Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Publication_Date: 20090508
Title:
CRED REA Reef Fish Assessment Survey at Pagan Island, Marianas Archipelago in 2009
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet
Online_Linkage:
Description:
Abstract:
To support a long-term NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) for sustainable management and conservation of coral reef ecosystems, from 15 April - 7 May 2009, reef fish assessment surveys were conducted, as a part of Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA), during the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise HI0903 in the Marianas Archipelago at biennial intervals by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC). During the cruise, 21 REA sites were surveyed at Pagan Island in the Marianas Archipelago.
At the specific REA sites, fish biologists along with coral biologists, algal biologists and marine invertebrate zoologist entered the water and conducted a fine-scale (~300 m2) and high degree of taxonomic resolution REA survey to assess and monitor species composition, abundance, percent cover, size distribution, diversity, and general health of fish, corals, macro-invertebrates, and algae in shallow-water (< 35 m) habitats.
Reef fish assessment surveys were focused on cataloging the diversity (species richness), abundance (numeric density [# fish 100 m-2] and biomass density [kg 100 m-2]) of diurnally active reef fish assemblages. Three complementary noninvasive underwater survey methods were used, including belt-transect, stationary point count, and roving-diver surveys. For all methods, fish were identified at the species level, when possible, and assigned to a size bin ranging from 1 to 200 cm based on a visual estimate of total fish length.
Belt-transect (BLT) surveys were used to quantify the entire diurnal fish community (all size classes). In belt-transect surveys, two fish biologists swam side-by-side along three consecutively-placed, 25m transect lines. The BLT team swam each transect two times. During the initial swim-out, each fish diver recorded all fish larger than 20 cm observed within a 4-m wide belt perpendicular to their respective side of the transect (200 m2 area per line, 100 m2 per diver). On the return swim, each fish diver recorded all fish less than 20 cm observed within a 2-m wide belt (100 m2 area per line, 50 m2 per diver). The survey of large fish took approximately 5 min to complete while the survey of smaller fish took about 10 min to complete. All reef-associated fish, including those in the water column (including planktivores), were counted. Any coastal pelagic species (e.g., clupeids [sardines], belonids [beakfish], antherinids [silversides]) seen near the surface were not recorded.
The stationary point count (SPC) method were used to quantify larger, more mobile reef fish species that can be missed on belt-transect surveys. In stationary point count survey, a fish biologist swam approximately 15 m away from a transect line concurrently being surveyed by the other two BLT fish biologists. The SPC biologist then recorded all fish greater than 25 cm in length that passed within a visually estimated 20-m diameter cylinder centered on the diver's fixed position (10-m radius, total area = 314 m2). The survey time for each stationary point count survey was 5 min and a total of four stationary point count surveys were conducted at each REA site.
Roving-diver surveys were followed belt-transect and stationary point count surveys. As diver bottom time permitted, the fish assessment team conducted random swim surveys throughout the REA site area, recording, to the species level or the lowest recognizable taxon, the presence of reef fish not encountered during previous methods.
Purpose:
Part of a long-term monitoring program at biennial intervals which documents the state of the reefs.
Supplemental_Information:
Maximum depth was 23 meters.
Fish species observed:
Year Region Island Species TaxonName
2009 MARIAN Pagan ABSO Abudefduf sordidus
2009 MARIAN Pagan ABVA Abudefduf vaigiensis
2009 MARIAN Pagan ACBL Acanthurus blochii
2009 MARIAN Pagan ACDU Acanthurus dussumieri
2009 MARIAN Pagan ACGU Acanthurus guttatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan ACLE Acanthurus leucopareius
2009 MARIAN Pagan ACLI Acanthurus lineatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan ACNC Acanthurus nigricans
2009 MARIAN Pagan ACNI Acanthurus nigricauda
2009 MARIAN Pagan ACNF Acanthurus nigrofuscus
2009 MARIAN Pagan ACNU Acanthurus nubilus
2009 MARIAN Pagan ACOL Acanthurus olivaceus
2009 MARIAN Pagan ACPY Acanthurus pyroferus
2009 MARIAN Pagan ACTH Acanthurus thompsoni
2009 MARIAN Pagan ACXA Acanthurus xanthopterus
2009 MARIAN Pagan AENA Aetobatus narinari
2009 MARIAN Pagan AMCH Amphiprion chrysopterus
2009 MARIAN Pagan AMCL Amphiprion clarkii
