The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program dataset provides baselines for benthic complexity and urchin abundance at climate stations in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Data were collected by NOAA's Coral Reef Ecosystem Program during missions in 2013 and 2016. The dataset includes assessments of in-situ temperature, seawater carbonate, net carbonate accretion, bioerosion, and cryptobiota diversity.
Use Cases
- Monitoring reef structural complexity changes based on benthic complexity data
- Analyzing relationships between urchin abundance and algal cover
- Tracking environmental variables like in-situ temperature and seawater carbonate at climate stations
- Establishing baselines for cryptobiota diversity and bioerosion rates
Strengths
- Data collected by NOAA's Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, an authoritative source
- Monitoring spans multiple years, with missions in 2013 and 2016
- Climate stations were selected using a stratified random method along the 15 m contour
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data is provided in PDF format, which may require conversion for analysis
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Coral Reef Ecosystem Program
- Collection Method
- In-situ assessments at stratified random climate stations
- Time Range
- Since 2013, with missions in 2013 and 2016
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-14 23:03:30.943060; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Hawaiian Archipelago