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CRED Rapid Ecological Assessments of Coral Population in the Pacific Ocean 2007-2010
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
Abstract written by OBIS-USA using excerpts from CRED homepage.
Description
Corals are the defining species in one of the highest diversity marine ecosystems, coral reefs. CRED studies of corals address basic questions concerning the distribution, abundance, and condition of corals and coral reefs throughout selected areas of the tropical and subtropical Pacific under U.S. jurisdiction.
The suite of questions addressed by CRED studies includes: (1) What is the diversity and relative abundance of corals? (2) How can the habitats in which corals occur be qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed? (3) What is the spatial distribution of habitats in which corals occur?
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(4) What is the capacity of corals to replenish populations over space and time? (5) What are appropriate indicators of reef health? (6) Are the reefs healthy?
(7) How are the reefs changing over time? Several methods are used to address these questions. Any one method can address only a certain subset of questions; no one method can address them all.
Methods used by CRED and its partners include towed diver surveys, Rapid Ecological Assessments (REAs), permanent transects, recruitment plates, and sampling for assessment of reproductive status.
Links
Get the data
- usgs.gov /obis-usa ↗
This will direct you to the OBIS-USA web site. Select Participants and Datasets from the panel on the left. Scroll down to CRED_Benthic_REA_Belt and click on the "Go" button on the right for a Dataset
download · from NASA CMR
Documentation and papers
- ngdc.noaa.gov /nmmrview/xmls/xml-to-text.jsp?id= ↗
View Source Metadata document from the Metadata Manager and Repository (NMMR).
documentation · from NASA CMR
- pifsc.noaa.gov /cred/index.php ↗
Please see the CRED homepage for additional information
documentation · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214598003-SCIOPS.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214598003-SCIOPS.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Benthic · Coral Reefs · Hard Or Stony Corals · Not provided · Sea Anemones
Provenance · 1 source records, 13 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C1214598003-SCIOPS | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biological-classification/animals-invertebrates/cnidarians/anthozoans-hexacorals/hard-or-stony-corals | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biological-classification/animals-invertebrates/cnidarians/anthozoans-hexacorals/sea-anemones | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/marine-ecosystems/benthic | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/coastal-processes/coral-reefs | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:not-provided | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |