Resource-Fish surveys using timed-swims at 14 coral reef ecosystem sites off West Hawaii and 39 sites off Maui in 2005 (NODC Accession 0002709)

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Dr. Ivor Williams
Originator: Division of Aquatic Resources
Originator: Division of Lands and Natural Resources
Originator: State of Hawaii
Publication_Date: Unpublished material
Title:
Resource-Fish surveys using timed-swims at 14 coral reef ecosystem sites off West Hawaii and 39 sites off Maui in 2005 (NODC Accession 0002709)
Online_Linkage: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0002709
Description:
Abstract:
Effective management of coral reef ecosystems depends on adequate data on the status and trends of key ecosystem components. In spite of which, previous coral reef monitoring programs in the Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) have been fragmentary and uncoordinated, with little or no overlap among programs in terms of survey site locations or habitat. The primary goal of this project was to develop and optimize an integrated reef-scale and ecosystem-scale monitoring approach for use by the state of Hawaii's aquatic resource management agency, the Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR), within the MHI. A combination of methods already applied by DAR with new ones developed and trialed by this project now form the basis of a standard 'method toolkit' for use by DAR monitoring staff. The key output of this project, an integrated statewide coral reef monitoring scheme, has been adopted by DAR, who have committed to implementing it, beginning in 2006.

Two new monitoring approaches: (i) 'Resource-Fish' surveys (targeting the large and mobile fishes which are primary targets of recreational and commercial food fisheries); and (ii) 'Benthic Characterization' (intended to be a medium-large scale survey approach capable of relatively easily generating benthic information suitable for improved understanding of fish distribution and community structure, and for detecting gross change in benthos) were developed and field trialed at sites in West Hawaii.

Extended fish trials of an 'integrated monitoring' approach, comprising both existing small-scale and the newly developed medium-large scale approaches were conducted at 14 sites in West Hawaii (Big Island) (each site surveyed 4 times for fish, once for 'Benthic Characterization'). Additionally, 'Resource-Fish' surveys using the newly developed methodology were conducted at 39 sites in Maui, and data from those surveys compared with an alternative approach focusing on the same fish groups which had been previously utilized at Maui sites (but not elsewhere in the state). 'Benthic Characterization' surveys were conducted at 14 sites in West Hawaii.

This dataset includes only the 'Resource-Fish' surveys. The 'Benthic Characterization' sets will be provided to the NOAA posterity archive at a later date. NODC Accession Number 0002627 contains the same data in this dataset for West Hawaii. This new dataset adds the Maui 'Resource-Fish' data.

Purpose:
The chief objective of the program was to develop a comprehensive and integrated coral reef monitoring program for the Main Hawaii Islands, based on a common toolkit of robust and efficient methods.
Supplemental_Information:
Sensor_Name SCUBA Source_Name manual Project_Campaign: Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative, Integrated Monitoring of coral reefs of West Hawaii: Developing a whole-reef and ecosystem approach for the Main Hawaiian Islands Originating_Center Division of Aquatic Resources, Division of Lands and Natural Resources, State of Hawaii Storage_Medium MS Excel and MS Word Online_size: 5816 kbytes
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20050421
Ending_Date: 20051130
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -156.96275
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -155.849
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 21.01876
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 19.167
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NCEI Geoportal Filter
Theme_Keyword: CoRIS_Metadata
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Coastal studies
Theme_Keyword: biology
Theme_Keyword: coral reef
Theme_Keyword: Fish species, family, taxa
Theme_Keyword: Count
Theme_Keyword: Size
Theme_Keyword: Search Duration
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: 007
Theme_Keyword: biota
Theme_Keyword: 002
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets > Fish Census
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword:
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Census
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean
Place_Keyword: Hawaii
Place_Keyword: Big Island
Place_Keyword: Maui
Place_Keyword: Lanai
Place_Keyword: Lapakahi
Place_Keyword: Waiakailio Bay
Place_Keyword: Puako
Place_Keyword: Anaehoomalu Bay
Place_Keyword: Makalawena
Place_Keyword: Hoona/Unu Aloha Pt.
Place_Keyword: Kaloko-Honokohau
Place_Keyword: Old Kona Airport
Place_Keyword: North Keauhou
Place_Keyword: Red Hill
Place_Keyword: Kealakekua Bay
Place_Keyword: Keei
Place_Keyword: Milolii/Honomalino
Place_Keyword: Okoe Bay
Place_Keyword: Ahihi Kina'u
Place_Keyword: Kalaeloa
Place_Keyword: Kanahena Point
Place_Keyword: Kanahena Bay
Place_Keyword: La Perouse Bay
Place_Keyword: Keoneoio
Place_Keyword: Lae O Papaka
Place_Keyword: Molokini
Place_Keyword: Makena
Place_Keyword: Keawekapu
Place_Keyword: Maluaka Point
Place_Keyword: Oneuli
Place_Keyword: Pu'u Olai
Place_Keyword: Manele
Place_Keyword: Hulopoe
Place_Keyword: Palaoa
Place_Keyword: Honolua
Place_Keyword: Mokuleia
Place_Keyword: Lipoa
Place_Keyword: Kapalua Bay
Place_Keyword: Honokahua Bay
Place_Keyword: Makaluapuna Point
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus
Place_Keyword:
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii Island > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003)
Place_Keyword:
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003)
Place_Keyword:
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Maui Island > Maui Island (20N156W0004)
Place_Keyword:
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Maui > Maui Island (20N156W0004)
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Region
Place_Keyword: MHI
Stratum:
Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Stratum_Keyword: shallow coastal waters
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: Dataset credit required
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Dr. Ivor Williams
Contact_Organization:
Division of Aquatic Resources, Division of Lands and Natural Resources, State of Hawaii
Contact_Position: Marine biologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: physical
Address: 74-380 B Kealakehe Pkwy
City: Kailua-Kona
State_or_Province: Hawaii
Postal_Code: 96740
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808-983-3727
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ivor@hawaii.edu
Data_Set_Credit:
Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative, Division of Aquatic Resources, Division of Lands and Natural Resources, State of Hawaii
Native_Data_Set_Environment: MS Excel, MS Word

Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report: see lineage, process step
Completeness_Report: none
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
../../data/nodc/TimedSwimMauiWHawFshRsrc.doc or ../../data/nodc/TimedSwimMauiWHawFshRsrc.pdf or ../../data/nodc/TimedSwimMauiWHawFshRsrc.txt

Overview and Objectives: Pairs of divers conduct 5 or 7 minute timed swims recording the number of all medium-large (>15cm TL on Big Island; >10cm TL on Maui) "resource fishes" (Table 1). Divers aim to cover moderate to large areas while looking as far ahead as possible so that diver-observers can focus on the large, mobile and sometimes skittish fishes which are the principal targets of commercial and recreational food fisheries.

Detail: Divers work in pairs, starting from a fixed central point in the survey site (e.g. central pins of WHAP H formation). Divers swim outward from the starting point following the depth contour and remaining where possible within a contiguous stretch of habitat. Divers should aim to move steadily, and adjust their own speeds to prevailing currents so that total distance covered is around 120-150m per 5-minute survey. In West Hawaii, most survey sites are aligned roughly N-S, so one pair of divers swim approximately north and one pair south. Each diver records the size and number of "resource fishes" with total length larger than 15cm within a 5m-wide swath centered on themselves. One diver in each pair will either tow a surface float with a tracking GPS, or deploy a buoy at the end of the swim, so that distance covered per survey can also be calculated (and therefore counts can be analyzed on a per-time or per-distance basis). Data from a pair of divers will always be pooled prior to analysis and therefore, divers should strive not to double count fishes (e.g. a fish moving across the field of vision of both divers should only be counted one of the pair, normally the diver from which side the fish started). Fish sizes are to be recorded in 5cm-slot size categories: D = 15-20 cm; E = 20-25 cm; and fishes larger than 25cm recorded to nearest 5 cm.

In West Hawaii, transects are laid out in an H pattern and are labeled from A to D: transects A and C run parallel, approximately 10m apart and heading northwards from the central pin following the depth contour. B and D transects are also 10m apart and parallel, but run southwards. Mid-depth of each site is around 40ft.

Maui sites are aligned parallel to shore- sites are either shallow (~10ft) or deep (~35ft).

Process_Date: Unknown
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Dr. Ivor Williams
Contact_Organization:
Division of Aquatic Resources, Division of Lands and Natural Resources, State of Hawaii
Contact_Position: Marine biologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: physical
Address: 74-380 B Kealakehe Pkwy
City: Kailua-Kona
State_or_Province: Hawaii
Postal_Code: 96740
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808-983-3727
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ivor@hawaii.edu

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
1. Directory data/original These are the files in the naming convention and format as received from the originator.

Filename comment a) TimedSwim Methods for PatCaldwel incl MAUIl.doc description b) Williams TimedSwim Data 2005 incl Maui.xls data

2. Directory data/nodc These files have had filename standardization.

a) above was renamed TimedSwimMauiWHawFshRsrc.doc. It was dumped into a redundant PDF (TimedSwimMauiWHawFshRsrc.pdf) and ASCII Text (TimedSwimMauiWHawFshRsrc.txt). Note in the later, the tables become difficult to understand. Figures and Tables from this document were saved to separate files as

Filename comment MauiLocations.jpg map WHawLocations.jpg map TimedSwimMauiWHawFshRsrc_Table01.jpg Resource Fish TimedSwimMauiWHawFshRsrc_Table02.jpg Sample Log Sheet TimedSwimMauiWHawFshRsrc_Table03.jpg Big Island names/coordinates TimedSwimMauiWHawFshRsrc_Table04.jpg Maui names/coordinates

Original data file received in MS Excel, b) above, was renamed to TimedSwimMauiWHawFshRsrc.xls. Then, each sheet of this spreadsheet was dumped into a redundant Comma-Separated Version (CSV) ASCII files,

TimedSwimMauiWHawFshRsrc_BI_Data.csv TimedSwimMauiWHawFshRsrc_Maui_Data.csv

The files are self-descriptive.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: none

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC (National Coastal Data Development Center)
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: National Coastal Data Development Center, Building 1100
City: Stennis Space Center
State_or_Province: MS
Postal_Code: 39529
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 866-732-2382
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 228-688-2968
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ncddcgetdata@noaa.gov
Hours_of_Service: 8am-5pm, Monday through Friday
Resource_Description: Offline Data
Distribution_Liability:
NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA, NESDIS, NODC and NCDDC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system.

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20210106
Metadata_Review_Date: 20081217
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
Hours_of_Service: 8 AM to 5 PM weekdays
Contact_Instructions: check services@nodc.noaa.gov if not available
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

CoRIS:
CoRIS_ID: 20081217050921
CoRIS_Children: None
CoRIS_Beginning_Date: 20050421
CoRIS_Ending_Date: 20051130
CoRIS_Metadata_Link:
https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/nodc_0002709_dar_whaw_maui_2005_fgdc.html
CoRIS_Tracking_ID: 2459

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