Marine Biological Survey ROI-NAMUR Outfall, United States Army Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands, May 2000 (NODC Accession 0000653)

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information
• CoRIS

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Kevin Foster

Originator:

U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Ecoregion

Originator: Michael Molina

Originator:

U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Ecoregion

Originator: John Naughton

Originator: NOAA/NMFS

Originator: Isabella Abbott

Originator: University of Hawaii Botany

Publication_Date: 200112

Title:

Marine Biological Survey ROI-NAMUR Outfall, United States Army Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands, May 2000 (NODC Accession 0000653)

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Publisher: Department of Interior, USA

Online_Linkage: https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/653

Description:

Abstract:

Roi-Namur is located at the northernmost tip of Kwajalein Atoll,approximately 64 kilometers north of the U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll(USAKA) central command post on Kwajalein Islet. Roi-Namur has a single sewage outfall, which is located at the northwestern corner of the islet. Originally, the outfall extended from shore to a point about halfway across the reef flat where the pipe ended abruptly as an upturned, uncapped elbow. Raw sewage was pumped through the pipe in pulses approximately every 15-20 minutes. Waves and shallow currents across the reef flat carried at least some of the effluent back toward shore and the lagoon, creating a potentially unhealthy situation. In order to correct this problem, USAKA implemented a plan to extend the original outfall all the way across the reef flat and into the open ocean where the predominant current flow would carry effluent-mixed waters away from the islet. Ultimately, the extended outfall was to be connected to a new sewage treatment facility that would discharge primarily treated effluent. Because of a concern that this discharge might adversely impact the coral-reef community surrounding the end of the new outfall, a baseline marine biological survey was to be conducted prior to start-up of the new sewage treatment facility. As planned, the results of this survey would provide a baseline against which the results of future surveys could be compared in order to determine whether a balanced community of indigenous species had been maintained at the site during operation of the facility. If not, conversion to secondary treatment at the facility would need to be considered. The first resurvey was planned to occur one year after start-up of the new sewage treatment facility with subsequent resurveys planned for every five years thereafter. In August 1997, biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) conducted the baseline marine biological survey in the vicinity of the Roi-Namur outfall. In May 2000, biologists from these agencies returned to Roi-Namur to re-characterize the coral-reef habitat and biological organisms at five survey sites in the vicinity of the outfall, previously established during the 1997 baseline marine biological survey. The purpose of the second survey was to collect data to determine whether a balanced community of indigenous species had been maintained at this location after the sewage treatment facility became operational. If not, conversion to secondary treatment at the facility would need to be considered. For the National Oceanographic Data Center, interest in the report focuses on the marine element. Data tables from marine surveys of reef fishes, corals, other macroinvertebrates, and algae that exist in those habitats are provided.

Purpose:

To generally characterize the coral-reef habitat within the vicinity of the outfall and document the primary species of reef fishes,corals, other macroinvertebrates, and algae that exist in those habitats.

Supplemental_Information:

NOAA Supplemental: Entry_ID: UnknownSensor_Name: SCUBA, visual census Sensor_Name: 0.25 meters-squared stringed quadrat Sensor_Name: Transect tape Sensor_Name: Hand-held GPS Source_Name: manual Project_Campaign: US Army Originating_Center: US Fish and Wildlife Service Storage_Medium: ASCII and WordPerfect 8Reference: Similar NODC Dataset: 1998 Wake Island, NODC ACCN 0000247 Reference: Similar NODC Dataset: 1996 Kwajalein Atoll, NODC ACCN 0000251 Reference: Similar NODC Dataset: 1998 Kwajalein Atoll, NODC ACCN 0000631Reference: Similar NODC Dataset: 1997 Namur-ROI, NODC ACCN 0000630 Online_size: 7.4 megabytes

Resource Description: NODC Accession Number 0000653

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20000501

Beginning_Time: 0800

Ending_Date: 20000531

Ending_Time: 1700

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Resurvey plans every five years

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 167.4465233

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 167.4694319

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 09.4067443

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 09.373071

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NCEI Geoportal Filter

Theme_Keyword: CoRIS_Metadata

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Biological survey

Theme_Keyword: Coral species

Theme_Keyword: reef fish species

Theme_Keyword: macro-invertebrate species

Theme_Keyword: sponge species

Theme_Keyword: algae species

Theme_Keyword: benthic habitat

Theme_Keyword: subtrate type and cover

Theme_Keyword: coastal studies

Theme_Keyword: coral reef

Theme_Keyword: Coral reef monitoring and assessment

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus

Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets > Biology

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Coastal Habitat

Theme_Keyword:

EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Habitats

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Estuarine Habitat

Theme_Keyword:

EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment

Theme_Keyword:

EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Baseline studies

Theme_Keyword:

EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Quadrat Monitoring > In Situ

Theme_Keyword:

EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Transect monitoring

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: biota

Theme_Keyword: 002

Theme_Keyword: oceans

Theme_Keyword: 014

Theme_Keyword: environment

Theme_Keyword: 007

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Namur

Place_Keyword: Kwajalein Atoll

Place_Keyword: Marshall Islands

Place_Keyword: tropical western Pacific

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Region

Place_Keyword: RMI

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus

Place_Keyword:

OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Ralik Islands > Roi-Namur Islet (09N167E0002)

Place_Keyword:

COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Marshall Islands > Kwajalein Atoll > Roi-Namur Islet (09N167E0002)

Stratum:

Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Stratum_Keyword: benthic

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

NOAA and NODC would appreciate recognition as the resource from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Kevin Foster

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Islands Ecoregion

Contact_Position: Biologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: physical and mailing

Address: 300 Ala Moana Blvd

Address: RM 3-122

City: Honolulu

State_or_Province: Hawaii

Postal_Code: 96850

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (808)541-3441

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Kevin_Foster@mail.fws.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

Mr. Randy Galien U.S. Department of the Army Space and Missile Defense Command U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll Republic of the Marshall Islands

Native_Data_Set_Environment: Corel WordPerfect 8 Document

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: see Lineage - Process Step

Completeness_Report: the survey was 100% completed

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: I. A. Abbott

Publication_Date: 1999

Title: Marine Red Algae of the Hawaiian Islands

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Honolulu, Hawaii.

Publisher: Bishop Museum Press

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1999

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Abbott, 1999

Source_Contribution: Marine Red Algae

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: P. L. Colin

Originator: C. Arneson

Publication_Date: 1995

Title:

Tropical Pacific Invertebrates - A Field Guide to the Marine Invertebrates Occurring on Tropical Pacific Coral Reefs, Seagrass Beds and Mangroves

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Beverly Hills, California

Publisher: Coral Reef Press

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1995

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Colin and Arneson, 1995

Source_Contribution: Marine Invertebrate Identification

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: C. L. Hunter

Publication_Date: 1995

Title:

Review of Status of Coral Reefs Around American Flag Pacific Islands and Assessment of Need, Value, and Feasibility of Establishing a Coral Reef Fishery Management Plan for the Western Pacific Region

Other_Citation_Details:

Final report prepared for the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1995

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Hunter, 1995

Source_Contribution: Coral Reef Fishery Management Plan

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: S. Johnson

Publication_Date: 1989

Title: Living Seashells

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Honolulu, Hawaii

Publisher: Oriental Publishing Company

Type_of_Source_Media: physical model

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1989

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Johnson, 1989

Source_Contribution: seashells

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: R. F. Myers

Publication_Date: 1989

Title:

Micronesian Reef Fishes - A Practical Guide to the Identification of the Coral Reef Fishes of the Tropical Central and Western Pacific

Edition: 2nd ed.

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Agana, Guam

Publisher: Coral Graphics

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1989

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Myers, 1989

Source_Contribution: identification of coral reef fishes

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: J. E. Randal

Originator: H.A. Randal

Publication_Date: 1987

Title:

Annotated checklist of the fishes of Enewetak Atoll and other Marshall Islands

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: D.M. Devaney

Originator: E.S.Reese

Originator: B.L. Burch

Originator: P.Helfrich (eds.)

Publication_Date: 1987

Title:

The Natural History of Enewetak Atoll - Volume II, Biogeography and Systematics

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Publisher:

Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1987

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Randal and Randal, 1987

Source_Contribution: fish checklist

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: USEPA

Publication_Date: 1994

Title: Amended Section 301(h) Technical Support Document

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, DC

Publisher:

Oceans and Coastal Protection Division (4504F) Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1994

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USEPA, 1994

Source_Contribution: Technical Support Document.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Department of the Army, Space and Missile Defense Command

Publication_Date: 2001

Title:

Baseline Marine Biological Survey, Roi-Namur Outfall, United States Army Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands

Other_Citation_Details:

Prepared by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2001

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USFWS/NMFS,2001

Source_Contribution: Baseline Marine Biological Survey

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: J. E. N. Veron

Publication_Date: 1993

Title: Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Honolulu, Hawaii

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press.

