hcri_nodc_0001467_west_aquarium_fish_substrate_1999-2003 eng; USA utf8 dataset Mr. Patrick C. Caldwell NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC Hawaii/US Pacific Liaison (808)-956-4105 (808) 956-2352 1000 Pope Road, MSB 316 Dept. of Oceanography University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu Hawaii 96822 USA caldwell@hawaii.edu 8 AM to 5 PM weekdays check services@nodc.noaa.gov if not available pointOfContact 2020-03-29 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) West Hawaii Aquarium Project 1999-2003 Fish and Substrate Data (NODC Accession 0001467) 2005-05-12 publication Brian Tissot, Washington State University, Vancouver originator Bill Walsh, Division of Aquatic Resources, DLNR, Kona originator Leon Hallacher, University of Hawai'i, Hilo originator Mark Hixon, Oregon State University originator In response to declines in reef fishes, the Hawaii state legislature created the West Hawaii Regional Fishery Management Area in 1998 to improve fishery resources (Act 306). The West Hawaii Aquarium Project (WHAP) was funded by the Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative to monitor to fish populations and quantify the habitats in this region. This dataset consists of an MS Access relational database of all monitoring data from 1999-2003. The relational database of this dataset includes some of the data held in NODC Accession 0000938, however, it would be best to examine each accession carefully. The relational database of this accession has fewer tables and less parameters. During initial funding under CRAMP in 1998-99, 23 permanent study sites were established positioned in all of the proposed Fish Replenishment Areas (FRAs) as well as eight sites where fish collecting is know to occur ("impact"), and six managed areas where aquarium fish collection is prohibited (three Marine Life Conservation Districts (MLCDs) and three FMAs or "control"). Initial surveys confirm that aquarium fish collecting impacts are significant but vary along the coastline. To continue monitoring of these sites as Act 306 is implemented to provide an evaluation of the effectiveness of the FRA plan as a way to manage aquarium fish collecting impacts in Hawai'i. In addition, examination of fish recruitment patterns will provide important information useful to the future establishment of MPAs in Hawai'i. Accordingly, the objectives of this project are to: 1.Continue to estimate the impacts of aquarium fish collecting at a wide range of sites. 2.Evaluate the effectiveness of the FRA plan by comparing fish abundances among control, impact and FRA study sites as Act 306 is implemented in 1999. 3.Provide baseline information on natural variability in fish and coral abundance. 4.Document recruitment patterns of several aquarium fish species in order to examine the population-level outcomes of a marine reserve system. 5.Disseminate the results of these studies to coral reef ecosystem managers, the scientific community, and the public. Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative completed Dr. Brian Tissot Washington State University Vancouver Coordinator, Science Programs (360) 546-9611 (360) 546-9037 14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue Vancouver WA 98686-9600 U.S.A. Tissot@vancouver.wsu.edu Mon-Fri 9-5PM Pacific Time Phone/FAX/letter/e-mail pointOfContact DEPENDENT UPON FUNDING BUT TYPICALLY SEMI-ANNUAL CoRIS_Metadata theme NCEI Geoportal Filter Numeric Data Sets > Biology theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > In Situ Biological EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Baseline studies EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Habitats EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Transect Monitoring > Video Transect theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus coral species reef fish species substrate type digital data insitu observations theme None 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 North Pacific Ocean Hawaii Big Island Lapakahi Kamilo Waiakailio Bay Puako Anaehoomalu Keawaiki Kaupulehu Makalawena Wawaloli Beach Wawaloli Honokohau Papawai S. Oneo Bay N. Keauhou Kualanui Pt Red Hill Keopuka Kealakekua Bay Ke'ei Hookena (Kalahiki) Hookena (Auau) Milolii (Omakaa) Milolii (Manuka) place None MHI place CoRIS Region NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data,expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA, NESDIS, NODC, nor CoRIS cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system. otherRestrictions Use Constraints: dataset credit required otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None eng; USA biota Native Dataset Environment: MS Access relational database -156.05 -155.8489 19.05 20.16 1999-01-05 2003-12-31 Unknown Resource Description: NODC Accession # 0001467 Entity and Attribute Overview: 1) Under directory ../data/access Original File = whap_database_surveys_1_to_28.mdb Microsoft Access 2000 Database of fish surveys 1-26 (none for 27-28). Note, all tables in the database were dumped into MS 97-2000 Excel files with same name (subdirectory /excel) from which ASCII CSV files were obtained (subdirectory /csv). Table Substrates had to be broken into sequentially numbered pieces due to the large size. Tables DiveMaster and Locations were not available in this relational database but are crucial for understanding the locations and dates. Thus these were acquired from NODC Accession 0000938. Explicit dates for the 2003 surveys can be found in ../../data/misc/progress.txt Table: DiveMaster Field Comment ----- ------------------------------------- Survey representative dive number for data collection Date date of survey as dd/mm/yy Time time of dive, 00:00 - 23:59 HST SuveryN Survey sequence number (a single sequence represents each of the 26 sites being surveyed back to back) Table: Location Field Comment ----- ------------------------------------- Location number corresponding to monitoring sites throughout the Hawaiian Islands and nearby atolls....includes CRAMP sites Big Island Big Island Site number Study Site descriptive site name (CRAMP compatible) Latitude degrees.minutes.seconds Longitude degrees.minutes.seconds Island descriptive name of island status degree of management MLCD: Marine Life Conservation District NAR: Natural Area Reserve FMA: Fisheries Management Area (no fishing) Table: Species Field Comment ----- ------------------------------------- TaxonID code for taxon; table key Type descriptive, general taxonomic group Family taxonomic family TaxonName descriptive scientific name Synonym descriptive Hawaiian Name descriptive Common Name descriptive Trophic descriptive status code: A: collected by aquarium collectors A1: top 10 aquarium collector fishes blank: ? Table: Substrate Codes Field Comment ----- ------------------------------------- ID Name Link to Table Substrates data Code code of ID Name from PointCount Substrate options: substrate or Non-Substrate (filter) Coral options: Coral or Non-Coral (live coral filter) Table: Substrates (PointCount data management) Field Comment ----- ------------------------------------- Transect transect number Quadrat frame number (randomly selected from all frames) Location see Parameter "Big Island" in Locations Table Station unconfirmed Frame No video frame number used for PointCount Image Date date on image, ignore (not correct) ID Name see table Substrate Codes ID Code PointCount ID Code for ID Name Point PointCount number X PointCount parameter Y PointCount parameter Intensity PointCount parameter Red PointCount parameter Green PointCount parameter Blue PointCount parameter File Name file under ../data/whap2000_Coral_Archive ID Date Date ID given by PointCount Site ID PointCount Site ID Site Code PointCount Site code (ignore) Time Code PointCount Time code (ignore) Institution where PointCount performed User Name PointCount operator, see Observers Habitat ignore WQS ignore Length ignore Depth ignore Table: Substrates Kapoho (PointCount data management) (see Substrates above) Table: TransectRuns Field Comment ----- ------------------------------------- TransectRunID see RunDetails Survey survey number (dive number for one dive team at one location for one dive) Transect transect number Qlocation Quadrat location Observer initials of observer, see Observers Run/Quadrat run number through transect or quadrat sample Table: WHAP Transects Depths Field Comment ----- ------------------------------------- ID See RunDetails Site See Locations, parameter Big Island Transect alphabetic transect ID Depth depth in meters Tran2 number code for transect Entity and Attribute Detail Citation: None Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, ASCII CSV, and ASCII Text NODC User Services NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center not applicable 301-713-3277 or 3280 301-713-3302 1315 East-West Highway, SSMC3, 4th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910 U.S.A. nodc.services@noaa.gov 8:30 AM through 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday EST Phone/e-mail/FAX/voice mail message distributor None https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0001467 download dataset None see methodology I. Fish Monitoring See ../meta/misc/fish_monitor_design.htm or .txt A. Sampling Design objective: to accurately and efficiently monitor spatial and temporal variation in fish abundance. The sampling design is focused primarily on detecting change in abundant to moderately abundant reef fish across all 24 study sites sampled on a bimonthly basis. The simple, low-replicate design minimizes site survey time while maximizing repeated surveying of sites to obtain estimates of temporal variation in adult and juvenile abundance. Design of transect layout used at permanent transects. Two 60 m neutral gray transect lines are positioned along six permanent stainless-steel eyebolts. Divers survey four 25 m transects separated by 10 m buffer areas between replicates. B. Survey Protocol Transects are located by differential GPS. Fish densities of all observed species are estimated by visual strip transect search along each permanent transect line. Two pairs of divers survey the lines, each pair searching two of the 25 m lines. The search of each line consists of two divers, swimming side-by-side on each side of the line, surveying a column 2 m wide. On the outward-bound leg, larger planktivores and wide-ranging fishes within 4 m of the bottom are recorded. On the return leg, fishes closely associated with the bottom, juveniles, and fishes hiding in cracks and crevices are recorded. Each site is scheduled to be surveyed bi-monthly, weather permitting, for a total of six surveys per year. II. Substrate Monitoring In addition to the fishes, our program is monitoring the coral reef and associated algae and invertebrates to assess coupled changes between the fishes and their habitat. We use video transecting methods to obtain estimates of abundance of these parameters. Using a digital Sony DCR-TRV900 we swim the length of the transect at a constant distance from the bottom. In the laboratory, individuals frames are captured using a Canopus DVRex-M1 and archived for future use. We use Dr. Phil Dustan's program PointCount to analyzed the images and derive abundance estimates of coral, algae, macro-invertebrates and additional habitat parameters. Data are entered and maintained in a state-wide, common-format, relational database system. Dr. Brian Tissot Washington State University Vancouver Coordinator, Science Programs (360) 546-9611 (360) 546-9037 14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue Vancouver WA 98686-9600 U.S.A. Tissot@vancouver.wsu.edu Mon-Fri 9-5PM Pacific Time Phone/FAX/letter/e-mail processor annually This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC 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 2025-03-24T16:59:31.701Z Mr. Patrick C. Caldwell NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC Hawaii/US Pacific Liaison (808)-956-4105 (808) 956-2352 1000 Pope Road, MSB 316 Dept. of Oceanography University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu Hawaii 96822 USA caldwell@hawaii.edu 8 AM to 5 PM weekdays check services@nodc.noaa.gov if not available pointOfContact