1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity A604HW

Identifier A604HW
Alternate names A-6-04-HW
Purpose Map underwater resources (corals, bottom habitat) and evaluate water properties in the waters off Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site, and Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park. Collection of underwater video and bottom photography; CTD
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientist: Ann Gibbs. Geological data (underwatertelevision, underwatercamera, CTD) of field activity A-6-04-HW in Kona Coast National Parks, Hawaii from 07/31/2004 to 08/13/2004
Location Hawaii
Summary Collect geographically referenced underwater video, photographic, and CTD data for the primary purpose of documenting the offshore resources including coral reefs and other benthic habitats.
Info derived Benthic habitat/seafloor characterization; water temperature and salinity.
Comments Also used NPS whaler and kayaks. Staff information imported from InfoBank Ann Gibbs (Survey planning and data acquisition, USGS) - Chief Scientist Eric Grossman (USGS) - Survey planning and data acquisition Susie Cochran (Data acquisition, USGS) - Marquez Josh Logan (USGS) - Data acquisition/navigation
Projects
Platform
Alyce C
28-ft-long
Itinerary
Start Honokohau Harbor, Hawaii 2004-07-31
End Kawaihae Harbor, Hawaii 2004-08-13
Bounds
West -160.25
East -154.25
North 22.25
South 18.75
Activity Geological

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Ann E Gibbs
Crew members
Joshua Logan
Scientist, Staff
Susan Cochran
Scientist, Staff
Eric Grossman
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Joshua Logan
Specialist, Information
Ann E Gibbs
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Environmental Data
Data type: Video, Photo, CTD

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
underwatertelevision Video 3
underwatercamera Photo 3
CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl CTD (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Benthic habitats of the coral reef ecosystem off the coast of Pu'ukohola Heiau (PUHE) National Historic Site underwatertelevision A benthic habitat polygon coverage has been created of the coral reef ecosystem off the coast of Pu'ukohola Heiau (PUHE) National Historic Site on the Kona Coast of Hawai'i. Polygons were hand-digitized from visual interpretation of aerial photography and SHOALS bathymetry data. We also utilized in situ knowledge from towed instruments, underwater photography and videography, and diver and snorkeler observations. The polygons have attributes for Main Structure/Substrate, Dominant Structure/Substrate, Major Biological Cover, Percent of Major Biological Cover, Reef Zone, and Unique ID, and measurements of area (m2) of each polygon. Susan Cochran
Benthic habitats of the coral reef ecosystem off the coast of Kaloko-Honokohau (KAHO) National Historical Park underwatertelevision A benthic habitat polygon coverage has been created of the coral reef ecosystem within and adjacent to Kaloko-Honokohau (KAHO) National Historical Park on the Kona Coast of Hawai'i. Polygons were hand-digitized from visual interpretation of aerial photography and SHOALS bathymetry data. We also utilized in situ knowledge from towed instruments, underwater photography and videography, and diver and snorkeler observations. The polygons have attributes for Main Structure/Substrate, Dominant Structure/Substrate, Major Biological Cover, Percent of Major Biological Cover, Reef Zone, Unique ID, and measurements of Area (m2) of each polygon. Ann E Gibbs
Benthic habitats of the coral reef ecosystem off the coast of Pu'uhonua O Honaunau (PUHO) National Historical Park underwatertelevision A benthic habitat polygon coverage has been created of the coral reef ecosystem off the coast of Pu'uhonua O Honaunau (PUHO) National Historical Park on the Kona Coast of Hawai'i. Polygons were hand-digitized from visual interpretation of aerial photography and SHOALS bathymetry data. We also utilized in situ knowledge from towed instruments, underwater photography and videography, and diver and snorkeler observations. The polygons have attributes for Main Structure/Substrate, Dominant Structure/Substrate, Major Biological Cover, Percent of Major Biological Cover, Reef Zone, Unique ID, and measurements of area (m2) of each polygon. Susan Cochran
Benthic habitats of the coral reef ecosystem off the coast of Pu'ukohola Heiau (PUHE) National Historic Site underwatercamera A benthic habitat polygon coverage has been created of the coral reef ecosystem off the coast of Pu'ukohola Heiau (PUHE) National Historic Site on the Kona Coast of Hawai'i. Polygons were hand-digitized from visual interpretation of aerial photography and SHOALS bathymetry data. We also utilized in situ knowledge from towed instruments, underwater photography and videography, and diver and snorkeler observations. The polygons have attributes for Main Structure/Substrate, Dominant Structure/Substrate, Major Biological Cover, Percent of Major Biological Cover, Reef Zone, and Unique ID, and measurements of area (m2) of each polygon. Susan Cochran
Benthic habitats of the coral reef ecosystem off the coast of Kaloko-Honokohau (KAHO) National Historical Park underwatercamera A benthic habitat polygon coverage has been created of the coral reef ecosystem within and adjacent to Kaloko-Honokohau (KAHO) National Historical Park on the Kona Coast of Hawai'i. Polygons were hand-digitized from visual interpretation of aerial photography and SHOALS bathymetry data. We also utilized in situ knowledge from towed instruments, underwater photography and videography, and diver and snorkeler observations. The polygons have attributes for Main Structure/Substrate, Dominant Structure/Substrate, Major Biological Cover, Percent of Major Biological Cover, Reef Zone, Unique ID, and measurements of Area (m2) of each polygon. Ann E Gibbs
Benthic habitats of the coral reef ecosystem off the coast of Pu'uhonua O Honaunau (PUHO) National Historical Park underwatercamera A benthic habitat polygon coverage has been created of the coral reef ecosystem off the coast of Pu'uhonua O Honaunau (PUHO) National Historical Park on the Kona Coast of Hawai'i. Polygons were hand-digitized from visual interpretation of aerial photography and SHOALS bathymetry data. We also utilized in situ knowledge from towed instruments, underwater photography and videography, and diver and snorkeler observations. The polygons have attributes for Main Structure/Substrate, Dominant Structure/Substrate, Major Biological Cover, Percent of Major Biological Cover, Reef Zone, Unique ID, and measurements of area (m2) of each polygon. Susan Cochran

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity