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OAS accession Detail for 0137092, meta_version: 2. Current meta_version is: 9
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| Title: | Determining Watershed Management Efficacy in West Maui: 2014 Belt transect surveys of coral demography (adult and juvenile corals) (NCEI Accession 0137092) |
| 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, coral demographic metrics (described here) along with benthic cover, 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 belt transect surveys of coral demography (adult and juvenile corals) by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program according to protocols established by the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program. These data include: 1) an assessment of coral colony density and size-class distribution for the selected monitoring sites; 2) an assessment of coral recruitment at the monitoring sites; and 3) an evaluation of coral colony mortality and evidence of sediment stress. At the time this record was published, data is available for surveys conducted in 2014. Additional surveys are planned for 2015 and will be added to this dataset 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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| Submitter: | DesRochers, Annette |
| Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program |
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| Supplementary information: | Submission Package ID: XM8N29 |
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| Metadata version: | 2 |
| Keydate: | 2015-10-20 20:05:04+00 |
| Editdate: | 2015-10-30 16:10:48+00 |