CRED Towed-Diver Fish Biomass Survey at Tau, American Samoa in 2012
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- Identification_Information:
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator:
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands
Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
- Publication_Date: 20120723
- Title:
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CRED Towed-Diver Fish Biomass Survey at Tau, American Samoa
in 2012
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet
- Online_Linkage:
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https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/ecosystems/surveying-vast-ocean
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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To support NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP)
long-term goals for sustainable management and conservation
of coral reef ecosystems, towed-diver surveys (AKA towboard
surveys) are conducted by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division
(CRED) of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
(PIFSC) as part of Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring
Program (RAMP) Cruises. 11 towboard surveys (totaling 22.50
km in length) were conducted at Tau in American Samoa from
20120401 to 20120426 as part of RAMP Cruise HA1201. Towboard
surveys are a good method for obtaining a general
description of large reef areas, assessing the status of
low-density populations of large-bodied reef fish,
large-scale disturbances (e.g., bleaching), general
distribution and abundance patterns of macro-invertebrates
(e.g., crown of thorns sea stars, giant clams), and for
assessing trends in these populations and metrics. A pair of
scuba divers (1 fish diver and 1 benthic diver) are towed 60
m behind a small survey launch at a speed of 1-2 knots and a
depth of approximately 15 m. Each survey is 50 min long,
covers about 2 km of habitat, and is divided into ten
5-minute survey segments. The fish diver records, to the
lowest possible taxon, all large-bodied reef fishes (greater
than 50 cm total length) seen within 5 m either side and 10
m in front of the towboard. Length of each individual is
estimated to the nearest cm. The fish towboard is also
outfitted with a forward-facing digital video camera to
record the survey swath. The benthic diver records percent
cover of coral and macroalgae, estimates benthic habitat
type and complexity, and censuses a suite of benthic
macroinvertebrates including crown of thorns sea stars and
sea urchins. The benthic towboard is equipped with a
downward-facing digital still camera which images the
benthos at 15-second intervals. These images are analyzed
for percent cover of coral, algae, and other benthic
components. Both towboards are equipped with SEABIRD SBE-39
temperature/depth sensors set to record at 5-second
intervals. Latitude and longitude of each survey track is
recorded at 15-second intervals using a Global Positioning
System (GPS) receiver onboard the tow boat. A layback
algorithm is applied to more accurately map the position of
the divers with respect to the reef environment. This
algorithm calculates the position of the divers based on the
position of the tow boat taking into account the length of
the tow rope, the depth of the divers, and the curvature of
the survey track. This metadata applies to the fish biomass
observations.
- Purpose:
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Part of a long-term monitoring program which documents status
and trends of coral reef ecosystems withint the United States
Pacific Territories.
- Supplemental_Information:
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Data collected: Species level abundance and length
information for coral reef fishes greater than 50 cm total
length. Data is linked to a geographic shapefile via DiveID
or SegID. Abundance and/or biomass data can be provided at
the species or family level.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Range_of_Dates/Times:
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- Beginning_Date: 20120422
- Ending_Date: 20120423
- Currentness_Reference: Ground Condition
- Status:
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: asNeeded
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -169.51922808
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -169.41788057
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.20924294
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.27667222
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NCEI Geoportal Filter
- Theme_Keyword: CoRIS_Metadata
- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CRCP Project
- Theme_Keyword:
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Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Monitoring coral reef ecosystems of the US Pacific Islands and Atolls
- Theme_Keyword: 587
- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: Marine Ecosystem
- Theme_Keyword: Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP)
- Theme_Keyword: Towed Diver Surveys
- Theme_Keyword: Coral Reef
- Theme_Keyword: Reef Fishes
- Theme_Keyword: Benthic Habitat
- Theme_Keyword: American Samoa
- Theme_Keyword: Tau
- Theme_Keyword: HA1201
- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
- Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets > Biology
- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
- Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
- Theme_Keyword:
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EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral reef ecology
- Theme_Keyword:
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EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment
- Theme_Keyword:
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EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Reef fish census
- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword: biota
- Theme_Keyword: 002
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Place_Keyword: American Samoa
- Place_Keyword: Tau
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus
- Place_Keyword:
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OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Ta'u Island (14S169W0012)
- Place_Keyword:
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COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Ta'u Island (14S169W0012)
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Region
- Place_Keyword: AmSam
- Access_Constraints: None
- Use_Constraints:
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Please cite CRED when using data. Coral Reef Ecosystem
Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
(PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization:
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands
Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: NOAA IRC
- Address: NMFS/PIFSC/CRED
- Address: 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176
- City: Honolulu
- State_or_Province: HI
- Postal_Code: 96818
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808 725-5360
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808 725-5429
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov
- Contact_Instructions: e-mail preferred
- Data_Set_Credit:
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Kevin Lino, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED); Mark Manuel,
Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED)
- Security_Information:
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- Security_Classification_System: Not applicable
- Security_Classification: Unclassified
- Security_Handling_Description: Not applicable
- Native_Data_Set_Environment: Oracle
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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Observations were made by the divers who are trained in fish
taxonomy. Divers may change from year to year and by
location.
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
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The same data collection protocols were used at each island or
bank surveyed.
- Completeness_Report:
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The towboard surveys are completed in forereef, backreef, and
lagoon habitats. The minimum spatial resolution of the
towboard survey is the 5-minute survey segment which covers
approximately 200 m. As such, these surveys are appropriate
for broad estimates but cannot be used for fine scale,
site-level data analysis.
- Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
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Although resource grade GPS units were used and a layback
model was applied to the survey tracks, the exact survey
positions were not physically marked and effort was not
made to re-visit exact same tracks.
- Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 1
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Instrument parameters
- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: SeaBird SBE-39 temp/depth recorder
- Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
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- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 0.3
- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Instrument parameters
- Lineage:
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- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description:
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The towboard survey involves a pair of scuba divers who
are towed 60 m behind a small boat at a constant speed
(~1.5 knots). The towboard survey is typically 50-min long
and covers about 2 km of habitat, depending on the depth
profile of the divers. The survey is divided into ten
5-min segments. During the survey, the fish diver records,
to the lowest possible taxon, large fishes observed within
a survey swath 5 m to either side of the diver and 10 m in
front the diver.
- Process_Date: Unknown
- Spatial_Reference_Information:
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- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Geographic:
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- Latitude_Resolution: 0.0001
- Longitude_Resolution: 0.0001
- Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees
- Geodetic_Model:
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84)
- Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 (GRS80)
- Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.2572236
- Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Depth_System_Definition:
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- Depth_Datum_Name: Local surface
- Depth_Resolution: 1
- Depth_Distance_Units: meters
- Depth_Encoding_Method: Explicit Depth Coordinate Included with Horizontal Coordinates
- Distribution_Information:
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- Distributor:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization:
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands
Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
- Contact_Position: Data Manager
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: NOAA IRC
- Address: NMFS/PIFSC/CRED
- Address: 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176
- City: Honolulu
- State_or_Province: HI
- Postal_Code: 96818
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808 725-5360
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808 725-5429
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov
- Contact_Instructions: e-mail preferred
- Resource_Description: Offline Data
- Distribution_Liability:
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While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are
accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state
of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages
caused by errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of
the failure of the data to function on a particular system.
NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the
fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
- Standard_Order_Process:
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xls (Microsoft Excel worksheet) or csv (comma-separated
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- Offline_Media: CD-ROM or email
- Recording_Format: ISO 9660
- Fees: None if receiving the data online
- Custom_Order_Process: Contact CRED data management team for information
- Technical_Prerequisites: Contact CRED data management team for information
- Metadata_Reference_Information:
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- Metadata_Date: 20190605
- Metadata_Review_Date: 20120807
- Metadata_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization:
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands
Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: NOAA IRC
- Address: NMFS/PIFSC/CRED
- Address: 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176
- City: Honolulu
- State_or_Province: HI
- Postal_Code: 96818
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808 725-5360
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808 725-5429
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov
- Contact_Instructions: e-mail preferred
- Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
- CoRIS:
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- CoRIS_ID: 20120807060154
- CoRIS_Children: None
- CoRIS_Beginning_Date: 20120422
- CoRIS_Ending_Date: 20120423
- CoRIS_Metadata_Link:
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https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/cred_metadata_fish_tow_tau_2012.html
- CoRIS_Tracking_ID: 6517
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