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National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified random surveys (StRS) of coral demography (adult and juvenile corals) across the Pacific Remote Island Areas


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        abstract:  Data provided in this collection were gathered around the Pacific Remote Island Areas as part of the ongoing National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) by the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Coral Reef Ecosystem Program in the Pacific. The data described here result from benthic coral demographic surveys for two life stages (juveniles, adults) across the Pacific Remote Island Areas. A two-stage stratified random sampling (StRS) design was employed to survey the coral reef ecosystems around the Pacific Remote Island Areas. Sampling effort was allocated based on strata area, and sites were randomly located within strata. The StRS design effectively reduces estimate variance through stratification using environmental covariates and by sampling more sites rather than sampling more transects at a site. Therefore, site-level estimates and site to site comparisons should be used with caution. Sites were surveyed using belt transects to collect juvenile and adult coral colony metrics. These data provide information on juvenile and adult coral abundance (density, proportion occurrence, and total colony abundance), size distribution, partial mortality, prevalence and abundance of recent mortality and cause, prevalence of disease and bleaching, and diversity.
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        credit:  Related Funding Agency: NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
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                  DateTime:  2018-07-13T22:38:08Z
            processStep:  (LE_ProcessStep)
                description:  NCEI Accession 0159161 was revised and v3.3 was published.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2018-07-13T22:52:17Z
            processStep:  (LE_ProcessStep)
                description:  NCEI Accession 0159164 was revised and v3.3 was published.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2018-07-13T22:55:08Z
            processStep:  (LE_ProcessStep)
                description:  NCEI Accession 0185193 v1.1 was published.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2019-02-26T23:32:11Z
            processStep:  (LE_ProcessStep)
                description:  NCEI Accession 0185193 was revised and v2.2 was published.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2021-03-05T21:01:17Z
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        maintenanceAndUpdateFrequency:  (MD_MaintenanceFrequencyCode) asNeeded
        maintenanceNote:  Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness.
        contact:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
            organisationName:  NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
            role:  (CI_RoleCode) custodian
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    acquisitionInformation:  (MI_AcquisitionInformation)
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            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  swimmer/diver
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            description:  not an instrument - use as observation type
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            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  visual observation
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            description:  not an instrument - maybe an observation type
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            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai
            description:  Title: NOAA Ship Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Research Vessel DOB: Nov 1984 IMO: 8835619 Hull No: R 334 Former Name: Vindicator (2004) Commissioned by NOAA in 2002 Submitted to ICES on 2012-12-13.
            instrument: (missing)
        platform:  (MI_Platform)
            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette
            description:  Title: NOAA Ship Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Research Vessel; Ice Strengthened DOB: Aug 1988 IMO: 8835097 Former Name: ADVENTUROUS (2003) http://www.moc.noaa.gov/os/index.html Submitted to ICES on 2013-12-18.
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