2009 MARIAN Pagan ANCA Anampses caeruleopunctatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan ANSP Anampses sp
2009 MARIAN Pagan APFU Aphareus furca
2009 MARIAN Pagan APEX Apogon exostigma
2009 MARIAN Pagan CARD Apogonidae sp
2009 MARIAN Pagan APTR Apolemichthys trimaculatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan APVI Aprion virescens
2009 MARIAN Pagan ARBI Archamia biguttata
2009 MARIAN Pagan ARHI Arothron hispidus
2009 MARIAN Pagan ARME Arothron meleagris
2009 MARIAN Pagan BAUN Balistapus undulatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan BAVI Balistoides viridescens
2009 MARIAN Pagan BLEN Blenniidae sp
2009 MARIAN Pagan BOAX Bodianus axillaris
2009 MARIAN Pagan BOBI Bodianus bilunulatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CATE Caesio teres
2009 MARIAN Pagan CACA Calotomus carolinus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CADU Cantherhines dumerilii
2009 MARIAN Pagan CAPA Cantherhines pardalis
2009 MARIAN Pagan CAAM Canthigaster amboinensis
2009 MARIAN Pagan CASO Canthigaster solandri
2009 MARIAN Pagan CAMC Caracanthus maculatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CAOR Carangoides orthogrammus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CALU Caranx lugubris
2009 MARIAN Pagan CAME Caranx melampygus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CASE Caranx sexfasciatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CAAB Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
2009 MARIAN Pagan CAML Carcharhinus melanopterus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CEFL Centropyge flavissima
2009 MARIAN Pagan CEHE Centropyge heraldi
2009 MARIAN Pagan CESH Centropyge shepardi
2009 MARIAN Pagan CEAR Cephalopholis argus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CESO Cephalopholis sonnerati
2009 MARIAN Pagan CEUR Cephalopholis urodeta
2009 MARIAN Pagan CEOC Cetoscarus ocellatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHAU Chaetodon auriga
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHCI Chaetodon citrinellus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHEP Chaetodon ephippium
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHLU Chaetodon lunula
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHMR Chaetodon mertensii
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHME Chaetodon meyeri
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHOR Chaetodon ornatissimus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHPU Chaetodon punctatofasciatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHQU Chaetodon quadrimaculatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHRE Chaetodon reticulatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHTR Chaetodon trifascialis
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHUL Chaetodon ulietensis
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHUN Chaetodon unimaculatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHTL Cheilinus trilobatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHMD Cheilodipterus macrodon
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHFN Chlorurus frontalis
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHMC Chlorurus microrhinos
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHSO Chlorurus sordidus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHAC Chromis acares
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHAG Chromis agilis
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHAM Chromis amboinensis
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHMA Chromis margaritifer
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHVA Chromis vanderbilti
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHXA Chromis xanthura
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHBR Chrysiptera brownriggii
2009 MARIAN Pagan CIKA Cirrhilabrus katherinae
2009 MARIAN Pagan CIFL Cirrhitichthys falco
2009 MARIAN Pagan CIPI Cirrhitus pinnulatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CIPO Cirripectes polyzona
2009 MARIAN Pagan CISP Cirripectes sp
2009 MARIAN Pagan CIVR Cirripectes variolosus
2009 MARIAN Pagan COAY Coris aygula
2009 MARIAN Pagan COGA Coris gaimard
2009 MARIAN Pagan CTBI Ctenochaetus binotatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CTCY Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CTHA Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis
2009 MARIAN Pagan CTSR Ctenochaetus striatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan DARE Dascyllus reticulatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan DATR Dascyllus trimaculatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan EPFA Epinephelus fasciatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan EPHE Epinephelus hexagonatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan EPMA Epinephelus maculatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan EPML Epinephelus melanostigma
2009 MARIAN Pagan FOFL Forcipiger flavissimus
2009 MARIAN Pagan FOLO Forcipiger longirostris
2009 MARIAN Pagan GNAU Gnathodentex aureolineatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan GOVA Gomphosus varius
2009 MARIAN Pagan GRAL Gracila albomarginata
2009 MARIAN Pagan GYFL Gymnothorax flavimarginatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan GYJA Gymnothorax javanicus
2009 MARIAN Pagan GYME Gymnothorax meleagris
2009 MARIAN Pagan HABI Halichoeres biocellatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan HAHO Halichoeres hortulanus
2009 MARIAN Pagan HAMT Halichoeres margaritaceus
2009 MARIAN Pagan HAMA Halichoeres marginatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan HAOR Halichoeres ornatissimus
2009 MARIAN Pagan HEFA Hemigymnus fasciatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan HETH Hemitaurichthys thompsoni
2009 MARIAN Pagan HECH Heniochus chrysostomus
2009 MARIAN Pagan HILO Hipposcarus longiceps
2009 MARIAN Pagan HODO Hologymnosus doliatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan CHUB Kyphosidae sp
2009 MARIAN Pagan KYPA Kyphosus pacificus
2009 MARIAN Pagan WRAS Labridae sp
2009 MARIAN Pagan LABI Labroides bicolor
2009 MARIAN Pagan LADI Labroides dimidiatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan LAPE Labroides pectoralis
2009 MARIAN Pagan LAXA Labropsis xanthonota
2009 MARIAN Pagan LETA Lepidozygus tapeinosoma
2009 MARIAN Pagan LEOB Lethrinus obsoletus
2009 MARIAN Pagan LEXA Lethrinus xanthochilus
2009 MARIAN Pagan LUBO Lutjanus bohar
2009 MARIAN Pagan LUFU Lutjanus fulvus
2009 MARIAN Pagan LUGI Lutjanus gibbus
2009 MARIAN Pagan LUKA Lutjanus kasmira
2009 MARIAN Pagan LUMO Lutjanus monostigma
2009 MARIAN Pagan MAMA Macolor macularis
2009 MARIAN Pagan MANI Macolor niger
2009 MARIAN Pagan MAME Macropharyngodon meleagris
2009 MARIAN Pagan MABR Malacanthus brevirostris
2009 MARIAN Pagan MALA Malacanthus latovittatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan MENI Melichthys niger
2009 MARIAN Pagan MEVI Melichthys vidua
2009 MARIAN Pagan MOGR Monotaxis grandoculis
2009 MARIAN Pagan MUFL Mulloidichthys flavolineatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan MUVA Mulloidichthys vanicolensis
2009 MARIAN Pagan MYBE Myripristis berndti
2009 MARIAN Pagan MYKU Myripristis kuntee
2009 MARIAN Pagan MYVI Myripristis vittata
2009 MARIAN Pagan NAAN Naso annulatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan NABR Naso brevirostris
2009 MARIAN Pagan NAHE Naso hexacanthus
2009 MARIAN Pagan NALI Naso lituratus
2009 MARIAN Pagan NATO Naso tonganus
2009 MARIAN Pagan NAUN Naso unicornis
2009 MARIAN Pagan NAVL Naso vlamingii
2009 MARIAN Pagan NEFE Nebrius ferrugineus
2009 MARIAN Pagan NEMA Nemateleotris magnifica
2009 MARIAN Pagan NEAR Neocirrhites armatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan NESA Neoniphon sammara
2009 MARIAN Pagan OSME Ostracion meleagris
2009 MARIAN Pagan OXSP Oxycheilinus sp.
2009 MARIAN Pagan OXUN Oxycheilinus unifasciatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan PAAR Paracirrhites arcatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan PAFO Paracirrhites forsteri
2009 MARIAN Pagan PAHE Paracirrhites hemistictus
2009 MARIAN Pagan PACL Parapercis clathrata
2009 MARIAN Pagan PABA Parupeneus barberinus
2009 MARIAN Pagan PACY Parupeneus cyclostomus
2009 MARIAN Pagan PAIN Parupeneus insularis
2009 MARIAN Pagan PAMU Parupeneus multifasciatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan PEOU Pempheris oualensis
2009 MARIAN Pagan PLTA Plagiotremus tapeinosoma
2009 MARIAN Pagan PLPI Plectorhinchus picus
2009 MARIAN Pagan PLDI Plectroglyphidodon dickii
2009 MARIAN Pagan PLIM Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis
2009 MARIAN Pagan PLJO Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus
2009 MARIAN Pagan PLLA Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan PLLE Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus
2009 MARIAN Pagan PLPH Plectroglyphidodon phoenixensis
2009 MARIAN Pagan POIM Pomacanthus imperator
2009 MARIAN Pagan POVA Pomacentrus vaiuli
2009 MARIAN Pagan POGU Pomachromis guamensis
2009 MARIAN Pagan PSBI Pseudanthias bicolor
2009 MARIAN Pagan PSPA Pseudanthias pascalus
2009 MARIAN Pagan PSEV Pseudocheilinus evanidus
2009 MARIAN Pagan PSHE Pseudocheilinus hexataenia
2009 MARIAN Pagan PSOC Pseudocheilinus octotaenia
2009 MARIAN Pagan PSTE Pseudocheilinus tetrataenia
2009 MARIAN Pagan PSMO Pseudodax moluccanus
2009 MARIAN Pagan PSAT Pseudojuloides atavai
2009 MARIAN Pagan PTEV Ptereleotris evides
2009 MARIAN Pagan PTHE Ptereleotris heteroptera
2009 MARIAN Pagan PTMI Ptereleotris microlepis
2009 MARIAN Pagan PTZE Ptereleotris zebra
2009 MARIAN Pagan PTMA Pterocaesio marri
2009 MARIAN Pagan PTTI Pterocaesio tile
2009 MARIAN Pagan PTAN Pterois antennata
2009 MARIAN Pagan PYDI Pygoplites diacanthus
2009 MARIAN Pagan RHRE Rhinecanthus rectangulus
