Dr. Jo-Ann Leong Dr. Paul Jokiel Dr. Ku'ulei Rodgers Mr. Erik Franklin Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Department of Oceanography School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology University of Hawaii Unknown http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/accession/0052882 Rapid Assessment Transects were conducted in 2007 in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument of the Northwest Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve. The surveys were led by Dr. Paul Jokiel and Mr. Erik Franklin along various depth contours at 7 unique atolls or islands. This dataset consists of digital still transect images (JPG files). Digital images are important for future researchers to resolve any questions about how the image data were interpreted for the quantitative database, to provide the opportunity to re-analyze the images using other methods, and to return to the same locations for future comparisons. In a separate NODC Accession (0000881), benthic data for substrate types and coverages are given, which were derived objectively from these photographic images using PhotoGrid, a software package which analyzes random points on images of coral reefs and substrate. The surveys provide an important assessment of the status of the coral ecosystem. For CRAMP purposes, the surveys expand the spatial range of habitats and add to the extensive database for the main Hawaiian Islands. These will augment the CRAMP Ecological Gradient Model to compare sites throughout the archipelago and to assess the condition of the sites. NOAASupplemental: Entry_ID: Unknown Sensor_Name: digital camera Source_Name: SCUBA Project_Campaign: Partnership between the Hawaii Institute for Marine Biology and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (CRAMP) Originating_Center: Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Storage_Medium: JPEG images, CSV ASCII Reference: None Online_size: 2452540 kilobytes Resource Description: NODC Accession Number 0052882 20070708 20070722 ground condition Complete Unknown -178.369 -161.919 28.42782 23.05648 ISO 19115 Topic Category biota 002 environment 007 CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Visual Images > Habitats CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Photographic Analysis EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment None Coastal studies Coral reef monitoring and assessment substrate type digital still images None North Pacific Ocean Northwest Hawaii Islands Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Nihoa Gardner Pinnacles Laysan Lisianski Pearl and Hermes Atoll Kure Midway CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Nihoa (23N161W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Nihoa (23N161W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Gardner Pinnacles (25N168W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Gardner Pinnacles (25N168W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Laysan Island (25N171W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Laysan Island (25N171W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Lisianski Island (25N173W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Lisianski Island (25N173W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Pearl and Hermes Reef (27N176W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Pearl and Hermes Reef (27N176W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Kure Atoll (28N178W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Kure Atoll (28N178W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Midway Atoll (28N177W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Midway Atoll (28N177W0001) CoRIS Region NWHI None Benthic None Dataset credit required Dr. Jo-Ann Leong Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology University of Hawaii Principal Investigator mailing address

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Kaneohe Hawaii 96744 USA (808) 236-7401 joannleo@hawaii.edu Funding and support: Partnership between the Hawaii Institute for Marine Biology and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Marine Sanctuary Program Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (CRAMP) support: Funding and support: Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, United States Geological Survey, State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources, Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Coastal Program, Limahuli National Botanical Garden, Save Our Seas ASCII text, Comma-separated version (CSV) format, JPEG images see Process Step The 2007 surveys were 100% complete Non-overlapping digital stills are taken to assess the characteristics of benthic populations via rapid assessment transects (RATs), which are an abbreviated version of the CRAMP long-term monitoring sites. RATs have one-10 m transect instead of 10-10 m transects for the long-term monitoring sites for benthic cover. High resolution digital images are taken along a 10 m transect using an Olympus 5050 zoom digital camera with an Olympus PT050 underwater housing. The camera is mounted to an aluminum monopod frame, 1.7 m from the substrate to provide a 50x69 cm image. A 6 cm bar provides a measurement scale. Subsequenty, data in a separate NODC Accession, 0000881, are derived via the software program PhotoGrid (Bird 2001), which is used to quantify percent cover, richness and diversity of corals, algal functional groups and substrate cover. Images are downloaded and the 20 non-overlapping images from each 10 m transect are imported into PhotoGrid where 50 randomly selected points are projected onto each image for a total of 1,000 points per transect INSTRUMENT TYPES: digital camera: Olympus 5050 zoom digital camera REFERENCES: Brown, E, E Cox, B Tissot, K Rodgers, and W Smith (1999). Evaluation of benthic sampling methods considered for the Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (CRAMP) in Hawaii. International Conference on Scientific Aspects of Coral Reef Assessment, Monitoring, and Restoration. April 14-16, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Unknown Dr. Kuulei Rodgers Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Department Of Oceanography School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology University Of Hawaii mailing

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