eed_fbsad_recruit_reef_fish_belt_transects_2006_07_final 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 RECRUIT Reef Fish Belt Transect Survey at Hawaii Island (Big Island), Main Hawaiian Islands, 2006 and 2007; Oahu (Kaneohe Bay), Main Hawaiian Islands, 2007 only; and Midway Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI), 2006 and 2007 (NODC Accession 0056602) 2009-07-11 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 seven (7) 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 2006 and spring-summer 2007; (3) at 1 site-group comprising multiple patch reefs located throughout north, central and south Kaneohe Bay, windward Oahu in the MHI, during spring 2007; (4-5) at 2 longshore sites on the back reef of Midway Atoll in the NWHI during spring 2006 and spring-summer 2007; and (6-7) at 2 site-groups comprising multiple patch reefs within the Welles Harbor region of the lagoon of Midway Atoll during spring-summer 2007. From 12-25 randomly positioned transects were surveyed at each site or site-group in a given year; 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 the second and third spring-summer surveys 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 Division (FBSAD), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA; the following persons also contributed to data collection: AMF = Alan M. Friedlander, then Oceanic Institute, Waimanalo, Hawaii; now Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey and Hawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Unit (HCFRU), Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii; CLK = Caitlin L. Kryss and JPB = James P. Beets, Marine Sciences, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hawaii; and TWA = Todd W. Anderson, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California completed 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 Numeric Data Sets > Biology theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census > Belt Transect EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Assemblages theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus Marine Ecosystem Coral Reef Conservation Program, NOAA Fisheries Expanding necessary information on juvenile nursery habitats Coral Reef Reef Fishes Belt Transect Survey theme None Expanding fish nursery habitat information necessary for effectively siting no-take MPAs 10367 project CRCP Project OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (28N178W0000) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (28N178W0000) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Kaneohe Bay (21N157W0004) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Oahu Island > Kaneohe Bay (21N157W0004) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii Island > 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 MHI NWHI place CoRIS Region Main Hawaiian Islands Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Hawaii Island (Big Island), SOUTH KOHALA DISTRICT Oahu (Kaneohe Bay) Midway Atoll place None 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 environment biota -177.422 -155.823 19.958 28.278 2006-05-29 2007-07-11 The maximum observation depth was 20 feet (6.1 meters). Fish observed DATAFILE NAME: RECRUIT-REEF-FISH_BELT_TRANSECTS_2006-07.xls File date: 19MAR09 Size: 1507 records (224 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: 29MAY06 to 11JUL07] LOCATION $ [three (3) categories: 'BigIsl', 'Oahu__', and 'Midway'] SITE $ [seven (7) categories: 'BIPuakoEndofRd_', 'BISpencersPk___', 'OahuKaneoheBay_', 'MWCorlPoorPR___', 'MWCorlPoorBakRf', 'MWCorlRichPR___', and 'MWCorlRichBakRf'] OBSRVR $ [five (5) categories: 'AMF', 'CLK', 'EED', 'JPB', 'TWA'] TRANSNMBR [Transect number = 1, 2, 3 ? n, where n = 1-12 if (YEAR = 2006 and SITE = 'BIPuakoEndofRd_') or (YEAR = 2006 and SITE = 'BISpencersPK___') or (YEAR = 2006 and SITE = 'MWCorlPoorBakRf') or (YEAR = 2006 and SITE = 'MWCorlRichBakRf'); but where n = 19 if (YEAR = 2007 and Site = 'BIPuakoEndofRd_') or (YEAR = 2007 and SITE = 'BISpencersPK___'); but where n = 1-40 if (YEAR = 2007 and SITE = 'OahuKaneoheBay_'); but where n = 1-80 if ((YEAR=2007) and (SITE = 'MWCorlPoorPR___' or SITE = 'MWCorlPoorBakRf' or SITE = 'MWCorlRichPR___' or SITE = 'MWCorlRichBakRf'))] 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 2006-07 data] N_FSH [Number of individuals of that size and species tallied on that transect; range 1 to 57 for 2006-07 data] YEAR [two (2) categories for year in which data were recorded: 2006, 2007] 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/RECRUIT-REEF-FISH_BELT-TRANSECTS_2006-07.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___', 'OahuKaneoheBay_', 'MWCorlRichBakRf', 'MWCorlPoorPR___', and 'MWCorlRichPR___) spanning nearly the entire north-south and east-west extents of the Hawaiian Archipelago. A completely balanced design (a constant 12 transects per each of 2 sites at each of 2 Locations) was accomplished during 2006. Sampling effort was increased to a target 20 transects per site in 2007 but the outcome was slightly unbalanced (only 19 transects were completed at the 'BIPuakoEndofRd_' and 'BISpencersPk___' sites in 2007) due to time constraints. A total 40 transects at coral-poor and coral-rich patch reefs combined were surveyed at SITE = 'OahuKaneoheBay_' in 2007. Of the 40 total transects surveyed at Midway patch reefs in 2007, a total 25 and 15 transects were surveyed at SITE = 'MWCorlPoorPR___" and SITE = 'MWCorlRichPR___' because relatively few "coral-rich" patch reefs could be located. SIZE_TLcm was not recorded for all recruit reef fish individuals tallied on transects in 2006 by OBSRVR = 'AMF' and OBSRVR = 'TWA'. 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 five trained diver-observers, who swam along the length of the 50-m x 2-m (100 m**2) transect line. All recruit (< 5 cm TL) and larger (5-10 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, 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 - 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. The positions of individual transects at Location = 'Oahu__' and 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 each individual transect surveyed at Locations 'Oahu__' and 'Midway' in 2006 and 2007 are provided in the metadata file for habitat surveys named "REEF-FISH_HABITAT_2006-07.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 2025-03-24T16:20:18.959Z Last Metadata Review Date: 2009-07-16 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