Other_Citation_Details: 644 p.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1993

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Veron, 1993

Source_Contribution: Coral identification

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Two complementary survey techniques were used at each station: (a) asemi-quantitative Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) and a quantitative benthic substrate survey. The REA was used to characterize species and habitat conditions at each station. The technique consisted of timed 30-minute scuba dives by biologists to survey fishes, corals and other macroinvertebrates. All dive operations were supported by Coastal International Security (CIS) and conducted from a 28-foot boat that was operated by CIS Lieutenant Gail Fabrizio. Mission logistical support was provided by Dr. Donald Ott of the USAKA Environmental Office. During each REA survey dive, biologists swam over the reef in a meandering fashion with a minimum amount of backtracking. Species of reef fishes, corals, other macroinvertebrates, and algae were recorded on underwater paper for later transcription. Emphasis was given to identifying conspicuous, diurnally active species. As a result, small, cryptic, and nocturnally active species are under-represented in the data. Many mollusc identifications were based on empty shells. The species observed during the REAs are ranked as being Abundant, Common, Occasional, or Rare. These categories are defined as follows: Abundant (A) = the species contributes substantial abundance or coverage (25+% of total) or is very numerous in the survey area (e.g., 15+ individuals of a fish species) or is dominant within parts of the survey area; Common (C) = the species is present as several or more individuals (e.g., 5-14 individuals of a fish species) or as a few larger colonies or is conspicuous in only one or a few parts of the survey area; Occasional (O) = the species is uncommon or present only as a few individuals (e.g., 2-4 individuals for fish species) or as a few large colonies, but not contributing substantially to abundance or substrate coverage anywhere within the survey area; Rare (R) = the species is present on the basis of only one individual (e.g. fishes) or colony seen within the survey area. Data on the benthic substrate and marine community were obtained using a 0.25 square-meter (m2) quadrat containing 25 sampling points, defined as the intersections of 5 strings spanning each dimension of the quadrat. Quadrats were placed at regular intervals along the downslope side of a transect tape laid on the bottom at a depth of 9 m (30 feet [ft]). The tape was fixed to metal stakes hammered into the bottom. GPS coordinates for the stake at the beginning end of each transect were recorded The type of substrate directly beneath each string intersection on the quadrat was recorded on underwater paper for later transcription. At all stations except the ZID, a 40-m transect tape was used, with quadrat samples taken every 5 m for a total of 9 samples per station. In order to more intensively sample the environment in the ZID around the diffuser, a 7-m transect tape was used, with quadrat samples taken every one meter for a total of 8 samples. Non-biological substrate types recorded along the transects included consolidated limestone pavement, rubble, and sand. Biological substrate types were in most cases not identified to species during quadrat sampling, but were instead grouped into the following classes: Cyanobacterial fuzz, Lyngbia spp (dominant blue-green algae), Coralline algae, Halimeda spp (dominant green algae), Lobophora sp (dominant brown alga), Peyssonelia sp(dominant red alga), Sponge (all spp), Hydroid (all spp), Coral (all true hard corals of the Order Scleractinia), Millepora spp (dominant false corals), Sarcophyton spp (dominant soft corals), and Palythoa sp(dominant zoanthid).

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Abbott, 1999

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Colin and Arneson, 1995

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Hunter, 1995

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Johnson, 1989

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Myers, 1989

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Randal and Randal, 1987

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USEPA, 1994

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USFWS/NMFS, 2001

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Veron, 1993

Process_Date: Unknown

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Kevin Foster

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Islands Ecoregion

Contact_Position: Biologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: physical and mailing

Address: 300 Ala Moana Blvd

Address: RM 3-122

City: Honolulu

State_or_Province: Hawaii

Postal_Code: 96850

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (808)541-3441

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Kevin_Foster@mail.fws.gov

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NOAA/NESDIS/National Oceanographic Data Center

Contact_Person: Data Access Group, User Services Team

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: SSMC-3 Fourth Floor

Address: 1315 East West Highway

City: Silver Spring

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20910-3282

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-3277

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-713-3302

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: services@nodc.noaa.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8am-5pm, Monday through Friday

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20200329

Metadata_Review_Date: 20081015

Metadata_Future_Review_Date: 20060801

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Mr. Patrick C. Caldwell

Contact_Organization: NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC

Contact_Position: Hawaii/US Pacific Liaison

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: 1000 Pope Road, MSB 316

Address: Dept. of Oceanography

Address: University of Hawaii at Manoa

City: Honolulu

State_or_Province: Hawaii

Postal_Code: 96822

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (808)-956-4105

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (808) 956-2352

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: caldwell@hawaii.edu

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CoRIS:

CoRIS_ID: 20081015080831

CoRIS_Children: None

CoRIS_Beginning_Date: 20000501

CoRIS_Ending_Date: 20000531

CoRIS_Metadata_Link:

https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/nodc_0000653.html

CoRIS_Tracking_ID: 2315