CRED REA Fish Team Stationary Point Count Surveys at Pearl and Hermes Reef, 2004
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- Citation:
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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: 20061007
- Title:
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CRED REA Fish Team Stationary Point Count Surveys at Pearl and Hermes Reef, 2004
- 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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Stationary Point Counts at 4 stations at each survey site were surveyed as
part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 9 sites at Pearl and Hermes
Reef in September, 2004 from the NOAA vessel Hi'ialakai (HI04-01). Raw survey
data included species level abundance estimates.
- Purpose:
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Part of a long-term monitoring program at biennial intervals in which
corals, algae, fish, and other macroinvertebrates are co-sampled along the
same set of transect lines
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- Beginning_Date: 20040926
- Ending_Date: 20040930
- Currentness_Reference: Ground condition
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- Progress: In Work
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Annual
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -175.995512
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -175.721074
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 27.96505
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 27.751793
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CRCP Project
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Long-term Monitoring Of Benthos (Coral, other invertebrates, Algae) - Rapid Ecological Assessments at all U.S. Pacific Islands
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- Theme_Keyword: Fishes
- Theme_Keyword: HI0401
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EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census > Stationary
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COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Pearl and Hermes Reef (27N176W0001)
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OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Pearl and Hermes Reef (27N176W0001)
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Please cite CRED when using the data. Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries
Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- 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_Person: Ivor Williams
- 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
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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Observations at each site were made by a single diver who is an expert in
fish taxonomy. The team of three REA fish divers rotated roles with two
divers performing belt-transect surveys and one diver performing stationary
point counts at each survey site. Observations were periodically checked
during the expedition for consistency between divers, and little
discrepancy was ever noted between divers. It should be noted, however,
that this data set is quite large, and probably includes typographical or
other errors that might be discovered at a future date.
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
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The same methods of data collection were used at each of the sites surveyed
at this location, and were conducted by the same scientists. Periodic
examination of the data through the duration of the trip showed no signs of
diver bias or other discrepancies.
- Completeness_Report:
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The survey sites were selected to be representative of the coral reef
habitats at this reef system. Efforts were made to include broad spatial
coverage of the reef area, but weather conditions or other environmental
constraints may have precluded the team from surveying windward or exposed
sites.
- Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: GPS unit
- 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: Dive computer and SCUBA depth gauge
- 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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Data were collected by a single diver who remained motionless while slowly
turning in a circle for a duration of 5 minutes recording the abundance and
size of all fishes greater than 25cm TL observed within a 10m radius. At
each survey site, 4 replicate counts were conducted. Fish were identified
to the lowest possible taxon which in most cases was the species level.
This data is recorded in the spreadsheet as DataTyp = QUAN. Following the
completion of four SPC replicates at each site, the diver spent his
remaining bottom time roving the general area near the site recording the
presence of all fish species observed at the site. This data is recorded in
the spreadsheet as DataTyp = PRES. Upon returning to the ship and Honolulu
offices, data were error checked, and data from the three fish surveyors
were consolidated into one spreadsheet. Data have not been modified, and
this data set includes raw data.
- 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
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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
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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_Person: CRED Data Management Team
- 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.
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- 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
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- Metadata_Date: 20190605
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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: 20060124075234
- CoRIS_Children: None
- CoRIS_Beginning_Date: 20040926
- CoRIS_Ending_Date: 20040930
- CoRIS_Metadata_Link:
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https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/cred_rea_fish_stationary_point_count_pearl_and_hermes_2004.html
- CoRIS_Tracking_ID: 1258
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