gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:34515 eng UTF8 dataset CSV Files Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center 808-725-5300 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. resourceProvider DesRochers, Annette M (808)725-5461 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA annette.desrochers@noaa.gov 8 am - 5 pm Email preferred pointOfContact Akridge, Michael W (808)725-5483 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA michael.akridge@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:27 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Stratified Random Surveys (StRS) of Reef Fish, including Benthic Estimate Data at Coral Reef Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2007 to 2012 RAMP: Fish Surveys (nSPC) 2017-03 creation 2018-11 revision 2018 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 34515 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/34515 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/fish.php WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Fish Ecology and Monitoring Coral Reef Ecosystem Program website, Fish Ecology and Monitoring download https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/library/pubs/admin/PIFSC_Admin_Rep_11-08.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) Standard Operating Procedures: Data Collection for Rapid Ecological Assessment Fish Surveys. NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) Standard Operating Procedures: Data Collection for Rapid Ecological Assessment Fish Surveys. PIFSC Admin Report 11-08 published December 2011. download https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/reef_fish_survey_methods_and_data.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Overview of reef fish survey methods and data Overview of PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division reef fish survey methods and data. download https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/survey_methods.php#new_stationary_point_count WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Stationary Point Count (nSPC) Method used to survey coral reef fishes PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division website, description of Stationary Point Count (nSPC) Method used to survey coral reef fishes (2007-Present). download https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/survey_methods/fish_surveys/rapid_ecological_assessment_of_fish-survey_method_training.php WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Fish survey methods training page PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division website, fish survey methods training page download https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/pacific_ramp.php WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) project page PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division website. download https://www.papahanaumokuakea.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument website download tableDigital Ayotte P, McCoy K, Williams I, Zamzow J. 2011. Coral Reef Ecosystem Division standard operating procedures: data collection for Rapid Ecological Assessment fish surveys. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-11-08, 24 p. Ayotte, P. , K. McCoy, A. Heenan, I. Williams, and J. Zamzow. 2015. Coral reef ecosystem program standard operating procedures: data collection for rapid ecological assessment fish surveys. Pacific Islands Fish. Sci. Cent., Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., NOAA, Honolulu, HI 96818-5007. Pacific Islands Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-15-07, 33 p. doi:10.7289/V5SN06ZT The stationary point count (nSPC) method was used to conduct reef fish surveys in the Hawaiian and Mariana Archipelagos, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas as part of NOAA's Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) from 2008 to 2012. Stationary point count is a non-invasive underwater survey method that 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. Starting in 2010, visual estimates of benthic cover and topographic structural complexity were also recorded, with benthic organisms grouped into broad functional categories (e.g., 'Hard Coral', 'Macroalgae'). A stratified random sampling (StRS) design was employed to survey the coral reef ecosystems throughout the U.S.-Pacific regions. For all regions, the survey domain encompassed the majority of the mapped area of reef and hard bottom habitats and the stratification included island, reef zone, and depth, with the exception of the Main Hawaiian Islands that included habitat structure type as well. Sampling effort was allocated based on strata area and variability. At each REA survey site, 1 or 2 nSPC fish surveys were conducted, with each survey being carried out by a pair of divers each recording the number, size and species of all fishes within adjacent 15-m diameter cylinders. Benthic estimates were recorded at the end of the fish surveys. Reef fish and benthic estimate data provided in this data set were collected during stationary point count surveys as part of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (formerly the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division) led Pacific RAMP cruises. Data collected as part of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument funded research cruises in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2012 are also included as these data were funded separately from but are complementary to the Pacific RAMP data collected by ESD. The Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP), established by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (formerly the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division) and supported by NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), was tasked with documenting and understanding the status and trends of coral reef ecosystems in the U.S. Pacific. Pacific RAMP involved interdisciplinary monitoring of oceanographic conditions and biological surveys of organisms associated with hard-bottomed habitats in the 0-30 m depth range. Regions were surveyed on a biennial cycle and aimed to support integrated, consistent and comparable monitoring of coral reefs across all U.S.