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A unified, long-term, Caribbean-wide initiative to identity the factors responsible for sustaining mangrove wetland, seagrass meadow, and coral reef productivity, February 1993 - October 1998 (NCEI Accession 0000501)

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The Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity (CARICOMP) Program is a Caribbean-wide research and monitoring network of 27 marine laboratories, parks, and reserves in 17 countries. This data set includes data collected from 42 stations at 29 sites in the Caribbean from 1993 to 1998. Line transects were used to determine the abundance of hard and soft corals, algae, sponges, urchins, and biotic material such as substrate type.

Dataset Citation

Cite as: Linton, Dulcie; Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (2001). A unified, long-term, Caribbean-wide initiative to identity the factors responsible for sustaining mangrove wetland, seagrass meadow, and coral reef productivity, February 1993 - October 1998 (NCEI Accession 0000501). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000501. Accessed [date].

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gov.noaa.nodc:0000501

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Time Period	1993-02-12 to 1998-10-15
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates	West: -90.583333 East: -59.633333 South: 9.583333 North: 24.05
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Publication Dates	publication: 2001-07-12 revision: 2013-03-16
Data Presentation Form	Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status	Complete - production of the data has been completed Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency	As needed
Supplemental Information	The publication listed below is related to the data collection and is available from the NOAA Central Library: Caribbean coral reef, seagrass and mangrove sites. Paris, France : UNESCO, CARICOMP ; [St. Petersburg, FL : Florida Institute of Oceanography, distributor], 1998. The sites and stations contributing to this data set are: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - Andes Reef Bonaire, N.A. - Barcadera Reef 1 and 2 Barbados - Bellairs North and South Reef Parque Nacional del Este, Dominican Republic - Boca Chica Turneffe Islands Atoll, Belize - Calabash Cay 1 and 2 Carrie Bow Cay, Belize - Carrie Bow Cay 1 and 2 Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago, Cuba - Cayo Coco A and B Parque Nacional, Morrocoy, Venezuela - Cayo Sombrero 1 and 2 Bahia de Chengue, Parque Nacional Tayrona, Colombia - Chengue Bay C1 and C2 Discovery Bay, Jamaica - Discovery Bay Fore Reef 1 and 2 Tobago - Eastern Buccoo Reef 1 and 2 Parque Nacional del Este, Dominican Republic - El Peñon San Salvador, Bahamas - Fernandez Bay 1 and 2 Great Corn Island, Nicaragua Bermuda - Hog Breaker Reef Isla de Providencia Y San Andres, Colombia - La Iguana 2B Saba, N.A. - Ladder Labyrinth 1 and 2 Tobago - Lighthouse Reef La Parguera, Puerto Rico - Media Luna Reef Tobago - Outer Buccoo Reef Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - Pinnacle Reef Parque Nacional, Morrocoy, Venezuela - Playa Caimán 1 and 2 Puerto Morelos, Mexico - Puerto Morelos Reef Isla de Margarita, Venezuela - Punta Ballena 1 and 2 Curacao, N.A. - Spaanse Water Reef 1 and 2 La Parguera, Puerto Rico - Turrumote Reef Bermuda - Twin Breaker Reef Isla de Providencia Y San Andres, Colombia - Wild Life 1B
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Dataset Citation	Cite as: Linton, Dulcie; Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (2001). A unified, long-term, Caribbean-wide initiative to identity the factors responsible for sustaining mangrove wetland, seagrass meadow, and coral reef productivity, February 1993 - October 1998 (NCEI Accession 0000501). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000501. Accessed [date].
Cited Authors	Linton, Dulcie University of the West Indies Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
Contributors	Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Smithsonian Institution University of Puerto Rico National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Merida Unit of the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV) Marine and Coastal Research Institute, José Benito Vives de Andréis (INVEMAR) Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) University of the West Indies Bermuda Biological Station for Research (BBSR) Estacion de Investigaciones Marinas de Margarita (EDIMAR) Simon Bolivar University University of Costa Rica (UCR) Oceanology Institute of Cuba (IDO) McGill University; Bellairs Research Institute
Resource Providers	Dulcie Linton University of the West Indies Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS)
Publishers	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Theme keywords	NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS CORAL CORAL - CENSUS CORAL - SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INVERTEBRATE SPECIES NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS survey - biological survey - coral reef WMO_CategoryCode oceanography Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > COASTAL LANDFORMS > CORAL REEFS
Data Center keywords	NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Bermuda Biological Station for Research Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences Estacion de Investigaciones Marinas de Margarita Marine and Coastal Research Institute, José Benito Vives de Andréis McGill University; Bellairs Research Institute Merida Unit of the Center for Research and Advanced Studies National Autonomous University of Mexico Oceanology Institute of Cuba Simon Bolivar University Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute University of Costa Rica University of Puerto Rico University of the West Indies NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords BBSR > Bermuda Biological Station for Research CO/MINAMBIENTE/INVEMAR > Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras, 'Jose Benito Vives de Andreis', Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda Y Desarrollo Territorial DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Originator Contributing Institutions Bahia de Chengue, Parque Nacional Tayrona, Colombia - Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras Barbados - Bellairs Research Institute Bermuda - Bermuda Biological Station for Research Bonaire, N.A. - Bonaire Marine Park Carrie Bow Cay, Belize - Smithsonian Institution Curacao, N.A. - Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity Discovery Bay, Jamaica - University of the West Indies, Centre for Marine Sciences Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - Department of the Environment Great Corn Island, Nicaragua - Universidad Centroamericana Isla de Margarita, Venezuela - EDIMAR Fundación La Salle de Ciencia Isla de Providencia Y San Andres, Colombia - Corporación para el Desarrollo Sostenible del Archipelago de San Andres La Parguera, Puerto Rico - University of Puerto Rico Parque Nacional del Este, Dominican Republic - Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo Parque Nacional, Morrocoy, Venezuela - Universidad Simon Bolivar Puerto Morelos, Mexico - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología Saba, N.A. - Saba Marine Park Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago, Cuba - Instituto de Oceanología, Institute of Ecology and Systematics San Salvador, Bahamas - Bahamian Field Station Tobago - Institiute of Marine Affairs Turneffe Islands Atoll, Belize - University College of Belize, Marine Research Centre
Instrument keywords	NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS swimmer/diver
Place keywords	NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Caribbean Sea North Atlantic Ocean Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA Originator Place Names Bahia de Chengue, Parque Nacional Tayrona, Colombia - Chengue Bay C1 and C2 Barbados - Bellairs North and South Reef Bermuda - Hog Breaker Reef Bermuda - Twin Breaker Reef Bonaire, N.A. - Barcadera Reef 1 and 2 Carrie Bow Cay, Belize - Carrie Bow Cay 1 and 2 Curacao, N.A. - Spaanse Water Reef 1 and 2 Discovery Bay, Jamaica - Discovery Bay Fore Reef 1 and 2 Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - Andes Reef Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - Pinnacle Reef Great Corn Island, Nicaragua Isla de Margarita, Venezuela - Punta Ballena 1 and 2 Isla de Providencia Y San Andres, Colombia - La Iguana 2B Isla de Providencia Y San Andres, Colombia - Wild Life 1B La Parguera, Puerto Rico - Media Luna Reef La Parguera, Puerto Rico - Turrumote Reef Parque Nacional del Este, Dominican Republic - Boca Chica Parque Nacional del Este, Dominican Republic - El Peñon Parque Nacional, Morrocoy, Venezuela - Cayo Sombrero 1 and 2 Parque Nacional, Morrocoy, Venezuela - Playa Caimán 1 and 2 Puerto Morelos, Mexico - Puerto Morelos Reef Saba, N.A. - Ladder Labyrinth 1 and 2 Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago, Cuba - Cayo Coco A and B San Salvador, Bahamas - Fernandez Bay 1 and 2 Tobago - Eastern Buccoo Reef 1 and 2 Tobago - Lighthouse Reef Tobago - Outer Buccoo Reef Turneffe Islands Atoll, Belize - Calabash Cay 1 and 2
Project keywords	NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity Program (CARICOMP) Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS)
Keywords	NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 0000501

Use Constraints	Cite as: Linton, Dulcie; Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (2001). A unified, long-term, Caribbean-wide initiative to identity the factors responsible for sustaining mangrove wetland, seagrass meadow, and coral reef productivity, February 1993 - October 1998 (NCEI Accession 0000501). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000501. Accessed [date].
Access Constraints	Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
Fees	In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. However, fees may apply for custom orders, data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media.

Lineage information for: dataset
Processing Steps	2001-07-12T17:15:55Z - NCEI Accession 0000501 v1.1 was published. 2013-03-16T20:22:27Z - NCEI Accession 0000501 was revised and v1.2 was published. Rationale: Additional metadata files were received or created for this dataset. These updates were copied into the about/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession.
Output Datasets	NCEI Accession 0000501 v1.1 NCEI Accession 0000501 v1.1 (download) published 2001-07-12T17:15:55Z NCEI Accession 0000501 v1.2 NCEI Accession 0000501 v1.2 (download) published 2013-03-16T20:22:27Z

Lineage information for: dataset

Processing Steps

2001-07-12T17:15:55Z - NCEI Accession 0000501 v1.1 was published.
2013-03-16T20:22:27Z - NCEI Accession 0000501 was revised and v1.2 was published.
Rationale: Additional metadata files were received or created for this dataset. These updates were copied into the about/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession.

Output Datasets

NCEI Accession 0000501 v1.1
- NCEI Accession 0000501 v1.1 (download)
  published 2001-07-12T17:15:55Z

NCEI Accession 0000501 v1.2
- NCEI Accession 0000501 v1.2 (download)
  published 2013-03-16T20:22:27Z

Lineage information for: repository
Processing Steps	2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.

Lineage information for: repository

Processing Steps

2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.

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Instrument	swimmer/diver

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A unified, long-term, Caribbean-wide initiative to identity the factors responsible for sustaining mangrove wetland, seagrass meadow, and coral reef productivity, February 1993 - October 1998 (NCEI Accession 0000501)

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