Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: Dr. Eric E. Grossman
      Originator: Dr. Jodi N. Harney
      Originator: Dr. Charles H. Fletcher
      Publication_Date: Unknown
      Title: Kailua Bay, Oahu, Hawaii Benthic Mapping Data 1999-2001
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: database
      Series_Information:
        Series_Name: none
        Issue_Identification: none
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: unpublished material
        Publisher: unpublished material
      Other_Citation_Details: School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Coastal Geology Laboratory, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Description:
    Abstract: Benthic mapping surveys were conducted from March 1999 to January 2001 aperiodically in support of research related to sedimentology, sea level history, and reef development.  Various parameters such as substrate, coral, and coralline algae types and percent bottom coverages of each were quantified using the Linear Transect Method (LTM) or Line Intercept Technique along 30 m transects at typically -3 or -20 meters depth.  Various derived parameters such as abundance and diversity were also determined.
    Purpose: Support research in sedimentology, sea level history, and reef development.
    Supplemental_Information: NOAASupplemental: :Entry_ID: Unknown: Sensor_Name: SCUBA, visual census; Sensor_Name: survey chain; Project_Campaign: Kailua Bay Benthic Mapping; Originating_Center: Coastal Geology Lab., University of Hawaii
Storage_Medium: MS Excel; Online_size: 211 Kbytes
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 19990325
        Ending_Date: 20010101
    Currentness_Reference: ground condition
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None Planned
  Spatial_Domain:
    Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Kailua Bay Benthic Mapping
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -157.73706
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -157.70778
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 21.44106
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 21.4065
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: Substrate type and percent bottom coverage
      Theme_Keyword: Coral type and percent bottom coverage
      Theme_Keyword: Growth form and percent botom coverage
      Theme_Keyword: Coral type as percentage of total coral community
      Theme_Keyword: Coral morphology based on percentage of total coral community morphology
      Theme_Keyword: Coralline algae percent coverage of bottom
      Theme_Keyword: Dead coral percent of bottom
      Theme_Keyword: Dead coral type as percent of total dead coral community
      Theme_Keyword: Colony counts by ecotypes
      Theme_Keyword: Colony counts by growth form
      Theme_Keyword: Counts of colonies, species, ecotypes
      Theme_Keyword: Abundance by ecotypes
      Theme_Keyword: Abundance by growth form
      Theme_Keyword: Diversity based on cover
      Theme_Keyword: Diversity based on abundance
      Theme_Keyword: Mean colony size (ecoytype, meters)
      Theme_Keyword: Mean colony size (growth form, meters)
      Theme_Keyword: Maximum colony size (ecotype)
      Theme_Keyword: Maximum colony size (ecotype)
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Place_Keyword: North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Oahu, Kailua Bay
    Stratum:
      Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Stratum_Keyword: benthic
  Access_Constraints: None
  Use_Constraints: dataset credit required
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: Dr. Eric E. Grossman
        Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
      Contact_Position: Research Geologist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical
        Address: 1156 High Street 
        City: Santa Cruz
        State_or_Province: CA
        Postal_Code: 95064
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: (831) 427-4725
      Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone:  
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (831) 427-4748
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: egrossman@usgs.gov
  Data_Set_Credit: School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Coastal Geology Laboratory, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Native_Data_Set_Environment: MS Excel
Data_Quality_Information:
  Logical_Consistency_Report: see methodology
  Completeness_Report: none
  Lineage:
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description: Substrate Mapping at 60 sites between the depths of -3 and -20m using a
variation of the Linear Transect Method (LTM) or Line Intercept Technique
(Stoddard and Johannes, 1978, Monetbon, 1992).  Identified and measured
the length of each substrate type that intersected a 30 m measuring
tape, generally following depth contours.  Sites were chosen to
characterize dominant and transition settings inferred from the hydrographic
and MSS surverys, and to randomly fill a 15" latitude-longitude grid over
the reef.  Measured each change in substrate with an accuracy of
0.2 m (0.6% substrate cover) and determined from replicate surveys that
precision was reproducible at 1-3% substrate cover.  Additional notes:
  Minimum mapping unit = 20 cm.
  Location data based on WGS84.
  Depth error = +/- 1 meter.
  Rugosity calculated by dividing lateral (basal) distance of chain draping
     susbtrate by total length of chain.
  Substrate Type (% of bottom) is cover of individual substrate types divided
     by length of transect (30 m).
  Coral Cover (% of bottom) is cover of individual coral types divided by
     length of transect (30 m).
  Growth form (% of bottom) is cover of individual coral growth forms divided
     by length of transect (30 m).
  Coral community (based on 100%) is cover of individual coral species
     (ecotypes) divided by total cover of live coral.
  Coral morphology (based on 100%) is cover of individual coral colony
     morphologies divided by total cover of live coral.
  Cor-algae cover (% of bottom) is cover of individual coralline algae types
     divided by length of transect (30 m).
  Dead coral (% of bottom) is cover of dead coral types divided by length of
     transect (30 m).
  Dead community (based on 100%) is cover of dead coral species divided by
     total cover of dead coral.
  Colony Counts (by ecotypes) is number of individual coral colony types by
     species (ecotypes) along transect.
  Colony Counts (by growth form) is number of individual coral colony types
     (by morphology) along transect.
  Counts - Summary is total numbers of colonies by species and ecotypes.
  Abundance (by ecotypes) is number of individual coral colonies by species
     (ecotype) divided by total number of coral colonies along transect.
  Abundance (by growth form) is number of individual coral colonies by
     colony morphology divided by total number of coral colonies along transect.
  Diversity (based on cover) is Shannon-Weiner diversity index based on cover.
  Diversity (based on abundance) is Shannon-Weiner diversity index based on
     abundance.
  Mean Colony Size (ecotype, m) is mean size of coral colony by species
     (ecotype) along X (horizontal) axis."
  Mean Colony Size (growth form, m) is mean size of coral colony by colony
     morphology along X (horizontal) axis.
  Maximum Colony Size (ecotype) is maximum colony size by species (ecotype)
     along transect.
  -9999 is missing data or no data flag.
  
  References related to the processing described above include:
Grossman, E.E., 2001. Holocene Sea Level History and Reef  Development in Hawaii and the Central Pacific Ocean. PhD. Dissertation, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, pp. 256.
Harney, J.N., 2000. Carbonate Sedimentology of a Windward Shoreface: Kailua Bay, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands.  PhD. Dissertation, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, pp. 232.
Montebon, A.R.F., 1992. Use of the line intercept technique to deterine trends in benthic cover. Proc. 7th Int. Coral Reef Symp., Guam. 1:151-155.
Stoddart, D.R. and Johannes, R.E., 1978. Coral Reefs: Research Methods. Paris, UNESCO, Monographs on Oceanographic Methodology, pp. 581.
  
      Process_Date: Unknown
      Process_Contact:
        Contact_Information:
          Contact_Person_Primary:
            Contact_Person: Dr. Eric E. Grossman
            Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
          Contact_Position: Research Geologist
          Contact_Address:
            Address_Type: mailing and physical
            Address: 1156 High Street 
            City: Santa Cruz
            State_or_Province: CA
            Postal_Code: 95064
            Country: USA
          Contact_Voice_Telephone: (831) 427-4725
          Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (831) 427-4748
          Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: egrossman@usgs.gov
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: MS Excel spreadsheet, file=kailua_reef_com_data.xls.
A redundant ASCII CSV copy in file= kailua_reef_com_data.csv.
The spreadsheet file is self-described. Additional comments:

  Minimum mapping unit = 20 cm.
  Location data based on WGS84.
  Depth error = +/- 1 meter.
  Rugosity calculated by dividing lateral (basal) distance of chain draping
     susbtrate by total length of chain.
  Substrate Type (% of bottom) is cover of individual substrate types divided
     by length of transect (30 m).
  Coral Cover (% of bottom) is cover of individual coral types divided by
     length of transect (30 m).
  Growth form (% of bottom) is cover of individual coral growth forms divided
     by length of transect (30 m).
  Coral community (based on 100%) is cover of individual coral species
     (ecotypes) divided by total cover of live coral.
  Coral morphology (based on 100%) is cover of individual coral colony
     morphologies divided by total cover of live coral.
  Cor-algae cover (% of bottom) is cover of individual coralline algae types
     divided by length of transect (30 m).
  Dead coral (% of bottom) is cover of dead coral types divided by length of
     transect (30 m).
  Dead community (based on 100%) is cover of dead coral species divided by
     total cover of dead coral.
  Colony Counts (by ecotypes) is number of individual coral colony types by
     species (ecotypes) along transect.
  Colony Counts (by growth form) is number of individual coral colony types
     (by morphology) along transect.
  Counts - Summary is total numbers of colonies by species and ecotypes.
  Abundance (by ecotypes) is number of individual coral colonies by species
     (ecotype) divided by total number of coral colonies along transect.
  Abundance (by growth form) is number of individual coral colonies by
     colony morphology divided by total number of coral colonies along transect.
  Diversity (based on cover) is Shannon-Weiner diversity index based on cover.
  Diversity (based on abundance) is Shannon-Weiner diversity index based on
     abundance.
  Mean Colony Size (ecotype, m) is mean size of coral colony by species
     (ecotype) along X (horizontal) axis."
  Mean Colony Size (growth form, m) is mean size of coral colony by colony
     morphology along X (horizontal) axis.
  Maximum Colony Size (ecotype) is maximum colony size by species (ecotype)
     along transect.
  -9999 is missing data or no data flag.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: none
Distribution_Information:
  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC (National Coastal Data Development Center)
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
        Address: National Coastal Data Development Center, Building 1100
        City: Stennis Space Center
        State_or_Province: MS
        Postal_Code: 39529
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 866-732-2382
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 228-688-2968
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ncddcgetdata@noaa.gov
      Hours_of_Service: 8am-5pm, Monday through Friday
  Distribution_Liability: NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data,expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.  NOAA, NESDIS, NODC and NCDDC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Date: 20031119
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: Mr. Patrick C. Caldwell
        Contact_Organization: NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC
      Contact_Position: Hawaii/US Pacific Liaison
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing
        Address: 1000 Pope Road, MSB 316
        Address: Dept. of Oceanography
        Address: University of Hawaii at Manoa
        City: Honolulu
        State_or_Province: Hawaii
        Postal_Code: 96822
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: (808)-956-4105
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (808) 956-2352
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: caldwell@hawaii.edu
      Hours_of_Service: 8 AM to 5 PM weekdays
      Contact_Instructions: check services@nodc.noaa.gov if not available
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