-affiliated regions. PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division and funded by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program; Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument completed Williams, Ivor D (808)725-5427 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA ivor.williams@noaa.gov Email preferred pointOfContact Ayotte, Paula M (808)725-5403 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA paula.ayotte@noaa.gov Email preferred custodian notPlanned https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/img/diver_counting_fish_using_spc_sm.jpg Pearl and Hermes Reef JPG 1221 587 C204 Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP): Biennial monitoring for the US Pacific Islands and Atolls Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Monitoring coral reef ecosystems of the US Pacific Islands and Atolls theme CRCP Project Numeric Data Sets > Fish Census theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Species Richness EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Rapid assessment studies EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Reef fish census EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Reef fish census > Stationary EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Coral Cover EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Rugosity EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral reef ecology EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Assemblages EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Macroinvertebrates EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Macroinvertebrates theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus FISH - CORAL REEF FISH BIOMASS FISH SPECIES SPECIES IDENTIFICATION SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ORGANISM LENGTH theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS survey survey - biological survey - swimmer/diver visual estimate theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS HI'IALAKAI OSCAR ELTON SETTE theme NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS CORAL REEF STUDIES Coral Reef Conservation Program Pacific Reef and Assessment Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) theme NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division theme NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Agrihan Island > Agrihan Island (18N145E0002) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Aguihan > Aguihan Island (Aguijan) (14N145E0006) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Alamagan Island > Alamagan Island (17N145E0002) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Asuncion Island > Asuncion 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Nihoa (23N161W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (28N178W0000) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Oahu (21N157W0003) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Pearl and Hermes Reef (27N176W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Kauai > Niihau Island (21N160W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Maui > Lanai Island (20N156W0002) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Maui > Maui Island (20N156W0004) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaiian Islands (21N157W0027) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Baker Island (00N176W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Howland Island (00S176W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Jarvis Island (00S160W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Johnston Atoll (16N169W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Kingman Reef (06N162W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Palmyra Atoll (05N162W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Wake Atoll (19N167E0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > Manu'a Islands (14S170W0038) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > South Bank (14S170W0067) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > Swains Atoll (11S171W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > Tutuila Island (14S170W0016) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Baker Island > Baker Island (00N176W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands (21N157W0027) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii Island > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Kauai Island > Kauai Island (22N159W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Lanai Island > Lanai Island (20N156W0002) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Maui Island > Maui Island (20N156W0004) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Molokai Island > Molokai Island (21N157W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Niihau Island > Niihau Island (21N160W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Oahu Island > Oahu (21N157W0003) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Howland Island > Howland Island (00S176W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Johnston Atoll > Johnston Atoll (16N169W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Jarvis Island (00S160W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Kingman Reef (06N162W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Palmyra Atoll (05N162W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (28N178W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > French Frigate Shoals (24N166W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Gardner Pinnacles (25N168W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Kure Atoll (28N178W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Laysan Island (25N171W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Lisianski Island (25N173W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Maro Reef (25N170W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Midway Atoll (28N177W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Necker Island (23N164W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Nihoa (23N161W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Pearl and Hermes Reef (27N176W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Wake Atoll > Wake Atoll (19N167E0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Ofu Island (14S169W0013) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Olosega Island (14S169W0014) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Ta'u Island (14S169W0012) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Rose Island > Rose Island (Rose Atoll) (14S168W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Agrihan Island > Agrihan Island (18N145E0002) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Aguihan Island Reefs > Aguihan Island (Aguijan) (14N145E0006) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Alamagan Island > Alamagan Island (17N145E0002) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Asuncion Island > Asuncion Island (19N145E0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Farallon de Pajaros > Farallon