Brian Tissot, Washington State University, Vancouver
Bill Walsh, Division of Aquatic Resources, DLNR, Kona
Leon Hallacher, University of Hawai'i, Hilo
Mark Hixon, Oregon State University
20050512
West Hawaii Aquarium Project 1999-2002 Fish and Substrate Data (NODC Accession 0000938)
In response to declines in reef fishes, the Hawaii state legislature
created the West Hawaii Regional Fishery Management Area in 1998 to
improve fishery resources (Act 306). The West Hawaii Aquarium Project
(WHAP) was funded by the Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative to monitor to
fish populations and quantify the habitats in this region. This
dataset consists of an MS Access relational database of all
monitoring data from 1999-2002 and image and random point files
of benthic habitat survey frames grabbed from video transects.
During initial funding under CRAMP in 1998-99, 23 permanent study sites
were established positioned in all of the proposed Fish Replenishment
Areas (FRAs) as well as eight sites where fish collecting is know to occur
("impact"), and six managed areas where aquarium fish collection is
prohibited (three Marine Life Conservation Districts (MLCDs) and three
FMAs or "control"). Initial surveys confirm that aquarium fish
collecting impacts are significant but vary along the coastline.
To continue monitoring of these sites as Act 306 is implemented to provide
an evaluation of the effectiveness of the FRA plan as a way to manage
aquarium fish collecting impacts in Hawai'i. In addition, examination of
fish recruitment patterns will provide important information useful to the
future establishment of MPAs in Hawai'i.
Accordingly, the objectives of this project are to:
1.Continue to estimate the impacts of aquarium fish collecting at a wide
range of sites.
2.Evaluate the effectiveness of the FRA plan by comparing fish abundances
among control, impact and FRA study sites as Act 306 is implemented in 1999.
3.Provide baseline information on natural variability in fish and coral
abundance.
4.Document recruitment patterns of several aquarium fish species in order
to examine the population-level outcomes of a marine reserve system.
5.Disseminate the results of these studies to coral reef ecosystem managers,
the scientific community, and the public.
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Resource Description: NODC Accession # 0000938
19990105
0900
20020917
1600
ground conditions
dependent upon funding but typically semi-annual
-156.05
-155.8489
20.16
19.05
NCEI Geoportal FilterCoRIS_Metadata
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Numeric Data Sets > Biology
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > In Situ Biological
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Baseline studies
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Habitats
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Transect Monitoring > Video Transect
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coral reef
reef fish
fish density, abundance, and species
substrate type
coral species and abundance
ISO 19115 Topic Category
biota
002
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii Island > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003)
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North Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Big Island
Lapakahi
Kamilo
Waiakailio Bay
Puako
Anaehoomalu
Keawaiki
Kaupulehu
Makalawena
Wawaloli Beach
Wawaloli
Honokohau
Papawai
S. Oneo Bay
N. Keauhou
Kualanui Pt
Red Hill
Keopuka
Kealakekua Bay
Ke'ei
Hookena (Kalahiki)
Hookena (Auau)
Milolii (Omakaa)
Milolii (Manuka)
CoRIS Region
MHI
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dataset credit required
Dr. Brian Tissot
Washington State University Vancouver
Coordinator, Science Programs
mailing address
14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue
Vancouver
WA
98686-9600
U.S.A.
(360) 546-9611
(360) 546-9037
Tissot@vancouver.wsu.edu
Mon-Fri 9-5PM Pacific Time
Phone/FAX/letter/e-mail
Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative
MS Access relational database, jpeg, and text files
see methodology
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I. Fish Monitoring
See ../meta/misc/fish_monitor_design.htm or .txt
A. Sampling Design
objective: to accurately and efficiently monitor spatial and temporal variation
in fish abundance. The sampling design is focused primarily on detecting change
in abundant to moderately abundant reef fish across all 24 study sites sampled on
a bimonthly basis. The simple, low-replicate design minimizes site survey time
while maximizing repeated surveying of sites to obtain estimates of temporal
variation in adult and juvenile abundance.
Design of transect layout used at permanent transects. Two 60 m neutral
gray transect lines are positioned along six permanent stainless-steel eyebolts.
