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| Title: | Determining Watershed Management Efficacy in West Maui: line-point-intercept and photo quadrat surveys of benthic communities for benthic cover since 2014 (NODC Accession 0138585) |
| Abstract: | In West Maui, Hawaii, Kahekili Beach Park reef and the coastal areas to the north are considered high priority. Corals in this region have been severely impacted by land-based pollutants, causing coral dieback and reducing coral cover. To fill the gap in long-term monitoring of the reef environments at the mouths of the Mahinahina, Honokowai, or Wahikuli stream drainages in West Maui, Hawaii, benthic cover data (described here) along with coral demographic metrics, sediment flux, and turbidity data (described separately) have been collected to track and evaluate the efficacy of implemented management practices. The installation of permanent survey transects will provide long-term time series to quantify changes in the reef benthic community. The data described here were collected via line-point-intercept (LPI) and photo quadrat surveys by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program according to established protocols. These data include: 1) an assessment of benthic cover for the selected monitoring sites; and 2) benthic photographs to serve as a permanent record of the site. At the time this record was published, data is available for surveys conducted in 2014. The LPI data can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive, and the benthic photographs are available upon request. Additional surveys are planned for 2015 and will be added to these datasets following standard data management procedures. |
| Date received: | 20150924 |
| Start date: | 20140629 |
| End date: | 20141031 |
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| West boundary: | -156.692878 |
| East boundary: | -156.687613 |
| North boundary: | 20.960302 |
| South boundary: | 20.908651 |
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| Supplementary information: | Submission Package ID: 6DWXTX |
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| Metadata version: | 1 |
| Keydate: | 2015-12-02 21:05:04+00 |
| Editdate: | 2015-12-02 21:05:11+00 |