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Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR), Division of Lands and Natural Resources (DLNR) of the State of Hawaii Fish Surveys from 23 West Hawaii Aquarium Project Sites during 1999-2005 (NODC Accession 0002767)


Identification_Information:
Citation:
  • Citation_Information:
    • Originator: Dr. Dan Polhemus
    • Originator: Dr. Ivor Williams
    • Originator: Division of Aquatic Resources, Division of Lands and Natural Resources, State of Hawaii
    • Publication_Date: Unpublished material
    • Title: Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR), Division of Lands and Natural Resources (DLNR) of the State of Hawaii Fish Surveys from 23 West Hawaii Aquarium Project Sites during 1999-2005 (NODC Accession 0002767)
    • Online_Linkage: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0002767
Description:
  • Abstract:
    •         Data are from underwater visual surveys of fish stocks at 23 sites in West
      Hawaii. Survey sites are 8 to 14 m deep and are all located on reef shelves
      with moderate to high Porites compressa cover, the predominant habitat type at
      that depth on West Hawaii reefs, and the key habitat for the majority of
      fishes harvested for the aquarium trade. The survey program began as the West
      Hawaii Aquarium Project (WHAP) but since 2004 has continued as part of
      DAR's Main Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Monitoring Program.
            
  • Purpose:
    •         Support sustainability of ecosystem
      resources
            
  • Supplemental_Information:
    •         NOAASupplemental:Entry_ID: Unknown
      Sensor_Name: SCUBA
      Source_Name: manual
      Project_Campaign: Operational DAR Function
      Originating_Center: Division of Aquatic Resources,
      Division of Lands and Natural Resources, State of Hawaii
      Storage_Medium: MS Excel and MS Word
      Online_size: 29360 kbytes
            
Time_Period_of_Content:
  • Time_Period_Information:
    • Range_of_Dates/Times:
      • Beginning_Date: 19990309
      • Ending_Date: 20051116
  • Currentness_Reference:
    ground condition
Status:
  • Progress: Complete
  • Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown
Spatial_Domain:
  • Bounding_Coordinates:
    • West_Bounding_Coordinate: -156.05
    • East_Bounding_Coordinate: -155.8489
    • North_Bounding_Coordinate: 20.16
    • South_Bounding_Coordinate: 19.05
Keywords:
  • Theme:
    • Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NCEI Geoportal Filter
    • Theme_Keyword: CoRIS_Metadata
  • Theme:
    • Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
    • Theme_Keyword: biota
    • Theme_Keyword: 002
    • Theme_Keyword: environment
    • Theme_Keyword: 007
  • 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 > Marine Biology > Fish
  • Theme:
    • Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
    • Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets > Fish Census
  • Theme:
    • Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
    • Theme_Keyword: Coastal studies
    • Theme_Keyword: biology
    • Theme_Keyword: coral reef
    • Theme_Keyword: fish stock
    • Theme_Keyword: fish species, family, taxa
    • Theme_Keyword: count or number
    • Theme_Keyword: size class
  • Place:
    • Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus
    • Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Lapakahi > Lapakahi (20N155W0003)
    • Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Lapakahi (20N155W0003)
    • Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Puako (19N155W0001)
    • Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii > Puako (19N155W0001)
    • Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Maui Island > Papawai (20N156W0013)
    • Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Maui > Papawai (20N156W0013)
    • Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003)
    • Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii Island > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003)
  • Place:
    • Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
    • Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean
    • Place_Keyword: Hawaii
    • Place_Keyword: Big Island
    • Place_Keyword: Lapakahi
    • Place_Keyword: Kamilo Gulch
    • Place_Keyword: Waiakailio Bay
    • Place_Keyword: Puako
    • Place_Keyword: Anaeho'omalu Bay
    • Place_Keyword: Keawaiki
    • Place_Keyword: Ka'upulehu
    • Place_Keyword: Makalawena
    • Place_Keyword: Ho'ona / Unualoha Pt
    • Place_Keyword: Wawaloli Beach
    • Place_Keyword: Wawaloli
    • Place_Keyword: Kaloko-Honokohau
    • Place_Keyword: Papawai
    • Place_Keyword: S. Oneo Bay
    • Place_Keyword: Keauhou
    • Place_Keyword: Kualanui Pt
    • Place_Keyword: Red Hill
    • Place_Keyword: Keopuka
    • Place_Keyword: K Bay
    • Place_Keyword: Ke'ei
    • Place_Keyword: Ho'okena (Kalahiki)
    • Place_Keyword: Hookena (Auau)
    • Place_Keyword: Miloli'i/Honomalino
    • Place_Keyword: Manuka
  • 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:
  •       Division of Aquatic Resources, Division of Lands and Natural Resources, State of Hawaii
        
