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Description:
Title:
Ecosystem Sciences Division Standard Operating Procedures: Data Collection for Rapid Ecological Assessment Benthic Surveys, 2018 Update
Author(s):
Winston, Morgan
Couch, Courtney S.
Ferguson, Marie
Huntington, Brittany
Swanson, Dione W.
Vargas-Ángel, Bernardo, 1965-
United States. National Marine Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
University of Hawaii at Manoa. Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research
Corporate Name:
United States. National Marine Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
University of Hawaii at Manoa. Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research
Dates of Publication:
2019
Abstract:
This 2018 document update is intended as a reference and provides guidelines for training, sampling, and data entry for the monitoring of coral populations and benthic communities as part of the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) led by the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC). The standard operating procedures (SOP) outlined in this document apply to the Pacific RAMP surveys that ESD and its partners conducted in 2018 on the coral reef ecosystems of American Samoa and the Pacific Remote Island Areas Marine National Monument (Palmyra and Kingman Atolls, and Howland, Baker, and Jarvis Islands), As part of ESD’s ecosystem assessment and long term monitoring efforts, coral colonies and the benthic community functional groups are surveyed at Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) sites selected using a stratified random sampling design. The details of the methods employed are outlined in this report.
Keywords:
Benthic animals
Biological monitoring
Coral colonies
Coral reef biology
Coral reefs and islands
Ecological assessment
Ecological assessment (Biology)
Environmental monitoring
Reef ecology
Sampling
Standard operating procedures
Surveys
Training
Place Keywords:
Hawaii
Mariana Islands
American Samoa
Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (Line Islands)
Palmyra Atoll (Line Islands)
Kingman Reef (Line Islands)
Howland Island
Baker Island
Jarvis Island (Line Islands)
Local Corporate Name:
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center)
JIMAR (Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research)
Type of Resource:
Technical Memorandum
Genre:
NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-PIFSC ; 92
Note:
This 2018 document update is intended as a reference and provides guidelines for training, sampling, and data entry for the monitoring of coral populations and benthic communities as part of the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) led by the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC). The standard operating procedures (SOP) outlined in this document apply to the Pacific RAMP surveys that ESD and its partners conducted in 2018 on the coral reef ecosystems of American Samoa and the Pacific Remote Island Areas Marine National Monument (Palmyra and Kingman Atolls, and Howland, Baker, and Jarvis Islands), As part of ESD’s ecosystem assessment and long term monitoring efforts, coral colonies and the benthic community functional groups are surveyed at Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) sites selected using a stratified random sampling design. The details of the methods employed are outlined in this report.
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