Dr. Isabella Abbott Botany Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa Dr. Celia Smith Botany Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa Ms. Jennifer E. Smith Botany Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa Mr. Ryan Okano Botany Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa Unpublished material http://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/879 Abundance data represent estimates of percent cover of species type (coral or algal) in 10 randomly placed quadrats along two 50 meter transect lines of each site. Data are available for 10 sites from Oahu to the Island of Hawaii taken in 2001 in support of the Macroalgal Ecology and Taxonomic Assessment (TEAM) Project. The species for abundance estimates include 11 corals, 5 invertebrates, 33 algals, and 2 benthic types (turf or sand). The role that marine algae play in a coral reef system is often overlooked because of lack of knowledge that they are the primary producers in the system. The coral reef ecosystem in Hawaii contains about ten times more algal species than coral species, some of them regulating space that permits coral recruitment. The primary purpose of the TEAM research program is to provide taxonomic and ecological algal expertise for the Coral Reef Monitoring and Assessment Program (CRAMP). Our group also seeks to develop, implement and assess new methodologies for quantitatively surveying benthic algal communities in the Hawaiian Islands. (1) To understand better the role that marine algae play in a coral reef systems of Hawaii. (2) To generate an algal species list for each transect line, site and island (3) Collect voucher specimens of all species encountered including alien species, rare species new records and/or new species (4) To classify benthic habitat based on algal community structure (5) To estimate abundance and percent cover of various algal functional forms and species on transect lines. NOAA Supplemental:Entry_ID: Unknown Sensor_Name: SCUBA Project_Campaign: Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative Originating_Center: Botany Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa Storage_Medium: MS Excel and CSV ASCII Online_size: 143 Kbytes Resource Description: NODC Accession Number 0000879 20010126 0800 20010518 1500 ground condition Complete dependent on funding -158.14 -155.05 21.37 19.27 None invasive species algal species invertebrate species coral species benthic percent coverage of species CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Numeric Data Sets > Habitats CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Benthic biology EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Transect monitoring EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Quadrat Monitoring EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Invasive/introduced Species ISO 19115 Topic Category biota 002 oceans 014 environment 007 CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Oahu Island > Oahu (21N157W0003) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Oahu (21N157W0003) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Maui Island > Maui Island (20N156W0004) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Maui > Maui Island (20N156W0004) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii Island > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Molokai Island > Molokai Island (21N157W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Molokai Island (21N157W0001) CoRIS Region MHI None North Pacific Hawaii Oahu, Hawaii Maui, Hawaii Island of Hawaii Molokai Kaapuna Kawaiihae Kamalo Palaau Kamiloloa Kahe Puhi Nenue Honokowai Keaulanas None benthic None NOAA and NODC would appreciate recognition as the resource from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these data. Dr. Celia Smith University of Hawaii, Department of Botany botanist mailing and physical

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Honolulu Hawaii 96822 USA (808)956-6947 celia@hawaii.edu Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative MS Excel see Lineage - Process Step None Quantitative Algal Assessment - As an integral component of the REA teams at least one algal diver quantified and assessed the benthic community. On each of the two 50 m transects that were surveyed at each site five random points along each transect were selected. At each of these locations, the point intercept method was used to estimate percent cover in 10 randomly placed quadrats along two 50 meter transect lines. These quadrat are 1/4 m2 in size and a total of 20 intersections are assessed per quadrat to quantify the benthic community. None Unknown Dr. Celia Smith University of Hawaii, Department of Botany botanist mailing and physical

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