cred_rea_fish_guguan_island_2009 eng; USA utf8 dataset Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 808 725-5360 808 725-5429 NOAA IRC NMFS/PIFSC/CRED 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176 Honolulu HI 96818 USA nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov e-mail preferred pointOfContact 2019-05-26 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 CRED REA Reef Fish Assessment Survey at Guguan Island, Marianas Archipelago in 2009 2009-05-08 publication Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) originator tableDigital To support a long-term NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) for sustainable management and conservation of coral reef ecosystems, from 15 April - 7 May 2009, reef fish assessment surveys were conducted, as a part of Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA), during the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise HI0903 in the Marianas Archipelago at biennial intervals by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC). During the cruise, 6 REA sites were surveyed at Guguan Island in the Marianas Archipelago. At the specific REA sites, fish biologists along with coral biologists, algal biologists and marine invertebrate zoologist entered the water and conducted a fine-scale (~300 m2) and high degree of taxonomic resolution REA survey to assess and monitor species composition, abundance, percent cover, size distribution, diversity, and general health of fish, corals, macro-invertebrates, and algae in shallow-water (< 35 m) habitats. Reef fish assessment surveys were focused on cataloging the diversity (species richness), abundance (numeric density [# fish 100 m-2] and biomass density [kg 100 m-2]) of diurnally active reef fish assemblages. Three complementary noninvasive underwater survey methods were used, including belt-transect, stationary point count, and roving-diver surveys. For all methods, fish were identified at the species level, when possible, and assigned to a size bin ranging from 1 to 200 cm based on a visual estimate of total fish length. Belt-transect (BLT) surveys were used to quantify the entire diurnal fish community (all size classes). In belt-transect surveys, two fish biologists swam side-by-side along three consecutively-placed, 25m transect lines. The BLT team swam each transect two times. During the initial swim-out, each fish diver recorded all fish larger than 20 cm observed within a 4-m wide belt perpendicular to their respective side of the transect (200 m2 area per line, 100 m2 per diver). On the return swim, each fish diver recorded all fish less than 20 cm observed within a 2-m wide belt (100 m2 area per line, 50 m2 per diver). The survey of large fish took approximately 5 min to complete while the survey of smaller fish took about 10 min to complete. All reef-associated fish, including those in the water column (including planktivores), were counted. Any coastal pelagic species (e.g., clupeids [sardines], belonids [beakfish], antherinids [silversides]) seen near the surface were not recorded. The stationary point count (SPC) method were used to quantify larger, more mobile reef fish species that can be missed on belt-transect surveys. In stationary point count survey, a fish biologist swam approximately 15 m away from a transect line concurrently being surveyed by the other two BLT fish biologists. The SPC biologist then recorded all fish greater than 25 cm in length that passed within a visually estimated 20-m diameter cylinder centered on the diver's fixed position (10-m radius, total area = 314 m2). The survey time for each stationary point count survey was 5 min and a total of four stationary point count surveys were conducted at each REA site. Roving-diver surveys were followed belt-transect and stationary point count surveys. As diver bottom time permitted, the fish assessment team conducted random swim surveys throughout the REA site area, recording, to the species level or the lowest recognizable taxon, the presence of reef fish not encountered during previous methods. Part of a long-term monitoring program at biennial intervals which documents the state of the reefs. "Robert Schroeder, Marc Nadon, Paula Ayotte, Valerie Brown, Marie Ferguson", Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA underDevelopment Ivor Williams Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 808 725-5360 808 725-5429 NOAA IRC NMFS/PIFSC/CRED 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176 Honolulu HI 96818 USA nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov e-mail preferred pointOfContact ASNEEDED CoRIS_Metadata theme NCEI Geoportal Filter Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP): Biennial monitoring for the U.S. Pacific