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Title: National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified Random Surveys (StRS) of Reef Fish, including Benthic Estimate Data at Jarvis Island from 2016-05-16 to 2016-05-22 (NCEI Accession 0157594)
Abstract: Surveys were conducted in the course of a reef fish survey cruise conducted by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) at Jarvis Island in 2016.

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'). A stratified random sampling (StRS) design is employed to survey the coral reef ecosystems throughout the U.S.-Pacific regions. For all regions, 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, with the exception of the Main Hawaiian Islands that includes habitat structure type as well. Sampling effort is allocated based on strata area.
Date received: 20161215
Start date: 20160516
End date: 20160522
Seanames: Equatorial Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean
West boundary: -160.012848
East boundary: -159.97198
North boundary: -0.362026
South boundary: -0.382476
Observation types: in situ, survey, survey - biological, survey - swimmer/diver, visual estimate, visual observation
Instrument types: swimmer/diver, visual observation
Datatypes: DEPTH - OBSERVATION, FISH BIOMASS, FISH CENSUS, FISH - CORAL REEF, FISH SPECIES, REEF AND/OR BOTTOM REGIME - PERCENT COVER, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ORGANISM LENGTH
Submitter: Kanemura, Troy
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program
Contributing projects: CORAL REEF STUDIES, CRCP, NCRMP, Pacific RAMP
Platforms: Oscar Elton Sette (33OC)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information:
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Metadata version: 14
Keydate: 2016-12-19 14:45:03+00
Editdate: 2024-09-09 21:36:33+00