Divers survey four 25 m transects separated by 10 m buffer areas between replicates.
B. Survey Protocol
Transects are located by differential GPS. Fish densities of all observed species are
estimated by visual strip transect search along each permanent transect line. Two pairs
of divers survey the lines, each pair searching two of the 25 m lines. The search of
each line consists of two divers, swimming side-by-side on each side of the line,
surveying a column 2 m wide. On the outward-bound leg, larger planktivores and
wide-ranging fishes within 4 m of the bottom are recorded. On the return leg, fishes
closely associated with the bottom, juveniles, and fishes hiding in cracks and
crevices are recorded. Each site is scheduled to be surveyed bi-monthly, weather
permitting, for a total of six surveys per year.
II. Substrate Monitoring
In addition to the fishes, our program is monitoring the coral reef and associated
algae and invertebrates to assess coupled changes between the fishes and their
habitat. We use video transecting methods to obtain estimates of abundance
of these parameters. Using a digital Sony DCR-TRV900 we swim the length of the
transect at a constant distance from the bottom. In the laboratory, individuals
frames are captured using a Canopus DVRex-M1 and archived for future use. We use
Dr. Phil Dustan's program PointCount to analyzed the images and derive abundance
estimates of coral, algae, macro-invertebrates and additional habitat parameters.
Data are entered and maintained in a state-wide, common-format,
relational database system.
Tissot, B. N. and L. E. Hallacher. 1999. Impacts of aquarium collectors on
coral reef fishes in Hawai'i. Final Report. Division of Aquatic
Resources, Honolulu, HI.
Tissot, B. N. 1999. Adaptive Management of Aquarium Fish Collecting in Hawaii.
Live Reef Fish Information Bulletin 6: 16-19.
Tissot, B. N. and D. M. Brosnan. 2002. Long Term Coral Reef Monitoring Programs:
Working Towards a Synthesis of Science, Management and Policy. In: Best, B.
and R. Pomeroy, Relevant Findings from the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium:
Implications for Coral Reef Management and Policy. USAID.
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Dr. Brian Tissot
Washington State University Vancouver
Coordinator, Science Programs
mailing address
14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue
Vancouver
WA
98686-9600
U.S.A.
(360) 546-9611
(360) 546-9037
Tissot@vancouver.wsu.edu
Mon-Fri 9-5PM Pacific Time
Phone/FAX/letter/e-mail
1) Under directory ../data/access
File = whap_database_surveys_1_20.mdb
Microsoft Access 2000 Database of fish surveys 1-20
and one benthic habitat survey PointCount analysis.
Note, all tables in the database were dumped into
MS 97-2000 Excel files with same name (subdirectory /excel)
from which ASCII CSV files were obtained (subdirectory /csv).
For tables RunDetail and Substrates, these had to be broken
into sequentially numbered pieces due to the large size.
Table: DiveMaster
Field Comment
----- -------------------------------------
Survey representative dive number for data collection
Date date of survey as dd/mm/yy
Time time of dive, 00:00 - 23:59 HST
SuveryN Survey sequence number
(a single sequence represents each of the
26 sites being surveyed back to back)
Table: Location
Field Comment
----- -------------------------------------
Location number corresponding to monitoring sites
throughout the Hawaiian Islands and
nearby atolls....includes CRAMP sites
Big Island Big Island Site number
Study Site descriptive site name (CRAMP compatible)
Latitude degrees.minutes.seconds
Longitude degrees.minutes.seconds
Island descriptive name of island
the Status degree of management
MLCD: Marine Life Conservation District
NAR: Natural Area Reserve
FMA: Fisheries Management Area (no fishing)
Table: Observers
Field Comment
----- -------------------------------------
Observer ID initials of name
Observer Name explicit name of diver
Table: RunDetail
Field Comment
----- -------------------------------------
ID table key
TransectRunID foreign key into Table TransectRuns
TaxonID taxon ID, see Species Table
Number fish density values or coral substrate numbers
Comment codes:
A: adult
J: juvenile
R: recruits
I: immature
T: terminal phase
(note, J=R before surveyN=9)
Morph codes
blank: none
W: white bar
Table: Species
Field Comment
----- -------------------------------------
TaxonID code for taxon; table key
Type descriptive, general taxonomic group
the Family taxonomic family
TaxonName descriptive scientific name
Synonym descriptive
Hawaiian Name descriptive
Common Name descriptive
Trophic descriptive
the Status code:
A: collected by aquarium collectors
A1: top 10 aquarium collector fishes
blank: ?
