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National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef benthic communities in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: October 04, 2025 | Last Modified: 2024-07-12T00:00:00.000+00:00
Data provided in this dataset were collected around the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) as part of NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)-led missions in collaboration with partners at the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Southeast Fisheries Science Center, the National Park Service, USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources, University of the Virgin Islands, University of Miami, Nova Southeastern University, The Nature Conservancy, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Benthic data collection for the ongoing National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) consists of two survey types: the Line Point-Intercept (LPI) method and the Coral Demographic method. The LPI method provides a measure of percent cover of biotic and abiotic components of the benthos in a stratified random sampling design in hardbottom and coral reef habitats. The coral demographics protocol provide more detailed and species-specific insight (‘signal magnitude’) for coral populations than is provided by percent cover.

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describedByType application/octet-steam
identifier gov.noaa.nodc:NCRMP-Benthic-USVI
issued 2018-09-20T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language []
references 
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  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151728/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Benthics/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2015/NCRMP_BeltTransectFish_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2015.pdf",
  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151728/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Benthics/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2015/NCRMP_CoralDemographic_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2015.pdf",
  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151728/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Benthics/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2015/NCRMP_LinePointIntercept_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2015.pdf",
  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151728/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Benthics/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2015/NCRMP_TopographicComplexity_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2015.pdf",
  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151728/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Benthics/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2013/NCRMP_BeltTransectFish_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2013.pdf",
  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151728/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Benthics/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2013/NCRMP_CoralDemographic_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2013.pdf",
  "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0151728/data/0-data/NCRMP_STT-STJ_2013-2015_Benthics/Data_Documentation/Protocols/NCRMP_Caribbean-GoM_Field_Protocols_2013/NCRMP_LinePointIntercept_Protocol_Caribbean_FINAL_June_2013.pdf",
  "https://obis.org/institute/23174"
]
rights otherRestrictions
spatial -64.43145,17.63612,-65.14981,18.4152
temporal 2013-07-08T00:00:00+00:00/2013-07-08T00:00:00+00:00

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