 0039817)

The purpose of this project is to document bottom seawater temperature in strategic areas of the Florida Reef Tract on a continuing basis and make that information available to management and research user groups. This ongoing project began in 1988. A total of 38 subsurface recording thermographs have been deployed in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) and at other selected locations on the Florida Reef Tract and associated hydrologic ecosystems. These instruments have been programmed to record at 2 hour intervals and are placed in permanent housings attached to suitable substrate. Data retrieval, servicing and reprogramming for continuous deployment have occurred, on average, annually. Initially, the collected data are made available to FKNMS Managers and others who monitor and assess environmental conditions that influence FKNMS areas of the Florida Reef Tract. An archival copy of these data is maintained and available from the U.S. NODC.

Tags: aquatic habitat, atlantic ocean, benthic habitat, bicentennial coral head, biosphere, bottom, bottom temperature, coastal processes, coral reefs, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, florida, florida keys, in situ physical, north atlantic ocean, numeric data sets, ocean basin, ocean temperature, oceanography, oceans, reef monitoring and assessment, united states of america, water temperature, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED Shallow CTD Profiles; Molokai, Main Hawaiian Islands; Cruise: HA1008, Data Date Range: 20101023-20101104 (NODC Accession 0039382).

CRED shallow Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) casts are vertical profiles (max 30 meter depth, downcast only) of temperature, conductivity and pressure. Data are collected at select nearshore locations, both around islands or banks and within lagoons. Data processing was performed using Seabird Instrument's SeaSoft SBE Data Processing Software (http://www.seabird.com/software/SBEDataProcforWindows.htm). Data format is discreet, tabular (formatted, space delimited ASCII) files for each profile, with a full header as provided by SeaSoft. Raw file extension is HEX, processed file extension is CNV. The header contains latitude, longitude and other location information, as well as all data processing steps and settings. All dates and times are UTC. All positions are WGS84 decimal degrees. Contact Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), NOAA Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center for more information. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/ecosystems/coral-reefs-pacific

Tags: 1221, attenuation/transmission, bacteria, biosphere, bleaching, central pacific ocean, chlorophyll, chlorophylls, coastal processes, conductivity, conductivity temperature depth (ctd) profile, coral diseases, coral reef ecosystem division (cred), coral reefs, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, density, dissolved gases, dissolved oxygen sensor, downwelling, earth science, ha1008, hawaii, hawaiian islands, in situ biological, in situ chemical, in situ physical, inorganic matter, main hawaiian islands, mhi, microbiota, molokai, molokai island, molokai island (21n157w0001), noaa pacific islands fisheries science center, numeric data sets, ocean basin, ocean chemistry, ocean circulation, ocean mixed layer, ocean optics, ocean pressure, ocean temperature, oceanographic, oceanography, oceans, organic matter, oxygen, pacific ocean, pacific reef assessment and monitoring program (pacific ramp): biennial monitoring for the u.s. paci, particulate matter, phytoplankton, pigments, plankton, profile, reef assessment and monitoring program (ramp), reef monitoring and assessment, salinity, salinity/density, sea level pressure, thermocline, transmissometer, turbidity, united states of america, upwelling, water temperature, zoology, zooplankton
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Continuous bottom temperature measurements in strategic areas of the Florida Reef Tract at Looe Key Back Reef, 2004- 2006 (NODC Accession 0014270)

This ongoing project began in 1988. A total of 38 subsurface recording thermographs have been deployed in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS)and at other selected locations on the Florida Reef Tract and associated hydrologic ecosystems. These instruments have been programmed to record at 2 hour intervals and are placed in permanent housings attached to suitable substrate. Data retrieval, servicing and reprogramming for continuous deployment have occurred, on average, annually. Initially, the collected data are made available to FKNMS Managers and others who monitor and assess environmental conditions that influence FKNMS areas of the Florida Reef Tract. An archival copy of these data is maintained and available from the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center.

Tags: aquatic habitat, atlantic ocean, benthic habitat, biosphere, bottom, bottom temperature, coastal processes, coral reefs, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, florida, florida keys, florida reef tract, in situ physical, looe key back reef, looe key reef (24n081w0002), lower florida keys, monroe county, north atlantic ocean, numeric data sets, ocean basin, ocean temperature, oceanography, oceans, reef monitoring and assessment, united states of america, water temperature, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED Cumulative Map of Percent Scleractinian Coral Cover at Johnston Atoll, 2004

This map displays optical validation observation locations and percent coverage of scleractinian coral overlaid on bathymetry.

Tags: 1084, aquatic habitat, benthic habitat, benthic habitat mapping and characterization - american samoa and pria, biosphere, central pacific ocean, coastal processes, coral cover, coral reef ecology, coral reefs, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, habitats, johnston atoll, johnston atoll (16n169w0001), map images, mapping, ocean basin, oceans, oes0401, pacific ocean, pacific remote islands area, pria, reef monitoring and assessment, synthesis map, united states of america, usa minor outlying islands, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED Gridded Bathymetry near Northampton Seamounts to West Laysan Island (100-005) Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

File 100-005b is a 60-m ASCII grid of depth data collected near Kure Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as of May 2003. This grid has been produced as part of the "Bathymetric Atlas of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands -- A Planning Document for Benthic Habitat Mapping -- Draft -- May 2003. Data sources for the downloadable grids include: multibeam bathymetry from Simrad EM1002 and EM120 sonars aboard the R/V Kilo Moana collected in October/November 2003; multibeam bathymetry data from a SeaBeam 210 sonar aboard the R/V Kai'imikai-O-Kanaloa collected in 2000-2002; LIDAR data obtained using the LADS MK II lidar system; and depth data derived from IKONOS satellite imagery. No tidal corrections have been applied to the data. The data source location for each type of data is indicated in the "dot plot" browse objects. Additional single-beam bathymetric data are available in this area and are indicated on the 100-005b Plot C browse object, but these less accurate depths are not included in the downloadable grid. Multibeam data were processed using SABER editing software and MBSystem and multibeam, LIDAR and IKONOS data were integrated using MBSystem, and GMT. Grid spacing is 60-m, horizontal accuracy is 20m (no differential GPS correctors applied), vertical accuracy is depth dependent (~1% of water depth), WGS84 datum. These data are not to be used for navigation.

Tags: 1217, base map, bathymetry, bathymetry/seafloor topography, benthic habitat mapping and characterization - northwestern and main hawaiian islands, biosphere, central pacific ocean, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, echosounding, grid, hawaii, honolulu, ikonos depth data, laysan island, laysan island (25n171w0001), lidar, map images, mapping, multibeam sonar, northampton seamounts, northhampton banks (25n172w0001), northwestern hawaiian islands, nwhi, ocean basin, oceans, pacific ocean, reef monitoring and assessment, satellite imagery, united states of america, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED REA Benthic Parameter Assessment at Ofu and Olosega Island, American Samoa in 2008

Point-count surveys at 50-cm intervals were conducted along 2 consecutively placed, 25m line transect lines, as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 10 sites around Ofu and Olosega Island in American Samoa from 28 February to 05 March 2008 aboard the NOAA ship Hi'ialakai during the Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise HI0802. Raw survey data consisted of counts of benthic elements, including but not limited to live coral, dead coral, carbonate pavement, sand, coral rubble, fleshy macroalgae, crustose coralline algae, turfalgae, as well as other sessile invertebrates along the two transects. All live benthic elements were identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible. These data provide the basis for computing quantitative estimates of percent live coral cover, as well as percent cover of the different benthic constituents.

Tags: 1221, american samoa, american samoa (14s170w0000), amsam, benthic cover, biology, biosphere, coastal processes, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem, coral reefs, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, hi0802, manu'a group, marine ecosystem, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oceans, ofu and olosega island, ofu island (14s169w0013), olosega island (14s169w0014), pacific ocean, pacific reef assessment and monitoring program (pacific ramp): biennial monitoring for the u.s. paci, rapid assessment studies, rapid ecological assessments (rea), reef assessment and monitoring program (ramp), reef monitoring and assessment, south pacific, united states of america, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
The relationship between coral reef health, alien algae, and fish biomass at sites on Oahu and the Big Island, Hawaii, during 2004-2005 (NODC Accession 0002619)

Data in this set come from two studies: "Ability of protected reefs to resist alien algae" and "How many fish does it take to keep the alien algae out?" Both are authored by Ms. Danielle Jayewardene and Dr. Charles Birkeland of University of Hawaii Manoa, in 2005 and 2006, respectively. For the former, the goal was to objectively and quantitatively assess the ability of marine protected areas (MPAs), to maintain ecosystem health, and to thereby resist invasion of alien algae. For the latter, specific objectives involved a) determining whether there are differences in cropping ability by larger herbivorous fishes compared to smaller herbivorous fishes, and b) whether there is a threshold level of algal biomass above which even an increased number of herbivorous fishes simply cannot crop down. The field work took place at eight coral reef sites located on the island of Oahu and the island of Hawaii.