Islands and Atolls 1221 project CRCP Project Marine Ecosystem Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA) Coral Reef Reef Fishes Belt Transect (BLT) Survey Stationary Point Count (SPC )Surveys Roving-diver surveys Marianas Archipelago Guguan Island HI0903 theme None Numeric Data Sets > Biology theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral reef ecology EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Rapid assessment studies EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Reef fish census EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Reef fish census > Stationary EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Reef fish census > Random swimming EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Reef fish census > Belt transect theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus Marianas Archipelago Guguan Island place None OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Guguan Island > Guguan Island (17N145E0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Guguan > Guguan Island (17N145E0001) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus CNMI 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 CRED when using the data. Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration otherRestrictions Access Constraints: Data are available two years following data collection date. unclassified Not applicable Not applicable eng; USA biota Native Dataset Environment: Oracle Technical Prerequisites: Contact CRED data management team for information 145.82385 145.861631 17.291153 17.327049 2009-05-05 2009-05-05 Maximum depth was 21 meters. Fish species observed: Year Region Island Species TaxonName 2009 MARIAN Guguan ACBL Acanthurus blochii 2009 MARIAN Guguan ACGU Acanthurus guttatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan ACLE Acanthurus leucopareius 2009 MARIAN Guguan ACLI Acanthurus lineatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan ACNC Acanthurus nigricans 2009 MARIAN Guguan ACNI Acanthurus nigricauda 2009 MARIAN Guguan ACNF Acanthurus nigrofuscus 2009 MARIAN Guguan ACNU Acanthurus nubilus 2009 MARIAN Guguan ACOL Acanthurus olivaceus 2009 MARIAN Guguan ACPY Acanthurus pyroferus 2009 MARIAN Guguan ACTH Acanthurus thompsoni 2009 MARIAN Guguan AMSC Amanses scopas 2009 MARIAN Guguan ANCA Anampses caeruleopunctatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan ANMG Anampses meleagrides 2009 MARIAN Guguan APFU Aphareus furca 2009 MARIAN Guguan APTR Apolemichthys trimaculatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan APVI Aprion virescens 2009 MARIAN Guguan ASTA Aspidontus taeniatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan BAUN Balistapus undulatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan BACO Balistoides conspicillum 2009 MARIAN Guguan BLEN Blenniidae sp 2009 MARIAN Guguan BOAX Bodianus axillaris 2009 MARIAN Guguan CATE Caesio teres 2009 MARIAN Guguan CACA Calotomus carolinus 2009 MARIAN Guguan CADU Cantherhines dumerilii 2009 MARIAN Guguan CAME Caranx melampygus 2009 MARIAN Guguan CEFL Centropyge flavissima 2009 MARIAN Guguan CEHE Centropyge heraldi 2009 MARIAN Guguan CESH Centropyge shepardi 2009 MARIAN Guguan CEAR Cephalopholis argus 2009 MARIAN Guguan CEUR Cephalopholis urodeta 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHAU Chaetodon auriga 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHBE Chaetodon bennetti 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHCI Chaetodon citrinellus 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHEP Chaetodon ephippium 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHLU Chaetodon lunula 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHLT Chaetodon lunulatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHMR Chaetodon mertensii 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHOR Chaetodon ornatissimus 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHPU Chaetodon punctatofasciatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHQU Chaetodon quadrimaculatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHRE Chaetodon reticulatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHTR Chaetodon trifascialis 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHUN Chaetodon unimaculatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHMC Chlorurus microrhinos 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHAC Chromis acares 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHAG Chromis agilis 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHAM Chromis amboinensis 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHMA Chromis margaritifer 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHVA Chromis vanderbilti 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHXA Chromis xanthura 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHBR Chrysiptera brownriggii 2009 MARIAN Guguan CIKA Cirrhilabrus katherinae 2009 MARIAN Guguan CIFL Cirrhitichthys falco 2009 MARIAN Guguan CIVR Cirripectes variolosus 2009 MARIAN Guguan COAY Coris aygula 2009 MARIAN Guguan COGA Coris gaimard 2009 MARIAN Guguan CTCY Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus 2009 MARIAN Guguan CTHA Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis 2009 MARIAN Guguan CTSR Ctenochaetus striatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan DARE Dascyllus reticulatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan ELBI Elagatis bipinnulata 2009 MARIAN Guguan EPFA Epinephelus fasciatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan EPHE Epinephelus hexagonatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan EPSO Epinephelus socialis 2009 MARIAN Guguan FICO Fistularia commersonii 2009 MARIAN Guguan FOFL Forcipiger flavissimus 2009 MARIAN Guguan FOLO Forcipiger longirostris 2009 MARIAN Guguan GNAU Gnathodentex aureolineatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan GOVA Gomphosus varius 2009 MARIAN Guguan GRAL Gracila albomarginata 2009 MARIAN Guguan GYUC Gymnosarda unicolor 2009 MARIAN Guguan HAHO Halichoeres hortulanus 2009 MARIAN Guguan HAMA Halichoeres marginatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan HAOR Halichoeres ornatissimus 2009 MARIAN Guguan HEFA Hemigymnus fasciatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan HEPO Hemitaurichthys polylepis 2009 MARIAN Guguan HECH Heniochus chrysostomus 2009 MARIAN Guguan HODO Hologymnosus doliatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan CHUB Kyphosidae sp 2009 MARIAN Guguan KYPA Kyphosus pacificus 2009 MARIAN Guguan WRAS Labridae sp 2009 MARIAN Guguan LABI Labroides bicolor 2009 MARIAN Guguan LADI Labroides dimidiatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan LAPE Labroides pectoralis 2009 MARIAN Guguan LAXA Labropsis xanthonota 2009 MARIAN Guguan LETA Lepidozygus tapeinosoma 2009 MARIAN Guguan LUBO Lutjanus bohar 2009 MARIAN Guguan LUGI Lutjanus gibbus 2009 MARIAN Guguan LUKA Lutjanus kasmira 2009 MARIAN Guguan LUMO Lutjanus monostigma 2009 MARIAN Guguan MAMA Macolor macularis 2009 MARIAN Guguan MAME Macropharyngodon meleagris 2009 MARIAN Guguan MENI Melichthys niger 2009 MARIAN Guguan MEVI Melichthys vidua 2009 MARIAN Guguan MOGR Monotaxis grandoculis 2009 MARIAN Guguan MUVA Mulloidichthys vanicolensis 2009 MARIAN Guguan MYAM Myripristis amaena 2009 MARIAN Guguan MYBE Myripristis berndti 2009 MARIAN Guguan MYKU Myripristis kuntee 2009 MARIAN Guguan NABR Naso brevirostris 2009 MARIAN Guguan NAHE Naso hexacanthus 2009 MARIAN Guguan NALI Naso lituratus 2009 MARIAN Guguan NAUN Naso unicornis 2009 MARIAN Guguan NAVL Naso vlamingii 2009 MARIAN Guguan NEFE Nebrius ferrugineus 2009 MARIAN Guguan NEMA Nemateleotris magnifica 2009 MARIAN Guguan NEAR Neocirrhites armatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan OXUN Oxycheilinus unifasciatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan PAAR Paracirrhites arcatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan PAFO Paracirrhites forsteri 2009 MARIAN Guguan PAHE Paracirrhites hemistictus 2009 MARIAN Guguan PACY Parupeneus cyclostomus 2009 MARIAN Guguan PAIN Parupeneus insularis 2009 MARIAN Guguan PAMU Parupeneus multifasciatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan PAPL Parupeneus pleurostigma 2009 MARIAN Guguan PEOU Pempheris oualensis 2009 MARIAN Guguan PLTA Plagiotremus tapeinosoma 2009 MARIAN Guguan PLDI Plectroglyphidodon dickii 2009 MARIAN Guguan PLIM Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis 2009 MARIAN Guguan PLJO Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus 2009 MARIAN Guguan PLLA Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan POIM Pomacanthus imperator 2009 MARIAN Guguan POVA Pomacentrus vaiuli 2009 MARIAN Guguan POGU Pomachromis guamensis 2009 MARIAN Guguan PSPA Pseudanthias pascalus 2009 MARIAN Guguan PSHE Pseudocheilinus hexataenia 2009 MARIAN Guguan PSOC Pseudocheilinus octotaenia 2009 MARIAN Guguan PSTE Pseudocheilinus tetrataenia 2009 MARIAN Guguan PSMO Pseudodax moluccanus 2009 MARIAN Guguan PSAT Pseudojuloides atavai 2009 MARIAN Guguan PTEV Ptereleotris evides 2009 MARIAN Guguan PTTI Pterocaesio tile 2009 MARIAN Guguan PTAN Pterois antennata 2009 MARIAN Guguan PYDI Pygoplites diacanthus 2009 MARIAN Guguan SACA Sargocentron caudimaculatum 2009 MARIAN Guguan SADI Sargocentron diadema 2009 MARIAN Guguan SAMI Sargocentron microstoma 2009 MARIAN Guguan SASP Sargocentron spiniferum 2009 MARIAN Guguan SATI Sargocentron tiere 2009 MARIAN Guguan PARR Scaridae sp 2009 MARIAN Guguan SCFO Scarus forsteni 2009 MARIAN Guguan SCRU Scarus rubroviolaceus 2009 MARIAN Guguan STFA Stegastes fasciolatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan STBN Stethojulis bandanensis 2009 MARIAN Guguan STST Stethojulis strigiventer 2009 MARIAN Guguan SUBU Sufflamen bursa 2009 MARIAN Guguan THAM Thalassoma amblycephalum 2009 MARIAN Guguan THLU Thalassoma lutescens 2009 MARIAN Guguan THQU Thalassoma quinquevittatum 2009 MARIAN Guguan TROB Triaenodon obesus 2009 MARIAN Guguan VAST Valenciennea strigata 2009 MARIAN Guguan VALO Variola louti 2009 MARIAN Guguan XACA Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus 2009 MARIAN Guguan ZACO Zanclus cornutus 2009 MARIAN Guguan ZEFL Zebrasoma flavescens 2009 MARIAN Guguan ZEVE Zebrasoma veliferum XLS (Microsoft Excel worksheet) CRED Data Management Team Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 808 725-5360 808 725-5429 NOAA IRC NMFS/PIFSC/CRED 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176 Honolulu HI 96818 USA nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov e-mail preferred distributor None if receiving the data online 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 were selected to be representative of the coral reef habitats at this reef system. Efforts were made to include broad spatial coverage of the reef area, but weather conditions or other environmental constraints may have precluded the team from surveying windward or exposed sites. The same methods of data collection were used at each of the sites surveyed at this location, and were conducted by the same scientists. Periodic examination of the data through the duration of the trip showed no signs of diver bias or other discrepancies. REA surveys are investigations that provide a high degree of taxonomic resolution for coral, algae, other macroinvertebrate, and reef fish communities. The surveys were conducted using a combination of dive teams which generally included a two to three person fish team, a two person coral/coral disease team, and a combined team of two algae biologists and one macroinvertebrate biologist. The majority of REA surveys were conducted along the forereef slopes of individual islands at depths between 10 and 20 m. However, additional surveyed habitats included a lagoonal-type patch reef and offshore oceanic banks. During REA surveys, biological assessment teams follow highly structured protocols that are repeated at each REA site. Upon arrival at an REA site, three teams of divers enter the water over spaced time intervals. The fish team firstly enters the water and deploys a 25-m transect line. Two of the fish divers begin to survey along that transect while the remaining fish diver begins stationary point count assessments in the general vicinity. After approximately 20 min, the coral team enters the water and begins to work along the first transect line. By this time the fish team has deployed and begun surveys along a second 25-m transect. About 10 min later, the algal/invertebrate team enters the water and begins surveying the first transect. In total, the fish team surveys three transects at each site (transects 1, 2, and 3), and the coral and algal/invertebrate teams survey transects 1 and 2. The sampling effort takes between 60 and 80 min to complete. The selection of REA sites was made in close consultation with Coral Reef Advisory Group (CRAG) and local agencies. Factors considered during REA site selection included: (1) ensuring a range of sample sites representative of the benthic and reef fish habitats around each island; (2) selecting a mixture of sites within and outside of marine protected areas; (3) selecting a mixture of both 'impacted' and 'least impacted' sites; (4) selecting some sites adjacent to local villages, and (5) selecting a number of sites that could be compared to and complement previous assessment and monitoring work as well as future coral reef monitoring proposed by CRAG and local agencies. It is important to note that access to REA sites can be limited by wave exposure, weather conditions, and other environmental factors such as currents, which can affect the ability to resurvey sites between years. Transect placement was guided by: (1) a focus on hard-bottom communities; (2) deploying lines along an isobath to the extent possible at each site, and (3) laying the transect lines into the prevailing current. annually This metadata was automatically generated from the 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 2025-03-24T15:02:49.86Z Last Metadata Review Date: 2009-09-14 Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 808 725-5360 808 725-5429 NOAA IRC NMFS/PIFSC/CRED 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176 Honolulu HI 96818 USA nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov e-mail preferred pointOfContact