Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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CRED REA Fish Team Stationary Point Count Surveys at Maug Island, 2003
spreadsheet
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/ecosystems/surveying-vast-ocean
Stationary Point Counts at 4 stations at each survey site were surveyed as
part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 10 sites at Maug Island
in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) in September,
2003 from the NOAA vessel Oscar Elton Sette (OES03-07). Raw survey data
included species level abundance estimates.
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
The maximum observation depth was 20 meters.
Fish observed:
Common Name Scientific Name
Species Genus Family Order Class Phylum- Kingdom
Division
Bony Fishes Osteichthyes Vertebrata Animalia
Sharks and Rays Osteichthyes Vertebrata Animalia
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20030904
Ground condition
Annual
145.189541
145.247908
20.05008
20.002458
NCEI Geoportal FilterCoRIS_MetadataCRCP ProjectPacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP): Biennial monitoring for the U.S. Pacific Islands and Atolls1221
None
Fishes
OES0307
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Numeric Data Sets > Biology
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census > Stationary
ISO 19115 Topic Category
biota
002
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Northern Mariana Islands > Northern Mariana Islands ( CNMI ) (18N146E0000)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Mariana Archipelago > Northern Mariana Islands ( CNMI ) (18N146E0000)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Maug > Maug Island (20N145E0001)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Maug Island > Maug Island (20N145E0001)
CoRIS Region
CNMI
None
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
Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Ivor Williams
mailing and physical address
NOAA IRC
NMFS/PIFSC/CRED
1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
808 725-5360
808 725-5429
nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov
e-mail preferred
Not applicable
Unclassified
Not applicable
Oracle
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.
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.
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.
GPS unit
1
Instrument parameters
Dive computer and SCUBA depth gauge
0.3
Instrument parameters
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.
Unknown
0.0001
0.0001
Decimal Degrees
World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84)
Geodetic Reference System 80 (GRS80)
6378137
298.2572236
Local surface
1
meters
Explicit Depth Coordinate Included with Horizontal Coordinates
Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
CRED Data Management Team
mailing and physical address
NOAA IRC
NMFS/PIFSC/CRED
1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
808 725-5360
808 725-5429
nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov
e-mail preferred
Offline Data
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.
XLS (Microsoft Excel worksheet)
CDROM, or email
ISO 9660
None if receiving the data online
Contact CRED data management team for information
Contact CRED data management team for information
20190605
Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
mailing and physical address
NOAA IRC
NMFS/PIFSC/CRED
1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
808 725-5360
808 725-5429
nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov
e-mail preferred
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
20060308031723
None
20030902
20030904
https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/cred_rea_fish_stationary_point_count_maug_2003.html
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