Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Dr. Dan Polhemus Originator: Dr. Ivor Williams Originator: Division of Aquatic Resources, Division of Lands and Natural Resources, State of Hawaii Publication_Date: Unpublished material Title: Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR), Division of Lands and Natural Resources (DLNR) of the State of Hawaii Fish Surveys from 23 West Hawaii Aquarium Project Sites during 1999-2005 (NODC Accession 0002767) Online_Linkage: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0002767 Description: Abstract: Data are from underwater visual surveys of fish stocks at 23 sites in West Hawaii. Survey sites are 8 to 14 m deep and are all located on reef shelves with moderate to high Porites compressa cover, the predominant habitat type at that depth on West Hawaii reefs, and the key habitat for the majority of fishes harvested for the aquarium trade. The survey program began as the West Hawaii Aquarium Project (WHAP) but since 2004 has continued as part of DAR's Main Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Monitoring Program. Purpose: Support sustainability of ecosystem resources Supplemental_Information: NOAASupplemental:Entry_ID: Unknown Sensor_Name: SCUBA Source_Name: manual Project_Campaign: Operational DAR Function Originating_Center: Division of Aquatic Resources, Division of Lands and Natural Resources, State of Hawaii Storage_Medium: MS Excel and MS Word Online_size: 29360 kbytes Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19990309 Ending_Date: 20051116 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -156.05 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -155.8489 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 20.16 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 19.05 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NCEI Geoportal Filter Theme_Keyword: CoRIS_Metadata Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: biota Theme_Keyword: 002 Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: 007 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets > Fish Census Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: Coastal studies Theme_Keyword: biology Theme_Keyword: coral reef Theme_Keyword: fish stock Theme_Keyword: fish species, family, taxa Theme_Keyword: count or number Theme_Keyword: size class Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Lapakahi > Lapakahi (20N155W0003) Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Lapakahi (20N155W0003) Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Puako (19N155W0001) Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii > Puako (19N155W0001) Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Maui Island > Papawai (20N156W0013) Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Maui > Papawai (20N156W0013) Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003) Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii Island > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003) Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean Place_Keyword: Hawaii Place_Keyword: Big Island Place_Keyword: Lapakahi Place_Keyword: Kamilo Gulch Place_Keyword: Waiakailio Bay Place_Keyword: Puako Place_Keyword: Anaeho'omalu Bay Place_Keyword: Keawaiki Place_Keyword: Ka'upulehu Place_Keyword: Makalawena Place_Keyword: Ho'ona / Unualoha Pt Place_Keyword: Wawaloli Beach Place_Keyword: Wawaloli Place_Keyword: Kaloko-Honokohau Place_Keyword: Papawai Place_Keyword: S. Oneo Bay Place_Keyword: Keauhou Place_Keyword: Kualanui Pt Place_Keyword: Red Hill Place_Keyword: Keopuka Place_Keyword: K Bay Place_Keyword: Ke'ei Place_Keyword: Ho'okena (Kalahiki) Place_Keyword: Hookena (Auau) Place_Keyword: Miloli'i/Honomalino Place_Keyword: Manuka Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Region Place_Keyword: MHI Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Stratum_Keyword: shallow coastal waters Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Dataset credit required Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Dr. Ivor Williams Contact_Organization: Division of Aquatic Resources, Division of Lands and Natural Resources, State of Hawaii Contact_Position: Marine biologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: physical Address: 74-380 B Kealakehe Pkwy City: Kailua-Kona State_or_Province: Hawaii Postal_Code: 96740 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808-983-3727 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ivor@hawaii.edu Data_Set_Credit: Division of Aquatic Resources, Division of Lands and Natural Resources, State of Hawaii Native_Data_Set_Environment: MS Excel, MS Word Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: see lineage, process step Completeness_Report: none Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Surveys are conducted in 'rounds', each site being surveyed once per round. 4 to 6 rounds have been conducted per year and in total 39 rounds have been conducted. Each survey of a site generally involves 4 divers (2 pairs), who between them conduct (i) 'WHAP' surveys of the four 25m *4m permanently-located transects per site; and (ii) 10-minute freeswims (presence-absence swims). The WHAP fish protocol is based on fixed transects which can be closely surveyed for targeted species of all size classes, and where variability among fish populations can be related to fine-scale habitat variability among transects and sites. Six stainless steel eyebolts have been permanently drilled and cemented into the bottom to establish reference locations for four permanent 25m transects at each site. For efficiency during WHAP they have been situated in an H-shaped design at each study site. A transect width of 4m is utilized based on previous sampling experience with coral reef fishes in Hawai'i. The species, size class (in 5cm slots), and in some cases phase (e.g. 'recruit') of all fishes on transects are counted by a pair of divers in each survey. Divers first lay out transect lines between end pins, then swim one rapid swim to count mobile and mid-water species and the a return swim in which divers slowly and carefully swim the transect carefully recording fishes in and around the benthos. Transect lines are taken up after all transects have been completed. In addition to the fixed transects at each site, a 10 minute roving free-swim survey is done by a team of two divers after the fixed transect surveys are completed. The divers range about the areas adjacent to transects (~5000m2) recording the presence of fish species which were not observed on the transects. Process_Date: Unknown Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Dr. Ivor Williams Contact_Organization: Division of Aquatic Resources, Division of Lands and Natural Resources, State of Hawaii Contact_Position: Marine biologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: physical Address: 74-380 B Kealakehe Pkwy City: Kailua-Kona State_or_Province: Hawaii Postal_Code: 96740 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808-983-3727 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ivor@hawaii.edu Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: I. Original files Directory: ../../data/original filename comment DAR West Hawaii Fish Surveys.xls MS Excel with 3 spreadsheets DAR WHAP Fish Surveys Notes.doc documentation Note: The DAR administrator has determined that DAR will distribute all raw WHAP-survey data which is more than 5 years old, but only summarized versions of newer data. The MS Excel data file contains 3 worksheets: (1) Raw Transect Data (1999-2000)- raw data from 1999 and 2000 (all information given broken down by transect and by observer; and including size or age-class information); (2) Summary Transect Data (2001-5)- summarized data from 1999 and 2000 (data pooled by site, no information given on transect. Observer, age-phase or size class); (3) 10min Free-Swim Data - being all data from the 10 minute presence-absence survey of the area surrounding the transects. Important point-- only fishes NOT observed on transects are included in the presence-absence survey worksheet (so need to pool free-swim and transect data to get complete presence-absence list). II. NODC Archive Files Directory: ../../data/nodc filename comment sites.jpg WHAPFishSurveysNotes.doc copy of original doc file (see ../original) WHAPFishSurveysNotes.htm redundant HTML copy WHAPFishSurveysNotes.txt redundant ASCII text copy WHawaiiFishSurveys.xls copy of original xls file (see ../original); sheets dumped as Comma Separated Variable (CSV) files WHawaiiFishSurveys_10MinFreeSwimData.csv 10min Free-Swim Data WHawaiiFishSurveys_RawTransectData1999_2000.csv Raw Transect Data (1999-2000) WHawaiiFishSurveys_SummaryTransectData2001_2005.csv Summary Transect Data (2001-5) Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: none Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC (National Coastal Data Development Center) Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address Address: National Coastal Data Development Center, Building 1100 City: Stennis Space Center State_or_Province: MS Postal_Code: 39529 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 866-732-2382 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 228-688-2968 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ncddcgetdata@noaa.gov Hours_of_Service: 8am-5pm, Monday through Friday Resource_Description: Downloadable Data Distribution_Liability: NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA, NESDIS, NODC and NCDDC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20210106 Metadata_Review_Date: 20090323 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Mr. Patrick C. Caldwell Contact_Organization: NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC Contact_Position: Hawaii/US Pacific Liaison Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing Address: 1000 Pope Road, MSB 316 Address: Dept. of Oceanography Address: University of Hawaii at Manoa City: Honolulu State_or_Province: Hawaii Postal_Code: 96822 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (808)-956-4105 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (808) 956-2352 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: caldwell@hawaii.edu Hours_of_Service: 8 AM to 5 PM weekdays Contact_Instructions: check services@nodc.noaa.gov if not available Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 CoRIS: CoRIS_ID: 20090323012435 CoRIS_Children: None CoRIS_Beginning_Date: 19990309 CoRIS_Ending_Date: 20051116 CoRIS_Metadata_Link: https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/nodc_dar_whapsites1999-2005_fgdc_0002767.html CoRIS_Tracking_ID: 2659