de Pajaros (20N144E0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Guam > Guam (13N144E0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Guguan Island > Guguan Island (17N145E0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Mariana Archipelago > Northern Mariana Islands ( CNMI ) (18N146E0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Maug Island > Maug Island (20N145E0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Pagan Island > Pagan Island (18N145E0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Rota Island > Rota Island ( Luta ) (14N145E0007) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Saipan Island > Saipan Island (15N145E0002) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Sarigan Island > Sarigan Island (16N145E0003) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Tinian Island Reefs > Tinian Island (14N145E0005) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus Equatorial Pacific Ocean Marianas Trench Marine National Monument NW Pacific North Pacific Ocean Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Rose Atoll Marine National Monument South Pacific Ocean place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS CRED CREP Coral Reef Ecosystem Division Coral Reef Ecosystem Program ESD Ecosystem Sciences Division PIFSC Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center RAMP REA Rapid Ecological Assessment Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program Reef Fish SPC Stationary Point Count theme Biennial temporal CNMI Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands MHI Main Hawaiian Islands Mariana 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GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Stratified Random Surveys (StRS) of Reef Fish, including Benthic Estimate Data at Coral Reef Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2007 to 2012 [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/34515. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. 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US biota PIFSC Oracle database view: V0_FISH_REA Mariana Archipelago 144.6259167 145.8529194 13.22989 20.5532 Mariana Archipelago Mission HI0903 at Agrihan, Alamagan, Asuncion, Farallon de Pajaros, Guguan, Maug, Pagan, Saipan, and Sarigan. | Currentness: Ground Condition 2009-04-18 2009-05-05 Mission HI0902 at Aguijan, Guam, Rota, Saipan, and Tinian. | Currentness: Ground Condition 2009-04-05 2009-04-14 Mission HA1101 at Agrihan, Aguijan, Alamagan, Asuncion, Farallon de Pajaros, Guam, Guguan, Maug, Pagan, Rota, Saipan, Sarigan, and Tinian. | Currentness: Ground Condition 2011-04-07 2011-05-09 Shore-based mission at Guam. | Currentness: Ground Condition 2011-06-06 2011-06-17 American Samoa -171.09241 -168.1377728 -14.88716 -11.04524 American Samoa Mission HA1001 at Ofu, Olosega, Rose, South Bank, Swains, Ta'u, and Tutuila. | Currentness: Ground Condition 2010-02-17 2010-03-21 Mission HA1201 at Ofu, Olosega, Rose, Swains, Ta'u, and Tutuila. | Currentness: Ground Condition 2012-03-21 2012-04-26 Mission HI0802 at Ofu, Olosega, Rose, Swains, Ta'u, and Tutuila. | Currentness: Ground Condition 2008-02-18 2008-03-18 Hawaiian Archipelago -160.2094899 -154.8527585 18.96924701 22.24683668 Main Hawaiian Islands -178.382783 -161.91402 23.0533 28.45708849 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Mission HA1008 at Hawaii, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, Niihau, and Oahu. | Currentness: Ground Condition 2010-10-08 2010-11-04 Mission SE1207 at Lanai, Maui, Molokai, and Oahu. | Currentness: Ground Condition 2012-09-01 2012-09-13 Shore-based mission at Oahu. | Currentness: Ground Condition 2010-11-17 2010-12-08 Mission HA1007 at French Frigate, Kure, Lisianski, and Pearl & Hermes. | Currentness: Ground Condition 2010-09-07 2010-09-24 Monument-led RAMP cruise to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2007, including French Frigate Shoals, Lisianski, and Pearl and Hermes | Currentness: Ground Condition 2007-09-21 2007-10-08 Monument-led RAMP cruise to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2009, including Kure, Laysan, Lisianski, Maro, Midway, and Necker. | Currentness: Ground Condition 2009-09-19 2009-10-16 Monument-led RAMP cruise to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2011, including French Frigate Shoals, Gardner, Laysan, Lisianski, Maro, Midway, Necker, Nihoa, and Pearl and Hermes | Currentness: Ground Condition 2011-07-25 2011-08-18 Monument-led RAMP cruise to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2012, including French Frigate Shoals, Kure, Lisianski, and Pearl and Hermes | Currentness: Ground Condition 2012-08-04 2012-08-19 Pacific Remote Island Areas -176.6267073 -159.9714753 -0.38256 16.782 Pacific Remote Island Areas (excluding Wake Atoll) 166.59378 166.6604718 19.26797074 19.32548669 Wake Atoll ASRAMP 2010 Leg III - Jarvis, Kingman, and Palmyra | Currentness: Ground Condition 2010-04-01 2010-04-19 ASRAMP 2012 Leg I - Baker, Howland, and Johnston | Currentness: Ground Condition 2012-03-02 2012-03-17 ASRAMP 2012 Leg IV - Jarvis, Kingman, and Palmyra | Currentness: Ground Condition 2012-05-03 2012-05-19 MARAMP 2011 Leg I - Wake Atoll | Currentness: Ground Condition 2011-03-23 2011-03-27 MARAMP 2009 Leg I - Wake Atoll | Currentness: Ground Condition 2009-03-22 2009-03-26 ASRAMP 2010 Leg I - Baker, Howland, and Johnston | Currentness: Ground Condition 2010-01-24 2010-02-08 ASRAMP 2008 Leg I - Baker, Howland, and Johnston | Currentness: Ground Condition 2008-01-27 2008-02-09 ASRAMP 2008 Leg III - Jarvis, Kingman, and Palmyra | Currentness: Ground Condition 2008-03-26 2008-04-07 The data described was collected as part of the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP), which pre-dates the establishment of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) in 2013, which 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 at NOAA Fisheries is leading biological monitoring of coral reefs in the U.S. Pacific Islands Region. false eng false Data View View: V0_FISH_REA 2017-04-28 publication CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) Darwin Core Archive PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information distributor Ocean Biogeographic Information System https://obis.org WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Ocean Biogeographic Information System Website OBIS provides a portal or gateway to many datasets containing information on where and when marine species have been recorded. OBIS emanates from the Census of Marine Life (2000-2010) and was adopted as a project under IOC-UNESCO’s International Oceanographic Data and Information (IODE) programme in 2009. information distributor https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162472 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link V0_FISH_REA nSPC.csv Observations from stationary point count surveys of coral reef fishes by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) conducted at various islands in the U.S. Pacific Islands Region from 2008 to 2012 download https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0178974 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link V0_FISH_REA nSPC_PMNM.csv Observations from stationary point count surveys of coral reef fishes by the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument conducted around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2007 (HI0708), 2009 (HI0907), 2011 (HA1103), and 2012 (HA1204). download https://mapper.obis.org/?datasetid=2ae2a2bd-8412-405b-8a9f-b71adc41d4c5 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link ncrmp_nspc_fish_pacific Data have been translated by a third party to Darwin Core format and served via the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Data Access portal: OBIS Dataset Title: NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified random surveys (StRS) of reef fish in the U.S. Pacific Islands. Years: 2007-2019 DOI: 10.15468/tk1hwm OBIS Dataset ID: 2ae2a2bd-8412-405b-8a9f-b71adc41d4c5 OBIS provides a portal or gateway to many datasets containing information on where and when marine species have been recorded. The datasets are integrated so you can search them all seamlessly by species name, higher taxonomic level, geographic area, depth, and time; and then map and find environmental data related to the locations. There are several ways to access OBIS data: (1) Mapper, (2) API, and (3) R package. The mapper allows you to visualize and inspect subsets of OBIS data. A variety of filters (taxonomic, geographic, time, data quality) is available and multiple layers can be combined in a single view. Layers can be downloaded as CSV files. Developers can access data through the OBIS API or the R package. download https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0157633 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link PIFSC_H-15-07_2015_SOP_Fish.pdf Standard Operating Procedures: Data Collection for Rapid Ecological Assessment Fish Surveys. 2015 update (replaces SOP published in 2011). download dataset Accuracy Observations at each site were made by divers who have been trained, and met minimum standards in identifying species present at the survey locations and in estimating size of fishes in survey counts. However, all species identifications are made visually, sometimes in situations where a fish is only briefly seen. Visual estimates of benthic cover are useful as broad indication of the reef benthic assemblages present at each survey site, but there is considerable scope for error in rapid diver estimates of this kind. Quantitation Limits The rep is the basic survey unit; however, the data are pooled to site level. Site level is the quantification limit. Completeness Report Only shallow water (0 to 30 meter depth range) hard-bottom habitats are surveyed. The survey sites were randomly selected using a systematic process based on available habitat and bathymetric data. Although efforts are made to include broad spatial coverage of surveys at each island, weather conditions and other environmental constraints may have prevented the team from surveying exposed reef areas. Conceptual Consistency The same methods of data collection are used at each surveyed site, and periodic examination of the data is conducted throughout each mission to check for diver bias or other discrepancies. Stationary Point Count survey of coral reef fish methodology, employed by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division and Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument since 2007. For the current NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) stationary point count (SPC) method, pairs of divers record the number, size, and species of all fishes observed within visually estimated cylinders 15 meters (m) in diameter. At the start of a survey dive, a pair of divers first lay down a 30-m transect line along a predetermined depth contour, and then the two divers move to the 7.5- and 22.5-m marks on that line; these marks serve as the centers of two adjacent SPC cylinders. During the first 5 minutes of a survey, the divers create a list of the fish species observed in or passing through their cylinder. After the first 5 minutes, divers systematically proceed down their species lists, counting and estimating the size (total length, or TL) of each fish present to the nearest centimeter. Species seen after the 5 minutes or outside of the survey area are recorded as present. On completing the fish count, divers make rapid visual estimates of benthic cover and structural complexity of the substrate within their survey cylinder. Benthic cover is estimates for broad functional group leg Hard Coral, Sand, Macroalgae) and structural complexity is made by estimating amount of the cylinder within 5 substrate-height bins (<20cm, 20-50; 50-100; 100-150, >150cm). Ayotte, Paula M (808)725-5403 paula.ayotte@noaa.gov processor 2010: Benthic estimates and collection of benthic photos both began during ASRAMP. 2010: divers begin recording instantaneous and non-instantaneous data for fish counts 2012: divers begin recording urchin abundance 2012: divers change benthic substrate complexity measurements from 5-point scale to proportion of substrate in various height bins. mid-2012: divers add fish observations to include fish entering the survey area either 5 or 10 min after beginning of species enumeration period. Ayotte, Paula M (808)725-5403 paula.ayotte@noaa.gov processor Source Contribution: Survey protocol Ayotte, P., K. McCoy, A. Heenan, I. Williams, and J. Zamzow. 2015. Coral Reef Ecosystem Division standard operating procedures: data collection for Rapid Ecological Assessment fish surveys. Pacific Islands Fish. Sci. Cent., Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., NOAA, Honolulu, HI 96818-5007. Pacific Islands Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-15-07, 33 p. 2015-12-21 publication Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/library/pubs/admin/PIFSC_Admin_Rep_15-07.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center - Library Coral Reef Ecosystem Division standard operating procedures: data collection for Rapid Ecological Assessment fish surveys information publisher otherRestrictions otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None | Use Constraints: None