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Benthic habitat data for Wawaloi and Keei, Kona Coast, Island of Hawaii, August 2004 (NCEI Accession 0070530)

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Transects were made at two locations on the west side of the Island of Hawaii in August 2004 to study the structure and composition of the benthic habitat. Photoquadrats were established to quantify the percent of the benthic substrate occupied by coral and algal species, through use of Coral Point Count with Excel Extensions. Rugosity along each transect was also calculated. The transects were 15 m in length with photoquadrats at each meter mark. Each set of transects at each site consists of 10 15-m long transects running ~parallel to the shore, with ends of all transects aligned, and transects spaced 10 m apart along the vertical profile of the reef from the reef flat to the sandy interface at a depth of ~25 m. Quantified data provided in Excel spreadsheets. Original JPEG images from the photoquadrats are given as well, for future users to have the opportunity to apply other methods of quantifying the benthos.

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0070530 BENTHIC SPECIES BENTHIC SPECIES - TAXA IDENTITIES CORAL CORAL - BLEACHING CORAL - CENSUS CORAL - SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INVERTEBRATE SPECIES MACROALGAE SPECIES IDENTIFICATION Video Transect Images camera chain benthic survey survey - biological survey - coral reef survey - swimmer/diver visual observation SWIMMER/DIVER Vantuna Research Group Vantuna Research Group HAWAII CORAL REEF INITIATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM (HCRI) Coastal Waters of Hawaii North Pacific Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MACROALGAE (SEAWEEDS) EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > CORAL REEFS > CORAL BLEACHING EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > COASTAL LANDFORMS > CORAL REEFS EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS > VISIBLE IMAGERY algae per cent cover algal species benthic data benthic habitat biological data coastal data coral reef coral reef per cent cover coral reef species invertebrate species rugosity substrate type CAMERA > CAMERA SWIMMER/DIVER (ICES code: 33DV) OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN Hawaii Island of Hawaii Keei Kona Coast North Pacific Wawaloli

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issued 2011-02-04T00:00:00.000+00:00
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spatial 155.9167,19.45,156.05,19.7
temporal 2004-08-06T00:00:00+00:00/2004-08-11T00:00:00+00:00
title Benthic habitat data for Wawaloi and Keei, Kona Coast, Island of Hawaii, August 2004 (NCEI Accession 0070530)

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