2009 MARIAN Pagan SACA Sargocentron caudimaculatum
2009 MARIAN Pagan SADI Sargocentron diadema
2009 MARIAN Pagan SAMI Sargocentron microstoma
2009 MARIAN Pagan SASP Sargocentron spiniferum
2009 MARIAN Pagan SATI Sargocentron tiere
2009 MARIAN Pagan SCAL Scarus altipinnis
2009 MARIAN Pagan SCDM Scarus dimidiatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan SCFE Scarus festivus
2009 MARIAN Pagan SCFO Scarus forsteni
2009 MARIAN Pagan SCOV Scarus oviceps
2009 MARIAN Pagan SCRU Scarus rubroviolaceus
2009 MARIAN Pagan SCLY Scomberoides lysan
2009 MARIAN Pagan SPDE Spratelloides delicatulus
2009 MARIAN Pagan STFA Stegastes fasciolatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan STBN Stethojulis bandanensis
2009 MARIAN Pagan STST Stethojulis strigiventer
2009 MARIAN Pagan SUBU Sufflamen bursa
2009 MARIAN Pagan SUCH Sufflamen chrysopterum
2009 MARIAN Pagan THAM Thalassoma amblycephalum
2009 MARIAN Pagan THLU Thalassoma lutescens
2009 MARIAN Pagan THQU Thalassoma quinquevittatum
2009 MARIAN Pagan THSP Thalassoma sp
2009 MARIAN Pagan THTR Thalassoma trilobatum
2009 MARIAN Pagan TROB Triaenodon obesus
2009 MARIAN Pagan VAST Valenciennea strigata
2009 MARIAN Pagan VALO Variola louti
2009 MARIAN Pagan XAAU Xanthichthys auromarginatus
2009 MARIAN Pagan ZACO Zanclus cornutus
2009 MARIAN Pagan ZEFL Zebrasoma flavescens
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20090422
Ending_Date: 20090424
Currentness_Reference: Ground condition
Status:
Progress: In Work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: asNeeded
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: 145.696404
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 145.824423
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.17954
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.034394
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NCEI Geoportal Filter
Theme_Keyword: CoRIS_Metadata
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CRCP Project
Theme_Keyword:
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP): Biennial monitoring for the U.S. Pacific Islands and Atolls
Theme_Keyword: 1221
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Marine Ecosystem
Theme_Keyword: Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP)
Theme_Keyword: Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA)
Theme_Keyword: Coral Reef
Theme_Keyword: Reef Fishes
Theme_Keyword: Belt Transect (BLT) Survey
Theme_Keyword: Stationary Point Count (SPC )Surveys
Theme_Keyword: Roving-diver surveys
Theme_Keyword: Marianas Archipelago
Theme_Keyword: Pagan Island
Theme_Keyword: HI0903
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets > Biology
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
Theme_Keyword:
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral reef ecology
Theme_Keyword:
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment
Theme_Keyword:
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Rapid assessment studies
Theme_Keyword:
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Reef fish census
Theme_Keyword:
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Reef fish census > Stationary
Theme_Keyword:
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Reef fish census > Random swimming
Theme_Keyword:
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Reef fish census > Belt transect
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: biota
Theme_Keyword: 002
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Marianas Archipelago
Place_Keyword: Pagan Island
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Region
Place_Keyword: CNMI
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus
Place_Keyword:
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Pagan Island > Pagan Island (18N145E0001)
Place_Keyword:
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Pagan > Pagan Island (18N145E0001)
Access_Constraints: Data are available two years following data collection date.
Use_Constraints:
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
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Contact_Person: Ivor Williams
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: NOAA IRC
Address: NMFS/PIFSC/CRED
Address: 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176
City: Honolulu
State_or_Province: HI
Postal_Code: 96818
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808 725-5360
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808 725-5429
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov
Contact_Instructions: e-mail preferred
Data_Set_Credit:
"Robert Schroeder, Marc Nadon, Paula Ayotte, Valerie Brown, Marie Ferguson", Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
Security_Information:
Security_Classification_System: Not applicable
Security_Classification: Unclassified
Security_Handling_Description: Not applicable
Native_Data_Set_Environment: Oracle