Tags: algae, algal cover, aneahoomalu bay, bioerosion, biology, biomass, biosphere, calcification rate, central pacific ocean, coastal processes, coastal studies, coral cover, coral diseases, coral growth, coral reef ecology, coral reefs, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, erosion, hanauma bay (21n156w0003), hawaii, hawaii island, hawaii island (19n155w0003), hawaiian islands, hcri, holo'holo'kai, honolulu, ke'ei (19n155w0005), kealakekua bay, kona, marine biology, marine invertebrates, mhi, numeric data sets, oahu (21n157w0003), oahu island, ocean basin, oceans, old kona airport, pacific ocean, percent coral cover, portlock, puako (19n155w0001), rapid wasting/fish bites, shallow coastal waters, tissue regeneration rates, united states of america, vegetation, wawaioli, wawaloli, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED Coral Reef Early Warning System (CREWS) Standard Buoy, Environmental Data Logger (EDL); NWHI, PHR; Long: -175.81590, Lat: 27.85408 (WGS84); Sensor Depth: 0.00m; Data Range: 20011026-20020917.

CREWS Standard (CREWS-STD) buoys are equipped to measure sea surface water temperature and conductivity (Sea-Bird Model SBE37-SM, Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc., www.seabird.com) at 1 m (nominal) below the water line and air temperature (R.M Young Model 41342); barometric pressure (Heise DXD and wind vectors (Vaisala WAS425A) at 2 m (nominal) above the water line. A compass (KVH C100 SE-25) is used in the calculation of wind direction and a GPS system provides geolocation. CREWS-STD buoys telemeter hourly data in near-real-time (NRT). Data telemetry serves to alert researchers to the potential of imminent or ongoing coral reef bleaching or other natural events (hurricanes, storm damage, cooling, etc.) so that additional field observations and data collection efforts can be initiated, if warranted. NRT data is available at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/ecosystems/coral-reefs-pacific and is updated on a daily basis. When a buoy is recovered, a higher resolution (typically a 1800 second sampling interval) dataset is uploaded from the buoy's Environmental Data Logger (EDL). Please contact CRED with any questions. For program information see the web site https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/ecosystems/coral-reefs-pacific

Tags: 1219, air temperature, atmosphere, atmospheric pressure, atmospheric temperature, atmospheric winds, biosphere, bleaching, central pacific ocean, coastal processes, coral diseases, coral reef early warning system (crews) standard buoy, coral reef ecosystem division (cred), coral reef ecosystems integrated observing system (creios), coral reef watch-physical and biological monitoring of u.s. pacific islands, coral reefs, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, crews (coral reef early warning system), earth science, environmental data logger (edl), hawaii, honolulu, in situ meteorological, in situ physical, instrumented buoy, moored, mooring, noaa pacific islands fisheries science center, northwestern hawaiian islands, northwestern hawaiian islands (papahanaumokuakea marine national monument), numeric data sets, nwhi, ocean basin, oceanographic, oceanography, oceans, pacific ocean, pearl and hermes atoll, pearl and hermes reef (27n176w0001), phr_ocean_001, reef assessment and monitoring program (ramp), reef monitoring and assessment, sea level pressure, surface pressure, surface winds, united states of america, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED REA Coral Health and Disease Assessment at Ta'u Island, American Samoa in 2008

Coral health and disease assessments were conducted along 2 consecutively placed 25-m transects, as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 9 sites at Ta'u Island in the American Samoa during 20 February - 19 March 2008, aboard the NOAA Hi'ialakai Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise HI0802. Within an area of 1-3m on each side of both transect lines, each colony was inspected and every diseased/afflicted coral enumerated and identified to the lowest taxonomic level. For each affected coral the following information was recorded: colony size, type of affliction, area affected, percent live/dead, and severity of the affliction (mild = 1-10%, moderate = 11-25%, marked = 26-50%, severe = 51-75%, acute = 76-100%). Coral afflictions were classified into one of six general categories (following Willis et al., 2004) including: bleaching, tissue loss, black band disease, skeletal growth anomaly, predation, and other lesions. This latter category included algal overgrowth, as well as unidentified syndromes causing deterioration of scleractinian corals. Tissue samples of selected cases were procured for histopathological analyses. These data provide the basis for computing quantitative estimates of disease incidence and prevalence. Samples and photographs provide aid in further disease characterization and description. Histological tissue samples are traditionally fixed in a formaldehyde solution prior to preparation for processing and analysis.

Tags: 1841, american samoa, amsam, biology, biosphere, coastal processes, coral cover, coral disease, coral diseases, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem, coral reefs, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, hi0802, incidence and characterization of coral diseases in the u.s. pacific islands, manu'a group, marine ecosystem, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oceans, pacific ocean, rapid assessment studies, rapid ecological assessments (rea), reef assessment and monitoring program (ramp), reef monitoring and assessment, ta'u island, ta'u island (14s169w0012), united states of america, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce