nmfs_fbsad_recruit_reef_fish_belt_transects_2005 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, 2005 (NODC Accession 0046935) 2008-03-31 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 8-13 m depths at 3 longshore sites on the leeward coast (North and South Kohala districts) of the Big Island (Hawaii Island) in the MHI during spring 2005. From 8-10 randomly positioned transects were surveyed at each site; each transect was 25-m long x 2-m wide (50 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) and larger (5-10 cm TL) juvenile reef fishes encountered within transect boundaries. The study was published in a peer-reviewed marine science journal in August 2007. The full citation is: "DeMartini EE, Anderson TW (2007) Habitat associations and aggregation of recruit fishes on Hawaiian coral reefs. Bulletin of Marine Science 81(1):139-152". To provide reef fish density estimates as the first spring 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 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 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 Hawaii Island (Big Island), NORTH AND SOUTH KOHALA DISTRICTS theme None 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 > Linear 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 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 > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii > Kohala Coast (21N155W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Kohala Coast (21N155W0001) 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 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 -155.901 -155.859 19.955 20.184 2005-05-23 2005-06-10 The maximum observation depth was 13 meters. Fish observed DATAFILE NAME: RECRUIT-REEF-FISH_BELT_TRANSECTS_2005.xls File date: 12MAR08 Size: 451 records (69 kb) This file consists of the following eight (8) 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: 23MAY05 to 10JUN05] ISLAND $ [One (1) category: 'BIG'] SITE $ [Three (3) categories: 'PUK_END', 'HOLO', 'MAHU'] OBSERVER $ [One (1) category: 'EED'] TRANSECT [Transect number = 1, 2, 3 ... n, where n = 1-10 if SITE = 'HOLO' or if SITE = 'MAHU' but where n = 1-8 if SITE = 'PUK_END'] FISH_SP $ [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] SIZ(TL,cm) [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] NUMBER [Number of individuals of that size and species tallied on that transect] 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_2005.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 3 survey sites were selected to be representative of wave-exposed (SITE = 'PUK_END', for "Point at End of the Road, Puako Beach Drive"); partially exposed (SITE = 'HOLO', for "Holoholokai Beach Park"), and wave-protected (SITE = 'MAHU', for "Mahukona") fringing reef habitats of the North and South Kohala districts coasts of leeward Hawaii Island. A completely balanced design (a constant 10 transects per each of 3 sites) was initially intended but the outcome was slightly unbalanced (only 8 transects at the 'PUK_END' Site) due to time constraints. The same methods of data collection were used at each of the sites surveyed, and all data were estimated and recorded by the same two scientists. Periodic examination of the data through the duration of the surveys showed no signs of diver bias or other discrepancies; this was further supported by the results of post hoc analyses evaluating diver comparability. Data were collected by a single diver (EED), who swam along the length of each 25-m x 2-m (50 m**2) transect line. All recruit (< 5 cm TL) and larger (5-10 cm TL) juvenile fishes were tallied during a single swim along the viewing path as the diver laid out the transect line. Fish were identified to species. Upon returning to shore, EED corrected the field sheets for legibility, and the data were subsequently entered by EED into Excel spreadsheets and error checked by computer for outliers and other discrepancies. This data set consists of raw data - fish count data have not been standardized to density. In order to do so, the counts of each transect must be divided by 50 to standardize the counts to density as N fish per m**2. (Unstandardized counts of course are identical to densities of N fish per 50 m**2.) The positions of individual transects were not recorded by GPS; the 8-10 transects at each site were scattered haphazardly throughout 1.0-1.5 ha areas centered on: SITE = 'PUK_END': 19.962 N lat, -155.859 W lon SITE = 'HOLO': 19.955 N lat, -155.864 W lon SITE = 'MAHU': 20.184 N lat, -155.901 W lon 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 2025-03-24T17:40:17.87Z Last Metadata Review Date: 2008-09-23 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