eed_fbsab_frmd_recruit_reef_fish_belt_transects_2009 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 FBSAB RECRUIT Reef Fish Belt Transect Survey at Hawaii Island (Big Island), Main Hawaiian Islands, 2009 (NODC Accession 0073870) 2011-06-10 publication Fishery Biology and Stock Assessment Branch (FBSAB), Fishery Research and Monitoring Division (FRMD), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service originator tableDigital Shore-based belt transects were conducted at 1 to ~ 5 m depths at a total two (2) sites on the leeward coast (South Kohala district) of the Big Island (Hawaii Island) in the MHI during spring 2009. Twenty (20) randomly positioned transects were surveyed at each site in 2009; each transect was 50-m long x 2-m wide (100 m**2 area). Raw survey data consist of species-specific and size-specific (total length, TL, in cm) numerical counts of recruit (= 5 cm total length, TL) reef fishes encountered within transect boundaries. To provide recruit reef fish density estimates as part of a fifth spring-summer survey of a multi-year project using in situ diver observational data collected at sites of differing habitat structure, to descriptively test predictions relating to 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 Branch (FBSAB), Fishery Research and Monitoring Division (FRMD), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA; the following persons contributed to data collection: Edward E. DeMartini (EED) only underDevelopment Dr. Edward E. DeMartini Fishery Biology and Stock Assessment Branch (FBSAB), Fishery Research and Monitoring Division (FRMD), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service 808-983-5376 808-983-2980 99-193 Aiea Heights Drive, Suite 417 Aiea HI 96701-3911 U.S.A. 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 Hawaii Island (Big Island), SOUTH KOHALA DISTRICT theme None Numeric Data Sets > Biology theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish theme CoRIS Theme 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) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus 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 the FBSAB of the FRMP when using the data. Fishery Biology and Stock Assessment Branch (FBSAB), Fishery Research and Monitoring Division (FRMD), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None eng; USA biota -155.859 -155.823 19.955 19.958 2009-05-22 2009-06-10 The maximum observation depth was 17 feet (5.2 meters). Fish observed DATAFILE NAME: RECRUIT_REEF_FISH_BELT_TRANSECTS_2009.xls File date: 28MAR11 Size: 1510 records (164 kb) This file consists of the following ten (10) 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: 05/22/09 to 06/10/09] LOCATION $ [one (1) category: 'BigIsl'] SITE $ [two (2) categories: 'BIPuakoEndofRd_', and 'BISpencersPk___'] OBSRVR $ [one (1) category: 'EED'] TRANSNMBR [Transect number = 1, 2, 3 ... n, where n = 20 if (YEAR = 2009 and SITE = 'BISpencersPK___') or (YEAR = 2009 and SITE = 'BIPuakoEndofRd_'] AREA [one (1) category for area enclosed by transect strip: 100 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] 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 1 to 5 cm for 2009 data] N_FSH [Number of individuals of that size and species tallied on that transect; range 1 to 20 for 2009 data] YEAR [one (1) category for year in which data were recorded: 2009] XLS (Microsoft Excel worksheet) Edward E. DeMartini Fishery Biology and Stock Assessment Branch (FBSAB), Fishery Research and Monitoring Division (FRMD), 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 distributor None if receiving the data online https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nmfs/pifsc/fbsad/reeffish/Recruit_Reef_Fish_Belt_Transects_2009.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_') or relatively wave-protected environments (SITE = 'BISpencersPk___') at Hawaii Island (the Big Island of Hawaii). A completely balanced design (20 transects per each of 2 sites) was accomplished during 2009. 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 a single experienced diver-observer, who swam along the length of the 50-m x 2-m (100 m**2) transect line. All recruit (< 5 cm TL) juvenile fishes were tallied during a single swim back along the viewing path after the diver had laid out the transect line during the initial count of predator fishes. Fish were identified to species. Upon returning to shore, the Observer corrected his field sheets for legibility, and the data were then entered by the Observer (EED) into Excel spreadsheets and error checked by computer for outliers and other discrepancies. This data set consists of raw data - recruit fish count data have not been standardized to density. In order to do so, the counts of each transect must be divided by 100 to standardize the counts to density as N fish per m**2. (Unstandardized counts of course are identical to densities of N fish per 100 m**2.) The positions of individual transects at Location = 'BigIsl' were not 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 in 2009 are provided in the metadata file for habitat surveys named "RECRUIT-HABITAT_QUADRATS_2009.doc". The GPS position data in the latter metadata file can be used to link the subject Excel file on recruit counts, the analogous Excel file on predator 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 2025-03-24T16:19:53.867Z Last Metadata Review Date: 2011-06-23 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