Linking fish biomass and coral reefs structural complexity across the Mariana Archipelago

Torres-Pulliza, Damaris; Oliver, Thomas; Weible, Rebecca; Lichowski, Frances; Kindinger, Tye; Gajdzik, Laura; Couch, Courtney

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Linking fish biomass and coral reefs structural complexity across the Mariana Archipelago

2025
By Torres-Pulliza, Damaris ; Oliver, Thomas ; Weible, Rebecca ; ...
Series: NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-PIFSC 180

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Torres-Pulliza, Damaris ; Oliver, Thomas ; Weible, Rebecca ; Lichowski, Frances ; Kindinger, Tye ; Gajdzik, Laura ; Couch, Courtney
Corporate Authors:

Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ; University of Hawaii at Manoa. Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research.
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center) ; CIMAR (Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research) ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Description:

In 2022, the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) led NCRMP across Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands—hereafter referred to as the Mariana Archipelago—adding Structure-from-Motion (SfM) image collection protocols as part of its in-water data collection portfolio. The standardized image collection procedures along with a semiautomated SfM image processing pipeline allow deriving 3D models and scaled imagery of coral reefs from which it is possible to quantify multiple ecological metrics, including fine-detailed structural complexity.
Keywords:

Biomass Coral Reefs And Islands Fishery Management Fishes Marine Habitat Conservation Coral Reefs And Islands Fishery Management Marine Habitat Conservation
Series:

NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-PIFSC 180
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25923/epgn-3x74
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pdf
CoRIS Project ID:

CRCP Project ID ; 31525 ; CRCP Project ID ; 743
Document Type:

Technical Memorandum
Place as Subject:

Guam ; Northern Mariana Islands
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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CC0 Public Domain
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Submitted
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