eed_fbsad_predator_reef_fish_belt_transects_2008 eng; USA utf8 dataset Edward E. DeMartini Fishery Biology and Stock Assessment Division (FBSAD), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service 808-725-5376 808-983-2902 NOAA IRC NMFS/PIFSC/FISHERIES BIOLOGY & STOCK ASSESSMENT BRANCH 1845 Wasp Blvd., Building 176 Honolulu HI 96818 USA edward.demartini@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2024-12-15 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) World Geodetic System 1984 WGS 84 2007-08-27 revision https://epsg.org/crs_4326/WGS-84.html WGS 84 GML of World Geodetic System 1984 coordinate reference system. information resourceProvider European Petroleum Survey Group https://epsg.org/home.html European Petroleum Survey Group Geodetic Parameter Registry Registry that accesses the EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset, which is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations. search publisher urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 FBSAD PREDATOR Reef Fish Belt Transect Survey at Hawaii Island (Big Island), Main Hawaiian Islands, 2008; and Midway Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI), 2008 (NODC Accession 0067519) 2010-08-04 publication Fishery Biology and Stock Assessment Division (FBSAD), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service originator tableDigital Shore-based belt transects were conducted at 1 to ~5 m depths at a total four (4) sites: at (1-2) 2 longshore sites on the leeward coast (South Kohala district) of the Big Island (Hawaii Island) in the MHI during spring-summer 2008; and (3-4) 2 longshore sites on the back reef of Midway Atoll in the NWHI during summer 2008. From 18-20 randomly positioned transects were surveyed at each site or site-group in 2008; each transect was 50-m long x 4-m wide (200 m**2 area). Raw survey data consist of species-specific and size-specific (total length, TL, in cm) numerical counts of large juvenile and adult (= 6 cm total length, TL) stages of PREDATOR reef fishes encountered within transect boundaries. Inclusion as a predator fish in the transect tally was based on either known or likely (based on functional morphology) inclusion of small fishes in the species' diet. To provide predator reef fish density estimates in the fourth spring-summer survey of a multi-year project using in situ diver observational data collected at sites of differing habitat structure, to use predator densities as a covariate in a descriptive test of predictions relating the use of specific habitats by recruits of various species of coral reef fishes in Hawaii. EED = Edward E. DeMartini, Fishery Biology and Stock Assessment Division (FBSAD), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA; the following persons also contributed to data collection: BJZ = Brian J. Zgliczynski, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA; and RJL = Ralph J. Larson, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California underDevelopment Dr. Edward E. DeMartini Fishery Biology and Stock Assessment Division (FBSAD), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service 808-725-5376 808-983-2902 NOAA IRC NMFS/PIFSC/FISHERIES BIOLOGY & STOCK ASSESSMENT BRANCH 1845 Wasp Blvd., Building 176 Honolulu HI 96818 USA pointOfContact asNeeded CoRIS_Metadata theme NCEI Geoportal Filter Marine Ecosystem Coral Reef Conservation Program, NOAA Fisheries Expanding necessary information on juvenile nursery habitats Coral Reef Reef Fishes Belt Transect Survey Main Hawaiian Islands Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Hawaii Island (Big Island), SOUTH KOHALA DISTRICT Midway Atoll theme None EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census > Belt Transect EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus Numeric Data Sets > Biology theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Expanding fish nursery habitat information necessary for effectively siting no-take MPAs 10367 project CRCP Project OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii Island > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Midway Atoll (28N177W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Midway Atoll (28N177W0001) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus NWHI MHI place CoRIS Region 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. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. otherRestrictions Use Constraints: Please cite FBSAD when using the data. Fishery Biology and Stock Assessment Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None eng; USA biota -177.422 -155.823 19.958 28.278 2008-05-28 2008-08-04 The maximum observation depth was 17 feet (5.2 meters). Fish observed DATAFILE NAME: PREDATOR-REEF-FISH_BELT_TRANSECTS_2008.xls File date: 25FEB10 Size: 839 records (142 kb) This file consists of the following eleven (11) variables. The permissible values of these variables, including names of categories if the variable is a classification variable, are noted [in brackets]: DATE $ DDMMMYY [range: 28MAY08 to 04AUG08] LOCATION $ [two (2) categories: 'BigIsl' and 'Midway'] SITE $ [four (4) categories: 'BIPuakoEndofRd_', 'BISpencersPk___', 'MWCorlPoorBakRf', and 'MWCorlRichBakRf'] OBSRVR $ [three (3) categories: 'BJZ', 'EED', 'RJL'] TRANSNMBR [Transect number = 1, 2, 3 ... n, where n = 20 if (YEAR = 2008 and SITE = 'BISpencersPK___') or (YEAR = 2008 and SITE = 'MWCorlRichBakRf'); but where n = 18 if (YEAR = 2008 and SITE = 'MWCorlPoorBakRf'); but where n = 19 if (YEAR=2008 and (SITE = 'BIPuakoEndofRd_'). AREA [one (1) category for area enclosed by transect strip: 200 m**2] SPECIES $ [Four-letter acronym based on 1st 2 letters of the genus name and 1st 2 letters of the specific epithet of each fish individual recorded; the acronyms used are identical to those used by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) of the NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Research Center, to code all of their central and western North Pacific reef fish records] VAGILITY $ [two (2) categories: 'Resident', 'Transient', representing whether the particular species is site-attached (with a relatively limited home range) or not site-attached (widely home-ranging)] SIZE_TLcm [Visually estimated body length in centimeters of each fish individual tallied on transect count; TL is the abbreviation for "Total Length", the same metric is used to represent length on the CRED Fish Surveys; range 6 to 100 cm in the 2008 data] N_FSH [Number of individuals of that size and species tallied on that transect; range 1 to 16 in 2008 data] YEAR [one (1) category for year in which data were recorded: 2008] XLS (Microsoft Excel worksheet) Edward E. DeMartini Fishery Biology and Stock Assessment Division (FBSAD), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service 808-725-5376 808-983-2902 NOAA IRC NMFS/PIFSC/FISHERIES BIOLOGY & STOCK ASSESSMENT BRANCH 1845 Wasp Blvd., Building 176 Honolulu HI 96818 USA edward.demartini@noaa.gov distributor None if receiving the data online https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nmfs/pifsc/fbsad/reeffish/PREDATOR-REEF-FISH_BELT_TRANSECTS_2008.xls download CDROM, OR EMAIL iso9660 dataset Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report GPS unit Horizontal Positional Accuracy Instrument parameters meters 1 Vertical Positional Accuracy Report Dive computer and SCUBA depth gauge Vertical Positional Accuracy Instrument parameters meters 0.3 The survey sites/site-groups were selected to be representative of either relatively wave-exposed environments (SITE = 'BIPuakoEndofRd_' and SITE = 'MWCorlPoorBakRf') or relatively wave-protected environments (SITE = 'BISpencersPk___', 'MWCorlRichBakRf') spanning nearly the entire north-south and east-west extents of the Hawaiian Archipelago. An incompletely balanced design (18-20 transects per each of 2 sites at each of 2 Locations) was accomplished during 2008. The same methods of data collection were used at each of the sites surveyed. Periodic examination of the data through the duration of the surveys showed no signs of diver bias or other discrepancies. Data on each transect were collected by one of a total of three trained diver-observers, who swam along the length of the 50-m x 4-m (200 m**2) transect line. Prior to tallying recruit (= 5 cm TL) fishes, all large juvenile and adult (= 6 cm TL) stage predator fishes were tallied during the first swim along the viewing path as the diver laid out the transect line. Fish were identified to species. Upon returning to shore, each Observer corrected their field sheets for legibility, and the data were then entered by that Observer or by EED into Excel spreadsheets and error checked by computer for outliers and other discrepancies. This data set consists of raw data - predator fish count data have not been standardized to density. In order to do so, the counts of each transect must be divided by 200 to standardize the counts to density as N fish per m**2. (Unstandardized counts of course are identical to densities of N fish per 200 m**2.) The positions of individual transects at Location = 'BigIsl' were not recorded by GPS. The positions of (groups of) transects at Location = 'Midway" were recorded by GPS. Transects at each of the two 'BigIsl' sites were scattered haphazardly throughout 1.0-1.5 ha areas whose central positions were noted. GPS coordinates of the 'BigIsl' central positions as well as the transect-groups surveyed at 'Midway' in 2008 are provided in the metadata file for habitat surveys named "RECRUIT-HABITAT_QUADRATS_2008.doc". The GPS position data in the latter metadata file can be used to link the subject Excel file on predator counts, the analogous Excel file on recruit counts, and the Excel file on habitat metrics by merging with the appropriate by-variables (i.e., merging by YEAR-LOCATION-SITE-TRANSNMBR). annually This metadata was automatically generated from the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2016-01-11 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform. Translated from FGDC 2025-03-24T16:20:14.491Z Last Metadata Review Date: 2010-08-17 Edward E. DeMartini Fishery Biology and Stock Assessment Division (FBSAD), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service 808-725-5376 808-983-2902 NOAA IRC NMFS/PIFSC/FISHERIES BIOLOGY & STOCK ASSESSMENT BRANCH 1845 Wasp Blvd., Building 176 Honolulu HI 96818 USA edward.demartini@noaa.gov pointOfContact