AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Complexity and Urchin Abundance at Climate Stations in the Pacific Remote Island Areas from 2014 to 2018

Benthic complexity and urchin abundance data were collected as part of NOAA's ongoing National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). These data were gathered around the Pacific Remote Island Areas as a part of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (formerly the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division) led missions from 2014 to 2018.

During these missions, the variables of benthic complexity and urchin abundance were recorded by SCUBA divers during visual surveys at NCRMP climate stations. A select number of climate sites were chosen per island in hard-bottom habitat at 15-m depths in a stratified random fashion. 

To record benthic complexity, the divers ran a 15-m transect from the reference stake for the site and estimated two maximum vertical relief measurements per meter along the 15-m transect (based on an area of 0.5 m x 1 m to the left and 0.5 m x 1 m to the right of each meter on the transect) for a total of 30 measurements. The measurements were tallied into five substrate height bins, including 0-20 cm, 20-50 cm, 50-100 cm, 100-150 cm, and >150 cm. The total frequency for the five substrate height bins is 30 units for a 15-m transect. Maximum depth, minimum depth, and maximum vertical relief were also recorded for the climate station. 

Free and boring urchin abundance was estimated within the climate station and recorded using DACOR, an abundance code based on visual estimation; dominant (D), abundant (A), common (C), occasional (O), and rare (R).

Tags: 743, animals/invertebrates, aquatic habitat, baker island, baker island (00n176w0001), benthic, benthic habitat, biological classification, biosphere, central pacific ocean, coastal processes, coral reef conservation program, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem division, coral reef ecosystem program, coral reef studies, coral reefs, corals, country/territory, cred, crep, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, echinoderms, ecosystem sciences division, equatorial pacific ocean, esd, habitat - benthic, hi'ialakai, howland island, howland island (00s176w0001), jarvis island (00s160w0001), johnston atoll, johnston atoll (16n169w0001), kingman reef (06n162w0001), line islands, macroinvertebrate census, macroinvertebrates, marine biology, marine invertebrates, national coral reef monitoring program, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oceans, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pacific remote island areas, pacific remote islands marine national monument, palmyra atoll (05n162w0001), pifsc, pria, primnm, ramp, reef assessment and monitoring program, reef habitat, reef monitoring and assessment, rugosity, sea urchins, survey - swimmer/diver, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc, usa minor outlying islands, visual estimate, wake atoll, wake atoll (19n167e0001), zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Images Collected from Stratified Random Sites (StRS) across American Samoa since 2015

The data described here are benthic habitat imagery that result from benthic photo-quadrat surveys conducted along transects at stratified random sites across American Samoa since 2014 as a part of Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) surveys for corals and fish.

A stratified random sampling (StRS) design was employed to survey the coral reef ecosystems across the region. The survey domain encompassed the majority of the mapped area of reef and hard bottom habitats in the 0-30 m depth range. The stratification scheme included island, reef zone, and depth. Sampling effort was allocated based on strata area and sites were randomly located within strata. Sites were surveyed using photo-quadrats along transects to collect benthic imagery to ultimately produce estimates of relative abundance (benthic cover), frequency of occurrence, benthic community taxonomic composition and relative generic richness.

The StRS design effectively reduces estimate variance through stratification using environmental covariates and by sampling more sites rather than sampling more transects at a site. Therefore, site-level estimates and site to site comparisons should be used with caution.

Tags: 743, american samoa, american samoa (14s170w0000), aquatic habitat, belt transect, benthic, benthic biology, benthic habitat, benthos analysis, biological, biosphere, camera, central pacific ocean, coastal processes, coral, coral communities, coral reef, coral reef conservation program, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem division, coral reef ecosystem program, coral reef studies, coral reefs, corals, country/territory, cred, crep, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/esd, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, ecosystems, esd, habitats, hi'ialakai, imagery, in situ, in situ biological, manu'a group, marine biology, marine ecosystems, national coral reef monitoring program, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, ocean, ocean basin, oceans, ofu (14s169w0002), ofu island, ofu island (14s169w0013), olosega (14s169w0016), olosega island, olosega island (14s169w0014), pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pacific reef and assessment monitoring program, photoquadrat images, pifsc, rainier, ramp, rapid assessment studies, rapid ecological assessment, rea, reef, reef assessment and monitoring program, reef habitat, reef monitoring and assessment, rose atoll (14s168w0001), rose atoll marine national monument, south pacific ocean, swains atoll (11s171w0001), ta'u island (14s169w0012), transect monitoring, triennial, tutuila island (14s170w0016), u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc, visual images, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Pelagic Charter Boat Patrons (1999-2001)

This study describes several aspects of the charter fishing experience, including patrons' motivations for coming to Hawaii and going charter fishing, their related expenses, valuation of the fishing experience in dollar terms, and the characteristics of the quality of the fishing experience. Information was obtained by distributing mail-in survey instruments to patrons at the end of their fishing trips taken during 1999-2001.

Tags: 1999, 2000, 2001, charter fishing, charter patrons, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, economics, expenditures, hawaii, legacy data set, main hawaiian islands, national marine fisheries service, noaa, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pifsc, pifsc socioeconomics program: economics research metadata portfolio, socioeconomics, u.s. department of commerce, valuation
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
American Samoa: coral reef monitoring interactive map and information layers primarily from 2010 surveys

This interactive map displays American Samoa data collected by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) during the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) cruises. The information presented is a combination of standard CRED monitoring summary data and more specific layers generated by request from resource managers and scientists in American Samoa. The fish and benthos data were collected either by rapid ecological assessment (REA) surveys conducted during 2010, or by towed-diver surveys conducted during 2008 and 2010. The map is accompanied by the summary data used to generate the data layers (as excel attachments) and is available in the form of an interactive pdf with layers to make it usable by those without GIS access.

Tags: 20763, algae, algal cover, american samoa, american samoa (14s170w0000), aquatic habitat, as231 assessment of key ecosystem components to inform marine protected area design around tutuila, bathymetry/seafloor topography, benthic biology, benthic habitat, benthic substrate, biology, biosphere, calcareous macroalgae, coastal processes, coral, coral cover, coral reef, coral reef ecology, coral reefs, coralline algae, coralline algal cover, corals, country/territory, crustose coralline algae, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, dominance, earth science, ecological dynamics, encrusting macroalgae, fish, fish assemblages, fish biomass, fish census, fish species richness, fleshy macroalgae, geographic information, grouper, ha1001, habitats, hard coral cover, hard seafloor substrate, hi0802, indicator species, large coral colony, large fish, legacy data set, macroalgal cover, manu'a, manu'a group, manu'a islands (14s170w0038), marine biology, marine ecosystem, marine protected areas, national marine fisheries service, noaa, ocean basin, oceans, octocoral cover, ofu, ofu island (14s169w0013), olosega, olosega island (14s169w0014), pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, parrotfish, porites, random swimming, rapid assessment studies, rapid ecological assessment (rea), reef assessment and monitoring program (ramp), reef fish, reef fish census, reef habitat, reef monitoring and assessment, rose, rose atoll (14s168w0001), shark, south bank, south bank (14s170w0067), species richness, stationary, stationary point count (spc) survey, surgeonfish, swains, swains atoll (11s171w0001), ta'u island (14s169w0012), tau, towed diver survey, turf algae, tutuila, tutuila island (14s170w0016), u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, vegetation, water column habitat, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Jellyfish movement data - Determining Movement Patterns of Jellyfish

This project is to determine horizontal and vertical movement patterns of two jellyfish species in Hood Canal, in relation to environmental variables. It is being conducted by NMFS scientists in collaboration with a NOAA Hollings Scholar; we also are making use of publicly available oceanographic data from the University of Washington. We used acoustic tags and receivers to track jellyfish movement patterns and correlated their movements with oceanographic data. This project will produce peer reviewed manuscripts. The target audience is fisheries and marine resource managers in Puget Sound and along the West Coast. This is a one-time, standalone project without a firm deadline.
This data set contains acoustic telemetry data for lions mane and fried egg jellyfish.

Tags: acoustic tracking, animal and plant collection device, cb (conservation biology) division, diel vertical movement, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, fried egg jellyfish, hood canal, instrument not applicable, lion's mane jellyfish, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center, source or sink, washington state
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Cost Earnings Data 2012 - Hawaii Longline

The data collection project assessed the economic performance of Hawaii-based longline vessels that made trips in 2012. Operational and vessel costs were collected by personal interviews with vessel owners, captains, and crew. Revenue information was generated from the Hawaii Department of Aquatic Resources dealer reports and NMFS logbooks (landings and fishing efforts). The project estimated the cost-earnings for each individual longline vessels. Cost-earnings data were also available for different vessel groups defined by species targeted (tuna-targeting only and tuna/swordfish-targeting).

Tags: 2012, annual, cost earnings data - longline (american samoa and hawaii), cost-earnings, distant waters (outside eez), doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, economics, eez, hawaii, hawaii longline fishery, hawaiian archipelago, legacy data set, national marine fisheries service, noaa, oceanic, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pifsc, socioeconomics, swordfish fishery, trip, tuna fishery, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Lead-Radium Activity Ratios From Otoliths of Regional Bottomfishes

The data set contains lead-radium dating of opakapaka (Pristipomoides filamentosus) otoliths from recent and archival collections (1987-2009).

Tags: bottomfish, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, frmd, lead-radium, lhp, life history estimates, main hawaiian islands, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northwestern hawaiian islands, opakapaka, otolith, pacific islands fisheries science center, paka, pifsc, pristipomoides filamentosus, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Benthic Surveys in Faga'alu, American Samoa: benthic cover derived from line-point intercept (LPI) surveys in August 2012

The data described here were collected in Faga'alu, American Samoa in August 2012 via line-point intercept (LPI) surveys by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP). At each survey site, a SCUBA diver quantitatively documented the benthic composition at 20-cm intervals along two 25-m transects for a total of 125 data points per transect. All living benthic elements (e.g., coral, algae, and other sessile invertebrates) were identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible. Raw survey data consist of counts of benthic elements, including but not limited to coral, carbonate pavement, sand, rubble, macroalgae, crustose coralline algae, turf algae, as well as other sessile invertebrates along the two transects. The data allows for the assessment and monitoring of community structure and composition, and provide the basis for computing quantitative estimates of benthic cover (%) at higher taxonomic levels like functional group (coral, macroalgae, turf algae) or on a finer taxonomic resolution such as genus level.

These data can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive. Additionally, coral demographic surveys were conducted in 2013 and 2015 and coral surveys in 2012, photoquadrat benthic images were collected in 2012 and 2015, and the 2015 images were analyzed for benthic cover composition (all documented and archived separately).

Tags: 917, algae, algal cover, american samoa, aquatic habitat, baseline studies, benthic, benthic biology, benthic cover, benthic habitat, benthic missions, benthos analysis, biosphere, coastal processes, comprehensive baseline assessment and pilot test of outcome performance measures in faga'alu bay, coral cover, coral reef conservation program, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem division, coral reef ecosystem program, coral reef studies, coral reefs, corals, country/territory, cred, crep, crustose coralline algae, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, encrusting macroalgae, faga'alu (14s170w0005), fleshy macroalgae, hard coral cover, line-point intercept, lpi, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oceans, octocoral cover, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pago pago harbor, pifsc, reef and/or bottom regime - percent cover, reef habitat, reef monitoring and assessment, south pacific ocean, survey - swimmer/diver, transect monitoring, turf algae, tutuila island, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc, vegetation, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) longevity estimates confirmed with modern bomb radiocarbon dating (post-1950)

The longevity of blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) remains unresolved. The use of fin spines and sagittal otoliths for age reading has led to unconfirmed longevity estimates near 20â30 years. Age validation has been elusive because large individuals are uncommonly caught, and a technique that can be applied to structures that provide estimates of age was absent. The use of otolith chemical signatures has been limited by sagittal otoliths that are very small â whole otolith mass of adult blue marlin rarely exceeds 10 mg for the largest fish. Recent advances in the detection limits of radiocarbon (14C) with accelerator mass spectrometry â coupled with recently acquired knowledge of marine bomb 14C signals spanning the tropical Pacific Ocean â have led to an opportunity to age blue marlin from small amounts of otolith material. In this study, otoliths from a recently collected 1245 lb (565 kg) female blue marlin at a measured 146-inch (371 cm) lower jaw fork length were analyzed for 14C. Estimated longevity was either 12â21 or 32â44 years on the basis of bomb 14C dating. Using multiple lines of evidence, it was determined that the young age scenario was most likely, with evidence for an age close to 20 years using a series of deductions in the bomb 14C dating method. 

