CRED REA Line Point Intercept Surveys of Benthic Parameter Assessments at Palmyra Atoll, Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2010
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Publication_Date: 20120413
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CRED REA Line Point Intercept Surveys of Benthic Parameter Assessments at Palmyra Atoll, Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2010
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https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/ecosystems/coral-reefs-pacific
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- Abstract:
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To support a long-term NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) for sustainable management and conservation of coral reef ecosystems, from 07-13 April 2010, line point intercept (LPI) surveys of benthic parameter assessments were conducted, as a part of Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA), during the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise HI1001 in the Pacific Remote Island Areas at biennial intervals by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC). During the cruise, 19 REA sites were surveyed at Palmyra Atoll in the Pacific Remote Island Areas.
Benthic biologists from NOAA's Coral Reef Ecosystem Division conducted Line Point Intercept surveys to quantitatively document the benthic cover at pre-determined long-term monitoring REA sites. Two linear 25M transects were surveyed with a 5M inter-transect region between the end of Transect 1 and the start of Transect 2. The LPI diver determines the benthic composition at 20cm intervals for a total of 125 data points per transect. All living benthic elements (e.g., coral, algae, and other invertebrates) were identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible, often substituting functional group categories for turf algae and crustose coralline algae when identification in the field was extremely difficult. In cases where the substrate is bare or covered with turf algae, the substrate composition is also noted as either sand, rock, rubble, carbonate pavement, or dead coral.
These data allow for the assessment and monitoring of species composition and abundance and provide the basis for computing quantitative estimates of percent cover at higher taxonomic levels like functional group (live Coral, macroalgae, turf algae) or on a finer taxonomic resolution such as genus level.
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Part of a long-term monitoring program at biennial intervals which documents the state of the reefs.
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Maximum depth was 20 meters.
Benthic cover parameters observed:
Year Region Island BenthicName
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Lobophora variegata
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Dead/Turf algae
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Porites lutea
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Dead/coralline algae
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Halimeda opuntia
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Sinularia sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Rubble/coralline algae
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Rubble
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Porolithon onkodes
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Porites lobata
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Pavona duerdeni
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Pocillopora meandrina
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Sand
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Acropora sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Montipora sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Sarcophyton sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Galaxaura filamentosa
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Favia stelligera
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Halimeda taenicola
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Porites vaughani
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Turbinaria reniformis
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Galaxaura marginata
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Pavona varians
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Bryopsis pennata
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Pneophyllum sp.
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Astreopora sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Pocillopora eydouxi
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Porites rus
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Fungia sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Rhodactis sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Montipora aequitrabeculata
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Favites sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Dictyota sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Pocillopora damicornis
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Favia sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Stylophora sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Montastrea sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Peyssonnelia sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Hydnophora microconnos
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Halimeda fragilis
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Pocillopora verrucosa
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Cyanobacteria
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Dead coral
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Pavona maldivensis
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Platygyra daedalea
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Porites australiensis
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Rubble/turfalgae
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Dictyosphaeria versluysii
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Hydnophora exesa
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Lithophyllum sp.
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Psammocora haimeana
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Rubble/sand
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Leptoseris mycetoseroides
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Montipora capitata
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Montipora incrassata
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Leptastrea sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Dictyosphaeria cavernosa
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Montipora verrucosa
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Ceramium sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Palythoa sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Montipora verilli
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Steroenepthya sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Lobophyllia sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Amphiroa sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Cladiella sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Pavement
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Avrainvillea lacerata
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Gardineroseris planulata
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Pavement/Coralline algae
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Stylophora pistillata
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Platygyra sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Hydrolithon sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Titanoderma protypum
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Montipora tuberculosa
2010 PRIAs Palmyra crustose coralline red algae
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Halomitra pileus
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Pavona explanulata
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Hydnophora sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Octocoral
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Montipora flabellata
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Valonia utricularis
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Sand/turf
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Herpolitha sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Porites sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Psammocora sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Pavona chiriquiensis
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Sandalolitha sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Tubastrea/Balanophyllia
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Distichopora sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Grateloupia sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Stylaster sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Favites pentagonia
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Mesophyllum sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Favia matthai
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Favites complanata
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Echinopora sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Caulerpa sertularioides
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Pavona minuta
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Carpopeltis sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Neogoniolithon sp
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Caulerpa cupressoides
2010 PRIAs Palmyra Stylophora mordax
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- Beginning_Date: 20100407
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Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP): Biennial monitoring for the U.S. Pacific Islands and Atolls
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- Theme_Keyword: Benthic Cover
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- Theme_Keyword: Palmyra Atoll
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EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral reef ecology
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EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment
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OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Palmyra Atoll (05N162W0001)
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COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Palmyra Atoll (05N162W0001)
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Please cite CRED when using the data. Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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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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- Address: 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176
- City: Honolulu
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- Postal_Code: 96818
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Nichole Price, Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California
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The benthic cover parameter observations were made by a single diver who is coral reef ecologist. The benthic cover assessment surveys are conducted one time per site per survey year; it is not replicated.
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The same methods of data collection were used at each of the sites surveyed at this location, and were conducted by the same scientist.
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The survey sites were selected to be representative of the dominant habitats at this reef system.
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- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 0.3
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REA surveys are investigations that provide a high degree of taxonomic resolution for coral, algae, and other macroinvertebrate communities. The majority of REA surveys were conducted along the forereef slopes of individual islands at depths between 10 and 20 m. However, additional habitats including lagoonal-type patch reef and offshore oceanic banks were surveyed when they existed.
During REA surveys, biological assessment teams follow highly structured protocols that are repeated at each REA site. Upon arrival at an REA site, divers entered the water and deployed two 25M transect lines which are shared with coral surveys that gather community structure, diversity, recruitment, and health status data. The sampling effort takes between 60 and 80 min to complete.
The selection of REA sites was made in close consultation with Coral Reef Advisory Group (CRAG) and local agencies. Factors considered during REA site selection included: (1) ensuring a range of sample sites representative of the benthic and reef fish habitats around each island; (2) selecting a mixture of sites within and outside of marine protected areas; (3) selecting a mixture of both 'impacted' and 'least impacted' sites; (4) selecting some sites adjacent to local villages, and (5) selecting a number of sites that could be compared to and complement previous assessment and monitoring work as well as future coral reef monitoring proposed by CRAG and local agencies. It is important to note that access to REA sites can be limited by wave exposure, weather conditions, and other environmental factors such as currents, which can affect the ability to resurvey sites between years.
Transect placement was guided by: (1) a focus on hard-bottom communities; (2) deploying lines along an isobath to the extent possible at each site, and (3) laying the transect lines into the prevailing current.
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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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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.
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