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Biological assessment of marine resources for the Republic of the Maldives, Indian Ocean, August, 2001 (NCEI Accession 0000670)

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In August 2001, biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service were asked to conduct an assessment of the national government's capability to respond to major threats (e.g., anthropogenic and natural) to the marine habitat of the Republic of the Maldives. A marine survey was conducted at selected locations to assess impacts to the marine environment. Biologists documented reef fishes, corals, other macroinvertebrates, and algae, and provided general descriptions of the benthic community at each of four primary survey sites.
  • Cite as: Foster, Kevin; US DOI/Fish and Wildlife Service > Pacific Islands Ecoregion (2002). Biological assessment of marine resources for the Republic of the Maldives, Indian Ocean, August, 2001 (NCEI Accession 0000670). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000670. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 2001-08-22 to 2001-08-29
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: 72.716667
East: 73.566667
South: 2.933333
North: 5.516667
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Publication Dates
  • publication: 2002-02-21
  • revision: 2013-03-17
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Supplemental Information
Co-investigator: Alan Everson, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service;

Project: Disaster preparedness mitigation assessmeent mission to the Republic of the Maldives
Purpose The purpose for this assessment is to assist the Maldivian government plan for environmental disasters. Pre-planning for environmental disasters could help the government avoid or reduce potential negative impacts to marine biological resources. Minimizing the risk of impacts directly benefits the Maldivian people who rely upon marine resources for daily subsistence and economic purposes.
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Foster, Kevin; US DOI/Fish and Wildlife Service > Pacific Islands Ecoregion (2002). Biological assessment of marine resources for the Republic of the Maldives, Indian Ocean, August, 2001 (NCEI Accession 0000670). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000670. Accessed [date].
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Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords Originator Keywords
  • Biological survey
  • Coral species
  • algae species
  • benthic habitat
  • coastal studies
  • coral reef
  • macro-invertebrate species
  • reef fish species
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Platform keywords NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords Originator Place Names
  • Indian Ocean
  • Maldives
  • North Male Atoll
  • South Male Atoll
Project keywords NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Foster, Kevin; US DOI/Fish and Wildlife Service > Pacific Islands Ecoregion (2002). Biological assessment of marine resources for the Republic of the Maldives, Indian Ocean, August, 2001 (NCEI Accession 0000670). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000670. Accessed [date].
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Processing Steps
  • 2002-02-21T14:27:38Z - NCEI Accession 0000670 v1.1 was published.
  • 2013-03-17T15:04:10Z - NCEI Accession 0000670 was revised and v1.2 was published.
    Rationale: Additional metadata files were received or created for this dataset. These updates were copied into the about/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession.
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  • 2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
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Instrument
  • visual observation
Platform
  • SWIMMER/DIVER
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