AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
2006 EM300 and EM3002D Multibeam Sonar Data from Cruise Hi'ialakai HI-06-09 - Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and Main Hawaiian Islands

EM300 and EM3002D multibeam data were collected from 23 June to 20 July 2006 aboard NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai at Kure Atoll, Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Midway Island, and Kaua'i Island in the Central Pacific during cruise HI-06-09. These multibeam data were collected using SAIC ISS-2000 software in the Generic Sensor Format and processed using SABER editing software. Surface sound velocity values were supplied by a Seabird SBE-45 MicroTSG and a SBE-38 remote temperature probe. Sound velocity corrections from a Seabird 911 CTD sensor and motion corrections from a POS-MV vertical reference were applied to the data in real time. Predicted tides were applied to the data in real time using tide zoning and predicted tides supplied by NOAA's National Ocean Service Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS). At Kure Atoll, Sand Island (1619910) predicted tides were used in zone HI48. At Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Sand Island (1619910) predicted tides were used for zones HI46 and HI47. At Midway island, Sand Island (1619910) predicted tides were used for tide zone HI47. At Kauai Island, Nawiliwili (1611400) predicted tides were used for tide zones HI137, HI139, HI152, HI153, HI154, and HI155. 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. Depths mapped range from 2 to 3050 m. Concurrent mapping was done by the R/V AHI in water depths ranging from ~2-300 m with the data set being AHI-06-09; metadata for AHI-06-09 are submitted separately.

Tags: 1217, bathymetry, bathymetry/seafloor topography, benthic habitat mapping and characterization - northwestern and main hawaiian islands, central pacific ocean, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, geographic information, hawaii, hawaiian islands, honolulu, islands, kauai island, kauai island (22n159w0001), kure atoll, kure atoll (28n178w0001), main hawaiian islands, mhi, midway atoll (28n177w0001), midway island, multibeam sonar, northwestern hawaiian islands, nwhi, ocean basin, oceans, pacific ocean, pearl and hermes atoll, pearl and hermes reef (27n176w0001), united states of america
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED REA Coral Health and Disease Assessment at Jarvis Island, Pacific Remote Island Areas 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 Jarvis Island in the Pacific Remote Island Areas during 21 March - 12 April 2008, aboard the NOAA Hi'ialakai Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise HI0803. 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, biology, biosphere, central pacific ocean, coastal processes, coral cover, coral disease, coral diseases, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem, coral reefs, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, hi0803, incidence and characterization of coral diseases in the u.s. pacific islands, jarvis island, jarvis island (00s160w0001), line islands, marine ecosystem, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oceans, pacific ocean, pacific remote island areas, pria, rapid assessment studies, rapid ecological assessments (rea), reef assessment and monitoring program (ramp), reef monitoring and assessment, united states of america, usa minor outlying islands, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED REA Algal Assessments, Maro Reef, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 2004 (NODC Accession 0010352)

Twelve quadrats were sampled along 2 consecutively-placed, 25m transect lines as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 9 sites at Maro Reef in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in September 2004 from the NOAA vessel Hi`ialakai (HI04-01). Raw survey data included genus presence and relative abundance, and voucher specimens. Detailed taxonomic analyses of voucher specimens are presented.

Tags: 1221, algae, algae) - rapid ecological assessments at all u.s. pacific islands, biology, biosphere, blue-green algae, central pacific ocean, coastal processes, coral reefs, coralline algae, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, hawaii, hi0401, honolulu, long-term monitoring of benthos (coral, marine ecosystem, maro reef (25n170w0001), microbiota, northwestern hawaiian islands, numeric data sets, nwhi, ocean basin, oceans, other invertebrates, pacific ocean, rapid assessment studies, reef monitoring and assessment, turf algae, united states, united states of america, vegetation, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED REA Line Point Intercept Surveys of Benthic Parameter Assessments at Maug Islands, Marianas Archipelago in 2007

To support a long-term NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) for sustainable management and conservation of coral reef ecosystems, from 25 May - 09 June 2007, line point intercept (LPI) surveys of benthic parameter assessments were conducted, as a part of Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA), during the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise HI0703 in the Marianas Archipelago at biennial intervals by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC). During the cruise, 9 REA sites were surveyed at Maug Islands in the Marianas Archipelago. At the specific REA sites, coral biologists along with algal biologists, marine invertebrate zoologist, and fish biologists entered the water and conducted a fine-scale (~300 m2) and high degree of taxonomic resolution REA survey to assess and monitor species composition, abundance, percent cover, size distribution, diversity, and general health of fish, corals, macro-invertebrates, and algae in shallow-water (< 35 m) habitats. As a part of REA surveys, the line point intercept surveys were used to quantitatively assess average percent live coral cover and other benthic substrates at REA sites. The surveys were conducted along two consecutively-placed 25m transect lines by a coral biologist. All benthic elements falling directly underneath the transect line at 20-cm to 50-cm intervals were recorded as one of nine benthic categories: live coral, dead coral, carbonate pavement, encrusting coralline algae, macroalgae, coral rubble, sand, rock, and other benthic sessile invertebrates. All living benthic elements (e.g., coral, algae, and other invertebrates) 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, benthic cover, biology, biosphere, cnmi, coastal processes, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem, coral reefs, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, hi0703, marianas archipelago, marine ecosystem, maug, maug island, maug island (20n145e0001), maug islands, northern mariana islands, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oceans, 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, western pacific ocean, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Benthic Habitats of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands; Photomosaic of Puerto Rico (Ceiba), 1999

Habitat maps of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands were created by visual interpretation of aerial photographs using the Habitat Digitizer Extension. Aerial photographs are valuable tools for natural resource managers and researchers since they provide an excellent record of the location and extent of habitats. However, spatial distortions in aerial photographs due to such factors as camera angle, lens characteristics, and relief displacement must be accounted for during analysis to prevent incorrect measurements of area, distance, and other spatial parameters. These distortions of scale within an image can be removed through orthorectification. During orthorectification, digital scans of aerial photos are subjected to algorithms that eliminate each source of spatial distortion. The result is a georeferenced digital mosaic of several photographs with uniform scale throughout the mosaic. Features near land are generally georeferenced with greater accuracy while the accuracy of features away from land is generally not as good. Where no land is in the original photographic frame only kinematic GPS locations and image tie points were used to georeference the images. After the orthorectified mosaics were created, photointerpreters were able to accurately and reliably delineate boundaries of features in the imagery as they appear on the computer monitor.

Tags: 1027, aerial photographs, aerial photography, atlantic ocean, base map, benthic, biosphere, caribbean benthic habitat mapping, caribbean sea /north atlantic ocean, ceiba, ceiba (18n065w0003), coastal ecosystem science, coral, coral reef conservation, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, habitat, mangrove, map images, mapping, ocean basin, oceans, pr, puerto rico, puerto rico (18n066w0000), reef, reef monitoring and assessment, remote sensing, sav, seagrass, united states of america, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Feeding biology of the introduced fish roi, and its impact on Hawaiian reef fishes, January 2004 and January 2005, (NODC Accession 0002172)

Feeding biology of the introduced fish roi (Cephalopholis argus), and its impact on Hawaiian reef fishes and fisheries between January 2004 and January 2005. Roi were collected from 27 sites on Oahu and the Kona coast of the Island of Hawaii to study various aspects of their physiology. Data include laboratory examinations on specimens speared in the field and raised in tanks.

Tags: alahaka, biology, central pacific ocean, coastal studies, coris_metadata, country/territory, decomposition of fish, digestion, earth science, feeding, fish, fish length, fish weight, golden arches, hawaii, hawaii island, hawaii kai, hawaiian islands, hcri, honokohau, honolulu, kaiwi point, kaneohe bay (21n157w0004), kiholo, ko'olina, koloko arches, kona coast (19n155w0002), kona paradise, lone tree arch, mahukona, marine biology, mhi, numeric data sets, oahu (21n157w0003), oahu island, ocean basin, oceans, pacific ocean, portlock, puako (19n155w0001), roi (cephalopholis argus), sex of fish, shallow coastal waters, united states of america
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED REA Line Point Intercept Surveys of Benthic Parameter Assessments at Asuncion Island, Marianas Archipelago in 2007

To support a long-term NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) for sustainable management and conservation of coral reef ecosystems, from 25 May - 09 June 2007, line point intercept (LPI) surveys of benthic parameter assessments were conducted, as a part of Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA), during the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise HI0703 in the Marianas Archipelago at biennial intervals by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC). During the cruise, 3 REA sites were surveyed at Asuncion Island in the Marianas Archipelago. At the specific REA sites, coral biologists along with algal biologists, marine invertebrate zoologist, and fish biologists entered the water and conducted a fine-scale (~300 m2) and high degree of taxonomic resolution REA survey to assess and monitor species composition, abundance, percent cover, size distribution, diversity, and general health of fish, corals, macro-invertebrates, and algae in shallow-water (< 35 m) habitats. As a part of REA surveys, the line point intercept surveys were used to quantitatively assess average percent live coral cover and other benthic substrates at REA sites. The surveys were conducted along two consecutively-placed 25m transect lines by a coral biologist. All benthic elements falling directly underneath the transect line at 20-cm to 50-cm intervals were recorded as one of nine benthic categories: live coral, dead coral, carbonate pavement, encrusting coralline algae, macroalgae, coral rubble, sand, rock, and other benthic sessile invertebrates. All living benthic elements (e.g., coral, algae, and other invertebrates) 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, asuncion island, asuncion island (19n145e0001), benthic cover, biology, biosphere, cnmi, coastal processes, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem, coral reefs, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, hi0703, marianas archipelago, marine ecosystem, northern mariana islands, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oceans, 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, western pacific ocean, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Shallow-water Marine Invertebrates French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 2000 and 2002, (NODC Accession 0001083)

This dataset focuses on marine surveys used to obtain a more in depth record of the marine fauna from French Frigate Shoals and includes a note on nonindigenous species from NOWRAMP 2000 surveys at 39 sites and a March 2002 survey at a single site. In September of 2000, the Northwest Hawaiian Islands Rapid Assessment and Monitoring Program (NOW-RAMP) Expedition surveyed French Frigate Shoals (FFS) and a number of the remaining Northwest Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). At FFS, marine surveys were conducted at 39 stations by three different Rapid Ecological Assessment teams from two separate research vessels, the Townsend Cromwell (11 -25 Sep 2000) and the Rapture (23- 27 Sep 2000). An additional study of the seawall at Tern Island was conducted in March 2002. A total of 618 marine invertebrate taxa were collected and identified, about 75 percent to specific level. Of the 622 taxa identified, 502 are considered new records for FFS and perhaps 10 to 20 percent of these may be new records for the Hawaiian Archipelago. Of these new records, as many as 50 species may be undescribed and so far known only from FFS. Most of material collected by NOW-RAMP from the NWHI remains to be examined, and therefore no conclusions can be drawn yet regarding the distribution of these species throughout the island chain. Two species considered to be nonindigenous, the hydroid Pennariadisticha, and the barnacle Balanus reticulatus, were found at FFS. A number of specimens of some taxonomic groups collected from FFS remain to be examined thoroughly by specialists, most notably the polychaetes, which will certainly increase the final species tally. Further study will also be required of the 150 taxa which could not be identified to species level at the time of this report.

Tags: benthic, biology, central pacific ocean, coastal, coastal processes, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem, coral reefs, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, french frigate shoals, french frigate shoals (24n166w0001), hawaii, hcri, honolulu, invasive/introduced species, marine biology, marine invertebrates, marine species, nonindigenous species, north pacific, northwest hawaiian islands, northwestern hawaiian islands, numeric data sets, nwhi, ocean basin, oceans, pacific ocean, shallow-water marine invertebrates, united states of america
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED Coral Reef Early Warning System (CREWS) Standard Buoy, Supplemental Sea Surface Temperature Recorder (SBE39); NWHI, MAR; Long: -170.63382, Lat: 25.44652 (WGS84); Sensor Depth: 1.00m; Data Range: 20020424-20020802.

