BARRY A. VITTOR & ASSOCIATES, INC. (contracted by NOAA)
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Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community Assessment, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, October 2000, (NODC Accession 0002301)
The Northwestern Hawaiian lslands were sampled during October 2000 at 63 stations on 9 atolls or
islands under the lead of NOAA. This work is affiliated with the Northwest Hawaii Islands Coral Reef Assessment
and Monitoring Program (NOWRAMP), which performed a cruise in September 2000.
One aspect of this study was benthic community characterization, which was accomplished via sample collection
by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) personnel and laboratory and data analysis by Barry A.
Vittor & Associates, Inc. (BVA). Sampling devices varied during the field collections. Density, diversity and
evenness could only be calculated at stations sampled with a Young dredge (area = 0.04 m2).
Understand the benthic macrofaunal community of NW Hawaiian Islands
These sites were surveyed using SCUBA equipment and a sample bag. The project was launched
by the NOAA NW Hawaii Islands Project.
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NCEI Geoportal FilterCoRIS_Metadata
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Conductivity
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Census > Population Density
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Census > Species Diversity
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Macroinvertebrates
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Species Richness
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Rapid Assessment Studies
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Biological survey
coastal studies
marine organisms
benthic macroinfaunal taxonomic groups
taxa abundance
taxa eveness
water quality
HCRI
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Numeric Data Sets > Biology
ISO 19115 Topic Category
biota
002
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Kure Atoll (28N178W0001)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Kure Atoll (28N178W0001)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Midway Atoll (28N177W0001)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Midway Atoll (28N177W0001)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Pearl and Hermes Reef (27N176W0001)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Pearl and Hermes Reef (27N176W0001)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Gardner Pinnacles (25N168W0001)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Gardner Pinnacles (25N168W0001)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Laysan Island (25N171W0001)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Laysan Island (25N171W0001)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Maro Reef (25N170W0001)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Maro Reef (25N170W0001)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Necker Island (23N164W0001)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Necker Island (23N164W0001)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > French Frigate Shoals (24N166W0001)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > French Frigate Shoals (24N166W0001)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Nihoa (23N161W0001)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Nihoa (23N161W0001)
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North Pacific Ocean
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
CoRIS Region
NWHI
None
benthic
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BARRY A. VITTOR
BARRY A. VITTOR & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Marine biologist
mailing
8060 COTTAGE HILL RD.
Mobile
Alabama
36695
USA
(251) 633-6100
bvittor@bvaenviro.com
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE,
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR COASTAL OCEAN SCIENCE, CENTER FOR COASTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT, Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative
MS Excel, PDF
see Lineage, Process Step
the survey was 100 percent completed
Sample Collection and Handling A Young dredge (area = 0.04 m2) was used to collect bottom
samples at nine of 63 station locations (two replicate samples were taken at some stations while others contained
only one sample) throughout Northwestern Hawaiian lslands. Samples were fixed in 10 percent formalin. The preserved
samples were transported to BVA'S laboratory in Mobile, Alabama. Macroinfaunal Sample Analysis In the laboratory
of BVA, benthic samples were inventoried, rinsed gently through a 0.5 mm mesh sieve to remove preservatives and
sediment, stained with Rose Bengal, and stored in 70 percent isopropanol solution until processing. Sample material
(sediment, detritus, organisms) was placed in white enamel trays for sorting under Wild M-5A dissecting microscopes.
All macroinvertebrates were carefully removed with forceps and placed in labelled glass vials containing 70 percent
isopropanol. Each vial represented a major taxonomic group (e.g. Polychaeta, Mollusca, Arthropoda). All sorted
macroinvertebrates were identified to the lowest practical identification level (LPIL), which in most cases was
to species level unless the specimen was a juvenile, damaged, or otherwise unidentifiable. The number of
individuals of each taxon, excluding fragments, was recorded. A voucher collection was prepared, composed of
representative individuals of each species not previously encountered in samples from the region.
Water quality (T,S,conductivity, dissolved oxygen) were collected at a few of the dive sites using standardized
instruments.
DATA ANALYSIS
All data generated as a result of laboratory analysis of macroinfauna samples
were first coded on data sheets. Enumeration data were entered for each
species according to station and replicate. These data were reduced to a data
summary report for each station, which included a taxonomic species list and
benthic community parameters information. Archive data files of species
identification and enumeration were prepared.
Assemblage Structure
Several numerical indices were chosen for analysis and interpretation of the
macroinfaunal data. Selection was based primarily on the ability of the index
to provide a meaningful summary of data, as well as the applicability of the
index to the characterization of the benthic community. Infaunal abundance is
reported as the total number of individuals per station and the total number
of individuals per square meter (= density). Taxa richness is reported as the
total number of taxa represented in a given station collection.
Taxa diversity, which is often related to the ecological stability and
environmental "quality" of the benthos, was estimated by the Shannon-Weaver
Index (Pielou, 1966).
Taxa diversity was calculated using ln, however taxa diversity may also be
calculated using log2. Both methods for calculating taxa diversity are common
in scientific literature. The taxa diversity calculated in this report using
ln, can be converted to log2 by multiplying the taxa diversity by 1.44270.
Taxa diversity within a given community is dependent upon the number of taxa
present (taxa richness) and the distribution of all individuals among those
taxa (equitability or evenness). In order to quantify and compare faunal
equitability to taxa diversity for a given area, Pielou's Index J' (Pielou,
1966) was calculated as J' = H'/ln S, where ln S = H' max , or the maximum
possible diversity, when all taxa are represented by the same number of
individuals; thus, J' = H' /H' max .
Pielou, E.C. 1966. The measurement of diversity in different types of
biological collections. Journal of Theoretical Biology 13:131-144.
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BARRY A. VITTOR
BARRY A. VITTOR & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Marine biologist
mailing
8060 COTTAGE HILL RD.
Mobile
Alabama
36695
USA
(251) 633-6100
bvittor@bvaenviro.com
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https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0002301
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The original data were provided in MS Excel spreadsheets.Redundant copies in CSV format were made of each sheet.
Filename Comment
table_01.txt Text. Summary of location, water quality data
Benthis_macrofauna.xls MS Excel. Each sheet saved in CSV
Benthis_macrofauna_sheet1.csv Summary of benthic macrofaunal data, Oct. 2000
Parameters: Station, Reps, Taxa count, Indvs,
Density, Mean No. Taxa, Taxa (SD), Mean
Density, Density (SD), Total No. Taxa, Total
No. Individuals, H' Diversity, J' Eveness
Benthis_macrofauna_sheet2.csv Station, Taxa1, Taxa2
Benthis_macrofauna_sheet3.csv same as sheet1
Benthis_macrofauna_sheet4.csv Taxa and Indviduals for each station
MajorTaxa_macofauna.xls MS Excel. Each sheet saved in CSV
MajorTaxa_macofauna_sheet1.csv Phylum, Class, Taxon Name, Rep. Total
MajorTaxa_macofauna_sheet2.csv Taxa, Total No. Taxa, Total No. Individuals
MajorTaxa_macofauna_sheet3.csv Phylum, Class, Rep Total
MajorTaxa_macofauna_sheet4.csv Summary of overall abundance of major
benthic macrofaunal taxonomic groups, Oct 2000
Parameters: Taxa, Total No. Taxa, percent Total,
Total No. Individuals, percent Total
Archive_macrofauna.xls MS Excel. Location, Date (says January,
but likely is October 2000), method, taxa
Archive_macrofauna.csv ASCII copy
NOW-RAMP_benthic_assessment.pdf Project report with summaries and tables,
most of which are seen in the given
spreadsheets.
NOW-RAMP_benthic_assessment.txt ASCII copy
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Mr. Patrick C. Caldwell
NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC
Hawaii/US Pacific Liaison
mailing
1000 Pope Road, MSB 316
Dept. of Oceanography
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu
Hawaii
96822
USA
(808)-956-4105
(808) 956-2352
caldwell@hawaii.edu
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