Table: Substrate Codes
Field Comment
----- -------------------------------------
ID Name Link to Table Substrates data
Code code of ID Name from PointCount
Substrate options: substrate or Non-Substrate (filter)
Coral options: Coral or Non-Coral (live coral filter)
Table: Substrates (PointCount data management)
Field Comment
----- -------------------------------------
Transect transect number
Quadrat frame number (randomly selected from all frames)
Location see Parameter "Big Island" in Locations Table
Station unconfirmed
Frame No video frame number used for PointCount
Image Date date on image, ignore (not correct)
ID Name see table Substrate Codes
ID Code PointCount ID Code for ID Name
Point PointCount number
X PointCount parameter
Y PointCount parameter
Intensity PointCount parameter
Red PointCount parameter
Green PointCount parameter
Blue PointCount parameter
File Name file under ../data/whap2000_Coral_Archive
ID Date Date ID given by PointCount
Site ID PointCount Site ID
Site Code PointCount Site code (ignore)
Time Code PointCount Time code (ignore)
Institution where PointCount performed
User Name PointCount operator, see Observers
Habitat ignore
WQS ignore
Length ignore
Depth ignore
Table: Substrates Kapoho (PointCount data management)
(see Substrates above)
Table: TransectRuns
Field Comment
----- -------------------------------------
TransectRunID see RunDetails
Survey survey number (dive number for one dive team
at one location for one dive)
Transect transect number
Qlocation Quadrat location
Observer initials of observer, see Observers
Run/Quadrat run number through transect or quadrat sample
Table: WHAP Transects Depths
Field Comment
----- -------------------------------------
ID See RunDetails
Site See Locations, parameter Big Island
Transect alphabetic transect ID
Depth depth in meters
Tran2 number code for transect
2) Under directory ../data/whap2000_Coral_Archive
(available in subdirectores with names as site number).
Image and random point files of benthic habitat survey frames
grabbed from video transects.
Note, there is not a site 12. Each subdirectory has all of
the contiguous frames grabbed from the video. However, only n=20
from each site were analyzed. These frames have associated text
files with X,Y coordinates used in PointCount analysis of the images.
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Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, ASCII CSV, ASCII Text and JPEG
https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0000938
Select hyperlinked Assession number and move through the data directories to locate the higest level of data.
1) Under directory ../data/access
File = whap_database_surveys_1_20.mdb
Microsoft Access 2000 Database of fish surveys 1-20
and one benthic habitat survey PointCount analysis.
Note, all tables in the database were dumped into
MS 97-2000 Excel files with same name (subdirectory /excel)
from which ASCII CSV files were obtained (subdirectory /csv).
For tables RunDetail and Substrates, these had to be broken
into sequentially numbered pieces due to the large size.
Table: DiveMaster
Field Comment
----- -------------------------------------
Survey representative dive number for data collection
Date date of survey as dd/mm/yy
Time time of dive, 00:00 - 23:59 HST
SuveryN Survey sequence number
(a single sequence represents each of the
26 sites being surveyed back to back)
Table: Location
Field Comment
----- -------------------------------------
Location number corresponding to monitoring sites
throughout the Hawaiian Islands and
nearby atolls....includes CRAMP sites
Big Island Big Island Site number
Study Site descriptive site name (CRAMP compatible)
Latitude degrees.minutes.seconds
Longitude degrees.minutes.seconds
Island descriptive name of island
the Status degree of management
MLCD: Marine Life Conservation District
NAR: Natural Area Reserve
FMA: Fisheries Management Area (no fishing)
Table: Observers
Field Comment
----- -------------------------------------
Observer ID initials of name
Observer Name explicit name of diver
Table: RunDetail
Field Comment
----- ---------------------
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Mr. Patrick C. Caldwell
NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC
Hawaii/US Pacific Liaison
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Dept. of Oceanography
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu
Hawaii
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