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Guam Long-term Coral Reef Monitoring Program Macroinvertebrate Belt Transects since 2010

Metadata Updated: May 10, 2024

The Government of Guam's Long-term Coral Reef Monitoring Program, coordinated by the Guam Coastal Management Program until October 2013 and now coordinated by the University of Guam Marine Lab, involves the collection of data for a suite of coral reef ecosystem health parameters at several high priority reef sites around the island of Guam, including Tumon Bay, East Agana Bay, Piti Bay, and Western Shoals. Sites at Fouha Bay, the Achang Reef Flat Marine Preserve, and the Eastern seaward slope near Cocos Island will be established in 2014. Data are collected annually or biennially by a team of highly-trained field biologists from the Guam Coastal Management Program, the NOAA Pacific Islands Regional Office, the University of Guam Marine Lab, and with occasional assistance by staff from other agencies. Macroinvertebrates are culturally, economically, and ecologically important resources for the island of Guam. In recognition of the value and importance of this resource, macroinvertebrate surveys are a key component of the Guam Long-term Coral Reef Monitoring Program. Macroinvertebrate surveys have been conducted at high priority reef sites around Guam since August 2010. The surveys are carried out at numerous sampling stations within each monitoring site, the locations of which were generated randomly using a Geographic Information System and the relevant bathymetric and benthic habitat data. A split-panel approach is currently used for the sampling design, with half of all sampling stations in a given site being fixed and half re-randomized every visit or every other visit. The monitoring team counts the number of commercially and ecologically important macroinvertebrate species within a 4 m x 25 m belt transect at all stations (except at the Western Shoals stations, where 4 m x 15 m belts are used). The longest dimension of Tridacna individuals is also recorded. These monitoring data on macroinvertebrate communities provide results on macroinvertebrate density and diversity, allow for exploration of community structure by functional group; and can be used to detect changes in macroinvertebrate communities over time.

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Dates

Metadata Date May 29, 2024
Metadata Created Date May 10, 2024
Metadata Updated Date May 10, 2024
Reference Date(s) October 9, 2014 (publication)
Frequency Of Update asNeeded

Metadata Source

Harvested from CoRIS FGDC Metadata

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date May 29, 2024
Metadata Created Date May 10, 2024
Metadata Updated Date May 10, 2024
Reference Date(s) October 9, 2014 (publication)
Responsible Party University of Guam Marine Lab (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
Guid gov.noaa.crcp:Metadata_GuamLTCRMP_v2_inverts
Access Constraints Use Constraints: Please cite the Guam Coastal Management Program when using data collected prior to October 2013. Guam Coastal Management Program, Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans, Government of Guam., Access Constraints: None
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Coupled Resource
Frequency Of Update asNeeded
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Harvest Source Title CoRIS FGDC Metadata
Licence While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. The Guam Coastal Management Program makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
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Metadata Language eng; USA
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Progress underDevelopment
Spatial Data Service Type
Spatial Reference System urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Spatial Harvester True
Temporal Extent Begin 2010-08-04
Temporal Extent End 2014-01-01

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