description:
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Four distinct and non-overlapping percent live coral classes were mapped by visually interpreting aerial photos and acoustic imagery. This attribute is an additional biological cover modifier denoting the abundance live coral (both scleractinian and octocorals), even when it was not the dominant cover type within a polygon. Four range classes were used (i.e., 0%-10%, 10%-50%, 50%-90%, and 90%-100%). "N/A" denotes that an estimate of percent cover is not appropriate for this particular major biological cover class (e.g., for Land). "Unknown" indicates that the live coral cover was not classified because the structure and/or biological cover types were unknown. |