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. This metadata record refers to a supplemental sea surface temperature recorder (Sea-Bird Model SBE39, Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc., www.seabird.com) mounted on the CREWS buoy subsurface arm. When a CREWS buoy is recovered, another one is typically deployed in the same place. Time series data combining multiple deployments from a given site may also be available. 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, biosphere, bleaching, central pacific ocean, coastal processes, coral diseases, coral reef early warning system (crews) standard buoy, coral reef ecosystem division (cred), coral reefs, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, crews (coral reef early warning system), earth science, hawaii, honolulu, in situ physical, instrumented buoy, mar_ocean_001, maro reef, maro reef (25n170w0001), moored, mooring, noaa pacific islands fisheries science center, northwestern hawaiian islands, northwestern hawaiian islands (papahanaumokuakea marine national monument), numeric data sets, nwhi, ocean basin, ocean circulation, ocean temperature, oceanographic, oceanography, oceans, pacific ocean, physical - biological monitoring stations, reef assessment and monitoring program (ramp), reef monitoring and assessment, sea surface temperature, sea surface temperature (sst), seabird sbe39 temperature recorder, united states of america, upwelling, water temperature, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Sediment monitoring and benthic faunal sampling adjacent to the Sand Island ocean outfall, Oahu, Hawaii, 1986-2010 (NODC Accession 9900088)

Benthic fauna and sediment in the vicinity of the Sand Island ocean outfall were sampled from 1986-2010. To assess the environmental quality, sediment grain size and sediment chemistry were measured. To identify the fauna, mollusk species and nonmollusk species sitings were tabulated. Stations were located both within and on the boundary of the zone of initial dilution (ZID) and at distances of 1.2 to 2 km from the ZID boundary. This set is an update to NODC Accession 9900088.

Tags: -geochemical analyses (total organic carbon (toc) (%), -oxidation-reduction potential (orp) (in mv millivolts), -sediment oil and grease (o&g) (mg/kg), animals/invertebrates, benthic biology, benthic fauna, biological classification, biological data, biology, central pacific ocean, chemical data, coastal data, coastal processes, coral reef, coral reef ecology, coral reefs, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, geochemical data, geology data, hawaii, hawaiian islands, honolulu, mamala bay, mhi, mollusk species, mollusks, near sea floor bottom around 70m, nonmollusk species, north pacific, numeric data sets, oahu, oahu (21n157w0003), oahu island, ocean basin, ocean chemistry, oceans, organic carbon, pacific ocean, quantity of each species, sand island sewage treatment plant, sediment chemistry, sediment grain size, united states of america
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED REA Benthic Parameter Assessment at Howland, Pacific Remote Island Areas 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 5 sites at Howland in the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs) during 24 January - 14 February 2008, aboard the NOAA Hi'ialakai (HI0801) Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise. 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, benthic cover, biology, biosphere, central pacific ocean, coastal processes, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem, coral reefs, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, equatorial islands, hi0801, howland, howland island, howland island (00s176w0001), marine ecosystem, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oceans, pacific ocean, pacific reef assessment and monitoring program (pacific ramp): biennial monitoring for the u.s. paci, pacific remote island areas (prias), phoenix islands, pria, rapid assessment studies, rapid ecological assessments (rea), reef assessment and monitoring program (ramp), reef monitoring and assessment, united states of america, usa minor outlying islands, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED REA Algal Assessment, Maug 2003 (NODC Accession 0010352)

Twelve quadrats were sampled along 2 consecutively-placed, 25m transect lines as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 8 sites at Maug in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in August and September, 2003 from the NOAA vessel Oscar Elton Sette (OES03-07). Raw survey data included genus presence and relative abundance, and voucher specimens. Detailed taxonomic analyses of voucher specimens are presented.

Tags: 1221, algae, biology, biosphere, blue-green algae, cnmi, coastal processes, coral reefs, coralline algae, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, marianas archipelago, marine ecosystem, maug, maug island, maug island (20n145e0001), microbiota, northern mariana islands, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oceans, oes0307, pacific ocean, pacific reef assessment and monitoring program (pacific ramp): biennial monitoring for the u.s. paci, rapid assessment studies, reef monitoring and assessment, turf algae, united states, vegetation, western pacific ocean, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce