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Towed-diver surveys of large-bodied fishes (> 50 cm) conducted by the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program since 2014. Data were collected in the Pacific Remote Island Areas by the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Coral Reef Ecosystem Program. Observations include the number, size, and species of fish within a visually estimated transect during 50-minute surveys.
NOAA's Coral Reef Ecosystem Program collected visual estimates of large-bodied fishes across U.S. Pacific reefs from 2000 to 2012. Surveys used a towed-diver method, recording fish species, counts, and sizes within a 5-meter transect over approximately 2-3 km of habitat per dive. The data are part of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program and are archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.
Main Hawaiian Islands hard bottom habitats were surveyed for reef fish from June to August 2015 by NOAA's Coral Reef Ecosystem Program. Data were collected using closed-circuit rebreathers during stationary point count surveys to assess species diversity, size distribution, and abundance. This dataset is intended for comparison with data gathered using standard open-circuit SCUBA.
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program benthic habitat imagery from photo-quadrat surveys conducted along transects at stratified random sites across the Mariana archipelago since 2014. The data were collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as part of Rapid Ecological Assessment surveys to produce estimates of benthic cover, taxonomic composition, and generic richness. The stratified random sampling design encompasses reef and hard bottom habitats in the 0-30 meter depth range, stratified by island, reef zone, and depth.
Belt transect surveys enumerate diurnally active shallow-water reef fish assemblages across the Pacific Ocean. The surveys were conducted by NOAA scuba diver-observers from 2000 to 2009, recording species-level counts within defined belt widths. Raw survey data includes species-level abundance estimates and can be accessed via NOAA NCEI Ocean Archive.
Since 2013, the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center has collected Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) profiles at coral reef locations across the Hawaiian Archipelago. The data includes vertical profiles of conductivity, temperature, pressure, and derived salinity and density from nearshore and offshore casts. Surveys were conducted in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, and 2024.
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program data contains visual estimates of large-bodied fishes from towed-diver surveys in American Samoa in 2015. The data were collected by the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center's Coral Reef Ecosystem Program. Observations include the number, size, and species of fish within a defined transect area.
Benthic cover data from the Main Hawaiian Islands from 2005 to 2016, processed by NOAA's Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. The dataset results from applying a downscaling method based on contiguous clustering and mixed model analysis to National Coral Reef Monitoring Program data. It includes categories such as live hard coral cover, soft coral cover, crustose coralline algae, macroalgal and turf algae, sediment, and other.
American Samoa's coral reef ecosystems are documented through benthic photo-quadrat surveys conducted since 2014. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration collected this imagery using a stratified random sampling design across reef zones in the 0-30 meter depth range. The data supports estimates of benthic cover, taxonomic composition, and generic richness.
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center collected oceanographic data from November 3-18, 2015 to assess the 2015 mass coral bleaching event in the Main Hawaiian Islands. Data includes conductivity, temperature, depth, dissolved oxygen, fluorescence, and turbidity, collected via towed-diver surveys covering approximately 90 kilometers of transects. Measurements were taken continuously with a Seabird Electronics 19P CTD and auxiliary sensors mounted on a diver's towboard.
NOAA's Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program conducted large-area stationary point count surveys of reef fish from 2000 to 2007. The data catalogs species richness, numeric density, and biomass of diurnally active fish assemblages in shallow-water hard-bottom habitats across the Hawaiian and Mariana Archipelagos, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas. Raw survey data includes species-level abundance estimates and is archived at the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.
NOAA Fisheries collected Structure from Motion photographs of derelict fishing nets entangled with coral reefs at Pearl and Hermes Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The dataset includes 'before', 'after', and 'control' images from 2018, with follow-up surveys in 2021 to relocate and reimage a subset of the original sites. Photographs were taken within permanent 3 x 3 meter plots during in-water swim surveys conducted by snorkelers.
NOAA's Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program collected reef fish and benthic data from 2007 to 2012 across the Hawaiian and Mariana Archipelagos, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas. The data were gathered using a stratified random sampling design and the stationary point count method, recording fish species, size, abundance, and benthic cover categories. Surveys were conducted by the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center's Ecosystem Sciences Division during Pacific RAMP and related research cruises.
NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) conducted reef fish surveys in American Samoa from 2016-04 15 to 2016-05-05. The data were gathered using closed-circuit rebreathers during paired surveys with the stationary point count method to assess species diversity, size, and abundance. These surveys targeted hard bottom habitats stratified by island, reef zone, and depth.
Since 1996, the Northwest Fisheries Science Center has conducted biweekly hydrography and plankton cruises along the Newport Hydrographic line in Oregon. The database stores data from ongoing field collections by the OSU Fisheries Oceanography Research Team in collaboration with NOAA Fisheries, including plankton tows, benthic beam trawls, and water column profiles. This work includes a seasonal survey of young-of-the-year groundfish initiated in FY11.
A 5-year study from 2009 to 2013 investigated the effects of hydraulic shellfish dredging on seafloor ecology and sediment chemistry. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration conducted experiments on clam beds in collaboration with local harvesters, collecting sediment samples from June to October each year. Comparisons between dredged and undredged areas found that seasonal and locational factors had a greater impact than harvesting, with shallow inshore communities showing high resilience.
Late Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) fossil data from the Rowley Terrace, offshore Canning Basin, northwestern Australia. The dataset documents a branching spongiomorph (Spongiomorpha sp.) and two coral taxa (Pamiroseris rectilamellosa and Retiophyllia tellae), collected during BMR Cruise 95. It is published by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated in April 2026.
Multibeam bathymetry compilations visualize the seabed topography of Darwin Harbour in the Northern Territory. The data was acquired through a collaborative program involving the Northern Territory Government, Geoscience Australia, and the Australian Institute of Marine Science, with funding announced in December 2010. These video flythroughs are intended for public release to support marine habitat knowledge.
Pacific Northwest wild plants are cataloged in this dataset. It contains 101 species labeled for edibility status, categorized as edible, not-edible, or toxic. The description also mentions the inclusion of warnings for lookalike plants.
Supplementary Material 8 details Biosynthetic Gene Clusters identified via antiSMASH analysis. The 41.1 KB XLSX file was authored by Christopher E. Stead and last updated on 2026-04-21. It supports research into the biotechnological potential of hot spring microbiomes for carbon dioxide utilization.