AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
CRED REA Line Point Intercept Surveys of Benthic Parameter Assessments at Lisianski Island, NW Hawaiian Islands in 2006

To support a long-term NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) for sustainable management and conservation of coral reef ecosystems, from 1 September - 4 October 2006, 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 HI0611 in the NW Hawaiian Islands at biennial intervals by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC). During the cruise, 10 REA sites were surveyed at Lisianski Island in the NW Hawaiian Islands. 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, central pacific ocean, coastal processes, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem, coral reefs, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, hawaii, hi0611, honolulu, lisianski island, lisianski island (25n173w0001), marine ecosystem, northwestern hawaiian islands, numeric data sets, nw hawaiian islands, nwhi, 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, 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 Sand Key Lighthouse, 1990 - 2005 (NODC Accession 0012769)

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, 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, sand key lighthouse, united states of america, water temperature, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED REA Fish Team Belt Transect Surveys at Baker Island, 2004

Belt transects along 3 consecutively-placed, 25m transect lines were surveyed as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 6 sites at Baker Island in January, 2004 NOAA vessel Oscar Elton Sette (OES04-01). Raw survey data included species level abundance estimates.

Tags: 1221, algae) - rapid ecological assessments at all u.s. pacific islands, baker island, baker island (00n176w0001), belt transect, biology, biosphere, central pacific ocean, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, fishes, long-term monitoring of benthos (coral, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oes0401, other invertebrates, pacific ocean, pria, reef fish census, reef monitoring and assessment, united states of america, usa minor outlying islands, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED REA Invertebrate Quantitative Assessments at Tau 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 5 REA sites at Tau 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, manu'a group, 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, ta'u island (14s169w0012), tau island, united states of america, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED Shallow CTD Profiles; Kingman Reef, Pacific Remote Island Areas; Cruise: HI1001_LEGIII, Data Date Range: 20100414-20100417 (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: 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, hi1001_legiii, in situ biological, in situ chemical, in situ physical, inorganic matter, kingman reef, kingman reef (06n162w0001), line islands, microbiota, 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 remote island areas, particulate matter, phytoplankton, pigments, plankton, pria, 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, usa minor outlying islands, water temperature, zoology, zooplankton
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED REA Coral Health and Disease Assessment at Ta'u Island, American Samoa 2006

Belt transects along 2 consecutively-placed, 25m transect lines were surveyed at 50-cm intervals as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 9 sites at Ta'u Island in March, 2006 from the NOAA vessel Hi'ialakai (HI06-02). Raw survey data included percent cover of benthic parameters, including live coral, dead coral, carbonate pavement, sand, coral rubble, fleshy macroalgae, crustose coralline algae, and other sessile invertebrates along the two transect lines. In addition, an area of 3-4m on each side of each transect was surveyed; within this area, each coral colony was inspected and every diseased/afflicted colony identified to the lowest taxonomic and type of affliction recorded.

Tags: 1221, algae, american samoa, american samoa (14s170w0000), amsam, biology, biosphere, coastal processes, coral cover, coral diseases, coral reef ecology, coral reefs, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, crustose coralline algae, earth science, hi0602, manu'a group, 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, south pacific, ta'u (14s169w0015), ta'u island, united states of america, usa, vegetation, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED Coral Reef Early Warning System (CREWS) Standard Buoy, Environmental Data Logger (EDL); NWHI, KUR; Long: -178.34455, Lat: 28.41863 (WGS84); Sensor Depth: 0.00m; Data Range: 20020922-20030806.

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, kur_ocean_003, kure atoll, kure atoll (28n178w0001), 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, 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 Guguan Island, Marianas Archipelago in 2007

Coral health and disease assessments were conducted along 2 consecutively placed 25-m transects, as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 3 sites at Guguan Island in the Marianas Archipelago during 25 May - 09 June 2007, aboard the NOAA Hi'ialakai Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise HI0703. 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: 1221, biology, biosphere, cnmi, coastal processes, coral cover, coral disease, coral diseases, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem, coral reefs, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, guguan, guguan island, guguan island (17n145e0001), 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
CRED REA Fish Team Stationary Point Count Surveys at Kure Atoll, NW Hawaiian Islands, 2006

Stationary Point Counts at 4 stations at each survey site were surveyed as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA) conducted at 9 sites around Kure Atoll in the NW Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) during 1 September - 4 October 2006 in the NOAA Hi'ialakai (HI0611) Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise. Raw survey data included species level abundance estimates.

Tags: 1221, belt transect, biology, biosphere, central pacific ocean, coastal processes, coral reefs, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, fish, hawaii, hi0611, honolulu, kure atoll (28n178w0001), marine biology, marine ecosystem, northwestern hawaiian islands, northwestern hawaiian islands (28n178w0000), numeric data sets, nwhi, ocean basin, oceans, pacific ocean, pacific reef assessment and monitoring program (pacific ramp): biennial monitoring for the u.s. paci, rapid assessment studies, rapid ecoligical assessments (rea), reef assessment and monitoring program (ramp), reef fish census, reef fishes, reef monitoring and assessment, stationary point count (spc) surveys, united states of america, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED REA Fish Team Belt Transect Survey at Zealandia Bank, 2003

Belt transects along 3 consecutively-placed, 25m transect lines were surveyed as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 2 sites at Zealandia Bank in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) in August, 2003 from the NOAA vessel Oscar Elton Sette (OES03-07). Raw survey data included species level abundance estimates.

Tags: 1221, belt transect, biology, biosphere, cnmi, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, fishes, mariana archipelago, mariana islands, northern mariana islands, northern mariana islands ( cnmi ) (18n146e0000), numeric data sets, ocean basin, oes0307, pacific ocean, pacific reef assessment and monitoring program (pacific ramp): biennial monitoring for the u.s. paci, reef fish census, reef monitoring and assessment, western pacific ocean, zealandia bank (16n145e0005), zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
CRED Coral Reef Early Warning System (CREWS) Standard Buoy, Environmental Data Logger (EDL); NWHI, MAR; Long: -170.63378, Lat: 25.44642 (WGS84); Sensor Depth: 0.00m; Data Range: 20060907-20080918.

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, 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, oceanographic, oceanography, oceans, pacific ocean, 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 Fish Team Stationary Point Count Surveys at Alamagan, Marianas Archipelago, 2005

Stationary Point Counts at 4 stations at each survey site were surveyed as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA) conducted at 3 sites around Alamagan in the Marianas Archipelago (MA) during 3 September - 1 October 2005 in the NOAA Oscar Elton Sette (OES 0511) Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise. Raw survey data included species level abundance estimates.

Tags: 1221, alamagan island, alamagan island (17n145e0002), belt transect, biology, biosphere, cnmi, coastal processes, coral reefs, corals, coris_metadata, country/territory, earth science, fish, marine biology, marine ecosystem, northern mariana islands, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oceans, oes0511, 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 fish census, reef fishes, reef monitoring and assessment, stationary point count (spc) surveys, western pacific ocean, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce