National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified random surveys (StRS) of reef fish, including benthic estimate data of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands from 2015-07-30 to 2015-08-21 (NCEI Accession 0181482)
The stationary point count (SPC) method is used to conduct reef fish surveys in the Hawaiian and Mariana Archipelagos, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas as part of the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). The SPC method catalogs the diversity (species richness), abundance (numeric density) and biomass (fish mass per unit area) of diurnally active reef fish assemblages in shallow-water (less than 30 m) hard-bottom habitats. Visual estimates of benthic cover and topographic complexity are also recorded, with benthic organisms grouped into broad functional categories (e.g., 'Hard Coral', 'Macroalgae'). In the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, a stratified random sampling (StRS) design is employed to survey the coral reef ecosystems. The survey domain encompasses the majority of the mapped area of reef and hard bottom habitats and the stratification includes island, reef zone, and depth. Sampling effort is allocated based on strata area.
Reef fish and benthic estimate data provided in this dataset were collected during SPC surveys as part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument funded research cruise to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2015. These data are not funded by, but are complementary to NCRMP-funded surveys conducted by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division.
Reef fish and benthic estimate data provided in this dataset were collected during SPC surveys as part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument funded research cruise to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2015. These data are not funded by, but are complementary to NCRMP-funded surveys conducted by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division.
Dataset Citation
- Cite as: Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument; Ecosystem Sciences Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (2018). National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified random surveys (StRS) of reef fish, including benthic estimate data of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands from 2015-07-30 to 2015-08-21 (NCEI Accession 0181482). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0181482. In NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division. National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified random surveys (StRS) of reef fish, including benthic estimate data of the Hawaiian Archipelago. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/v59c6vr5. Accessed [date].
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Time Period | 2015-07-30 to 2015-08-21 |
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East: -166.057
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North: 28.4595
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Purpose | The NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) details a long term approach to provide an ecosystem perspective via monitoring climate, fish, benthic, and socioeconomic variables in a consistent and integrated manner. The NCRMP is intended to coordinate various NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) biological, physical, and human dimensions activities into a cohesive NOAA-wide effort. Through the implementation of the NCRMP, NOAA will be able to clearly and concisely communicate results of national-scale monitoring to national, state, and territorial policy makers, resource managers, and the public on a periodic basis. In some circumstances, additional survey efforts using identical survey methods and design are conducted to supplement or otherwise complement NCRMP surveys. As methods, design and even sometimes personnel are consistent across those surveys and NCRMP; and where the supplementary surveys are expressly intended to be merged with NCRMP data, we include those surveys here. NCRMP research cruises are typically conducted on a triennial basis in the Hawaiian Archipelago. In the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument complements NCRMP by surveying each of the years in between the triennial NCRMP surveys. The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) is a framework for conducting sustained observations of biological, climate, and socioeconomic indicators at 10 priority coral reefs across the U.S. and its territories. This integrated approach will consolidate monitoring of coral reefs under a uniform method in the Pacific, Atlantic, Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico for the first time. NCRMP is funded by the CRCP and supported by NOAA Fisheries, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), and many other partners. The PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) at NOAA Fisheries is leading biological monitoring in the U.S. Pacific Islands Region. The biological component of NCRMP in the Pacific provides a triennial ecological characterization at a broad spatial scale of general reef condition for reef fishes, corals and benthic habitat (i.e., fish species composition/density/size, benthic cover, and coral density/size/condition). Innovative analysis techniques are then used to develop products that give fellow scientists, managers, decision makers and the public a better understanding of a region’s resources and how they are changing over time. |
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