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OAS accession Detail for 0290375
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| Title: | National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified Random Surveys (StRS) of Reef Fish, including Benthic Estimate Data across American Samoa from 2023-04-26 to 2023-08-09 (NCEI Accession 0290375) |
| Abstract: | The stationary point count (SPC) method is used by the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD, formerly the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division) 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 reef fish and benthic estimate data provided in this data set were collected during SPC surveys as part of the ESD-led NCRMP mission across American Samoa in 2023 from the islands of Ofu & Olosega, Rose Atoll, Tau and Tutuila. 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 American Samoa. 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. |
| Date received: | 20240311 |
| Start date: | 20230426 |
| End date: | 20230809 |
| Seanames: | Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, South Pacific Ocean |
| West boundary: | -170.827797 |
| East boundary: | -168.140945 |
| North boundary: | -14.1533 |
| South boundary: | -14.5591 |
| Observation types: | biological, in situ, survey, survey - biological, survey - swimmer/diver, visual estimate, visual observation |
| Instrument types: | swimmer/diver, visual observation |
| Datatypes: | biological data, FISH BIOMASS, FISH CENSUS, FISH - CORAL REEF, FISH SPECIES, INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - LENGTH, MACROINVERTEBRATE CENSUS, REEF AND/OR BOTTOM REGIME - PERCENT COVER, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ORGANISM LENGTH |
| Submitter: | Luers, Lori |
| Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center |
| Collecting institutions: | US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division |
| Contributing projects: | CORAL REEF STUDIES, CRCP, NCRMP |
| Platforms: | Rainier (315R) |
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| Metadata version: | 3 |
| Keydate: | 2024-03-21 20:00:26+00 |
| Editdate: | 2024-09-10 12:27:12+00 |