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
  • MS Excel, MS Word
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Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
  • see lineage, process step
Completeness_Report:
  • none
Lineage:
  • Process_Step:
    • Process_Description:
      Surveys are conducted in 'rounds', each site being surveyed once per round. 4 to 6 rounds have been conducted per year and in total 39 rounds have been conducted. Each survey of a site generally involves 4 divers (2 pairs), who between them conduct (i) 'WHAP' surveys of the four 25m *4m permanently-located transects per site; and (ii) 10-minute freeswims (presence-absence swims). The WHAP fish protocol is based on fixed transects which can be closely surveyed for targeted species of all size classes, and where variability among fish populations can be related to fine-scale habitat variability among transects and sites. Six stainless steel eyebolts have been permanently drilled and cemented into the bottom to establish reference locations for four permanent 25m transects at each site. For efficiency during WHAP they have been situated in an H-shaped design at each study site. A transect width of 4m is utilized based on previous sampling experience with coral reef fishes in Hawai'i. The species, size class (in 5cm slots), and in some cases phase (e.g. 'recruit') of all fishes on transects are counted by a pair of divers in each survey. Divers first lay out transect lines between end pins, then swim one rapid swim to count mobile and mid-water species and the a return swim in which divers slowly and carefully swim the transect carefully recording fishes in and around the benthos. Transect lines are taken up after all transects have been completed. In addition to the fixed transects at each site, a 10 minute roving free-swim survey is done by a team of two divers after the fixed transect surveys are completed. The divers range about the areas adjacent to transects (~5000m2) recording the presence of fish species which were not observed on the transects.
    • 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

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Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Overview_Description:
  • Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    I. Original files Directory: ../../data/original filename comment DAR West Hawaii Fish Surveys.xls MS Excel with 3 spreadsheets DAR WHAP Fish Surveys Notes.doc documentation Note: The DAR administrator has determined that DAR will distribute all raw WHAP-survey data which is more than 5 years old, but only summarized versions of newer data. The MS Excel data file contains 3 worksheets: (1) Raw Transect Data (1999-2000)- raw data from 1999 and 2000 (all information given broken down by transect and by observer; and including size or age-class information); (2) Summary Transect Data (2001-5)- summarized data from 1999 and 2000 (data pooled by site, no information given on transect. Observer, age-phase or size class); (3) 10min Free-Swim Data - being all data from the 10 minute presence-absence survey of the area surrounding the transects. Important point-- only fishes NOT observed on transects are included in the presence-absence survey worksheet (so need to pool free-swim and transect data to get complete presence-absence list). II. NODC Archive Files Directory: ../../data/nodc filename comment sites.jpg WHAPFishSurveysNotes.doc copy of original doc file (see ../original) WHAPFishSurveysNotes.htm redundant HTML copy WHAPFishSurveysNotes.txt redundant ASCII text copy WHawaiiFishSurveys.xls copy of original xls file (see ../original); sheets dumped as Comma Separated Variable (CSV) files WHawaiiFishSurveys_10MinFreeSwimData.csv 10min Free-Swim Data WHawaiiFishSurveys_RawTransectData1999_2000.csv Raw Transect Data (1999-2000) WHawaiiFishSurveys_SummaryTransectData2001_2005.csv Summary Transect Data (2001-5)
  • Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
    none
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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:
  • Downloadable 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.
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20210106
Metadata_Review_Date: 20090323
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
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