Included in this data set is information on the radiocarbon from otoliths of one adult male and two juvenile blue marlin.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, frmd, lhp, life history estimates, main hawaiian islands (mhi), national marine fisheries service, noaa, oahu, pacific islands fisheries science center, pifsc, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Catch Logs from LHP Cruises

Description of the core columns that persist throughout OES bottomfish sampling datasets. 

While the data have not changed from previous InPort records (see Nodes 11630, 11652), this is part of an effort to standardize and streamline all life history program databases for past and future cruises. This data set includes separate catch logs from each LHP Bottomfishing cruise both within and outside of the Main Hawaiian Islands, as well as a master file with all records.

Tags: american samoa, big island, bottomfish, cnmi, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, fishing, frmd, johnston atoll, kona, lhp, mhi, national marine fisheries service, noaa, oes, oscar elton sette, pacific islands fisheries science center, penguin banks, pifsc, survey, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Benthic Surveys in Vatia, American Samoa since 2015: benthic images collected during belt transect surveys in 2015 and 2020

Jurisdictional managers have expressed concerns that nutrients from the village of Vatia, Tutuila, American Samoa, are having an adverse effect on the adjacent coral reef ecosystem. Excess nutrient loads promote increases in algal growth that can have deleterious effects on corals, such as benthic algae outcompeting and overgrowing corals. Nitrogen and phosphorus can also directly impact corals by lowering fertilization success, and reducing both photosynthesis and calcification rates. Land-based contributions of nutrients come from a variety of sources; in Vatia the most likely sources are poor wastewater management from piggeries and septic systems.

NOAA scientists conducted benthic surveys to establish a baseline against which to compare changes in the algal and coral assemblages in response to land-based sources of pollution, including nutrient fluxes.

Photoquadrat benthic images were collected in 2015 and 2020 only, via belt transect surveys of coral demography according to protocols established by NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) in 2015. 

In 2015, the survey implemented a two-stage stratified random sampling (StRS) design to assess the Vatia benthic coral reef community, and a one-stage StRS design in 2020. The survey domain encompassed the majority of the mapped area of reef and hard bottom habitats in the 0Ã¢ÂÂ30 m depth range. The stratification scheme included cardinal position (i.e., north and south) and depth (i.e., shallow: >0Ã¢ÂÂ6 m and mid-depth: >6Ã¢ÂÂ18 m). Sampling effort allocation was determined based on strata area and sites randomly located within strata. The StRS design effectively reduces estimate variance through stratification using environmental covariates and by sampling more sites rather than more transects per site. Therefore, site-to-site comparisons should proceed with caution.

Tags: 31090, 31259, american samoa, baseline studies, benthic biology, benthic missions, biosphere, coastal processes, coral, coral communities, coral reef conservation program, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem division, coral reef ecosystem program, coral reefs, corals, country/territory, cred, crep, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, eutrophication impacts on coral ecosystem health in vatia, habitats, imagery, in situ biological, marine biology, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, ocean basin, oceans, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, photoquadrat images, pifsc, reef monitoring and assessment, south pacific ocean, status and trends assessment for lbsp impacts on reef communities in faga'alu bay and vatia bay, tutuila island, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc, vatia, vatia bay (14s170w0028), visual images, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
HMSRP Hawaiian Monk Seal Telemetry Tag Deployments

This project investigates foraging behavior of Hawaiian monk seals by conducting telemetry studies. During these studies, live seals are instrumented with dive recorders, cell phone tags, and other instruments to determine foraging locations and dive and foraging behavior.  These data document the deployment of telemetry tags on Hawaiian monk seals.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, hawaiian monk seal, hmsrp hawaiian monk seal telemetry studies, national marine fisheries service, noaa, pacific islands fisheries science center, telemetry tags, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
LEGACY - EOP Marine Debris

These data contains towed diver surveys of and weights of marine debris removed from the near shore environments of the NWHI.

Tags: 1-2 months a year, 1-3 hours twice per day for 20 days, discrete sampling period, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, high entanglement risk zones (herz), legacy data set, marine debris, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northwestern hawaiian islands, nwhi, october-february, pacific islands fisheries science center, pifsc esd ecosystems and oceanography program (eop) metadata portfolio, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce