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Monitoring of Coral Reef Ecosystems on Maui, Hawaii during 1989-1998 (NCEI Accession 9900242)

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In an effort to detect spatial and temporal changes in the structure of the coral reef community, coral coverage and reef fish density and diversity were documented at selected sites along the Maui coastline using standard transect methodology and SCUBA. Physical parameters examined included: wave exposure, water motion, sedimentation levels and water quality (temperature, salinity, and turbidity). Nine long-term monitoring sites have been established since 1989.
  • Cite as: Brown, Eric K.; Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (2002). Monitoring of Coral Reef Ecosystems on Maui, Hawaii during 1989-1998 (NCEI Accession 9900242). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/9900242. Accessed [date].
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Dataset Point of Contact NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Time Period 1989-06-25 to 1998-11-10
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -156.89
East: -156.42
South: 20.6
North: 21.02
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2002-11-19
  • revision: 2023-09-17
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 - NCEI Accession 9900242 was revised and a new version of the archival package was published. Updates to existing archival packages may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. The latest 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. Please see journal.txt in the /about directory for additional details on changes made.
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Note: Metadata for this accession were extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM).

Principal Investigator (PI) and organization contact information accurately represents all available information from the legacy database at the time that this description was created. However, proper attribution of a PI to a specific institution or the role (submitting or collecting) taken by an institution may not be correct due to inexact mapping between fields in the legacy database and the CSDGM. Due to this uncertainty, the contact information was initially recorded in the Supplemental Information element of the CSDGM description.

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Contact info:
Agency: UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI; MARINE LABORATORY
PI: Brown, Eric
Address:
address: 1000 POPE ROAD, RM 316
city: HONOLULU
state: HI
postal: 96822
country: UNITED STATES
Purpose The original intention of this project when we began in 1989 was to document spatial and temporal changes at selected reef sites along the Maui coastline in order to characterize the coral reef communities. Since that time we have broadened our scope to examine causal factors that might help explain the observed patterns in coral coverage and fish density. These factors have been delineated into natural (temperature, visibility, salinity, sediment influence, and wave exposure) and human-induced parameters (fish feeding impacts, protection from fishing, proximity to elevated nutrient levels from sewage, and overall human use patterns). In particular, we are trying to address the issue of coral reef health, how to assess it, and what factors contribute to the decline or recovery of a coralreef ecosystem. Our specific objectives for the 1997 project are outlined below. 1. Document coral species coverage and species richness in the daytime at Honolua Bay, Kahekili Park, Puamana and Olowalu and compare data with earlier baseline work to detect changes at each site over time. 2. Examine relative density and species richness of fish in the daytime at Honolua Bay, Kahekili Park, Puamana and Olowalu and compare data with earlier baseline work to detect changes at each site over time. 3. Analyze water quality characteristics (temperature, visibility and salinity) at each dive site and examine temporal trends for these values. 4. Measure physical parameters (sediment influence and water motion) at each of our dive sites to quantify the impact from these structuring factors. 5. Survey additional sites to characterize reef communities with respect along an environmental gradient reflecting degree of wave exposure. 6. Investigate changes in the trophic composition of the fish communities at Honolua Bay, Kahekili Park, Puamana and Olowalu.
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Brown, Eric K.; Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (2002). Monitoring of Coral Reef Ecosystems on Maui, Hawaii during 1989-1998 (NCEI Accession 9900242). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/9900242. Accessed [date].
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Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Platform keywords NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords Originator Place Names
  • Airport - UH Algae
  • Artificial reef
  • Club Lanai
  • Coral Gardens
  • Drainpipe
  • Embassy - UH Algae
  • Fish Rock - Lanai
  • Five Graves
  • Honokowai
  • Honolua North
  • Honolua South
  • Kahekili Site 1
  • Kahekili Site 2
  • Kahekili Site 3
  • La Perouse
  • Lahaina Shores
  • Maalaea - UH Algae
  • Maalaea Harbor - In
  • Maalaea Harbor - Out
  • Maui Prince
  • Molokini - Center
  • Molokini - East
  • Molokini - West
  • Napili - UH Algae
  • Olowalu Nearshore
  • Olowalu Offshore
  • Puamana 25.0
  • Puamana Nearshore
  • Puamana Offshore
  • Puu Olai
  • Windmills
Project keywords NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Brown, Eric K.; Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (2002). Monitoring of Coral Reef Ecosystems on Maui, Hawaii during 1989-1998 (NCEI Accession 9900242). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/9900242. Accessed [date].
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Processing Steps
  • 2002-11-19T19:40:22Z - NCEI Accession 9900242 v1.1 was published.
  • 2023-02-16T15:18:46Z - NCEI Accession 9900242 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.
  • 2023-09-17T18:19:44Z - NCEI Accession 9900242 was revised and v1.3 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.
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  • 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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  • photograph
  • swimmer/diver
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  • SWIMMER/DIVER
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