Comparing mesophotic and shallow reef assemblages in the 'Au'au Channel: fish size, feeding guild composition, species richness, and endemism
Mesophotic (30–150 m) reef fish assemblages in the 'Au'au Channel, between the Hawaiian Islands of Maui and Lanai, were compared visually with neighboring shallow (<30 m depth) reef fish assemblages for differences in structure. Between 2007 and 2011, app...
Habitat and endemism of recruits to shallow reef fish populations: Selection criteria for no-take MPAs in the NWHI Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve
"Temporal abundance and spatial distribution patterns are described for shallow (< 15 m-deep) reef fish populations at French Frigate Shoals (FFS) and Midway Atoll (Midway), two isolated oceanic atolls 800 km apart in the NW Hawaiian Islands (NWHI), du...
Predation, endemism, and related processess structuring shallow reef fish assemblages in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
"Data on distribution, abundance, and related patterns, reflecting key ecological processes such as predation, are herein summarized for the shallow-water (< 18-m) reef fishes of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). This summary is based on the re...
Spatial patterns of endemism in shallow-water reef fish populations of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
"The spatial distribution and magnitude of endemism in shallow-water (<18 m) reef fishes of the 10 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) are described in terms of occurrence, and numerical and biomass densities, using a series of diver-observation surve...
Contrasts in density, size, and biomass of reef fishes between the northwestern and the main Hawaiian islands: The effects of fishing down apex predators
"A comparison between the northwestern Hawaiian islands (NWHI), a large, remote, and lightly fished area, and the main Hawaiian islands (MHI), an urbanized, heavily fished area, revealed dramatic differences in the numerical density, size, and biomass of ...
Habitat associations and aggregation of recruit fishes on Hawaiian coral reefs
"Associations with structural habitat complexity and the aggregation of individuals lessen the risk of predation, and both are commonly observed for recently settled fishes on coral reefs. On reefs fringing Hawaii Island, such recruits of many fishes, par...
Predator biomass, prey density, and species composition effects on group size in recruit coral reef fishes
"Group incidence and size are described for recruit parrotfishes, wrasses, and damselfishes on Hawaiian reefs over 3 years (2006-2008) at sites spanning the archipelago (20-28N, 155-177W). Coral-poor and coralrich areas were surveyed at sites with both lo...
FBSAD Recruit Reef Fish Belt Transect Survey at Hawaii Island (Big Island), Main Hawaiian Islands, 2005 (NODC Accession 0046935)
Shore-based belt transects were conducted at 8-13 m depths at 3 longshore sites on the leeward coast (North and South Kohala districts) of the Big Island (Hawaii Island) in the MHI during spring 2005. From 8-10 randomly positioned transects were surveyed ...
FBSAD Reef Fish-Habitat Quadrat Surveys at Hawaii Island (Big Island), Main Hawaiian Islands, 2005 (NODC Accession 0046935)
Habitat quadrats were surveyed at 8-13 m depths using shore-based transects swum at 3 longshore sites on the leeward coast (North and South Kohala districts) of the Big Island (Hawaii Island, in the MHI) during spring 2005. Substratum percent cover and ru...
Long-term effects of a ship-grounding on coral reef fish assemblages at Rose Atoll, American Samoa
Rose Atoll is a small, remote coral atoll in the central South Pacific that was impacted by a major ship grounding and associated contaminant spill in October 1993. Coral reef fish assemblages were quantitatively surveyed at the impacted site and compared...
Comparing mesophotic and shallow reef assemblages in the 'Au'au Channel: fish size, feeding guild composition, species richness, and endemism
FBSAD Recruit Reef Fish Belt Transect Survey at Hawaii Island (Big Island), Main Hawaiian Islands, 2005 (NODC Accession 0046935)