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NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Benthic Percent Cover
Contact: Clark, Randy

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Description
A nationally coordinated, sustained, and consistent coastal ocean observation to develop biological, climate, and socioeconomic status and trends indicators for priority U.S. coral reef areas. This dataset represent one of the data collection methods looking at U.S. Caribbean coral reef status and trends using diving surveys of line point intercept benthic percent cover of shallow water hard-bottom areas.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, ASW, Lesser Antilles, US Virgin I.

Geographical coverage
ASW, Lesser Antilles, US Virgin I. [Marine Regions]

Contributors
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), moredata creator

Related datasets
Published in:
OBIS-USA: US Ocean Biodiversity Informaton System, more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Metadatarecord created: 2016-01-20
Information last updated: 2016-01-20
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