gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:46159 eng UTF8 dataset Mixed 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 2026-03-04T19:17:25 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Assessing cryptic reef diversity of colonizing marine invertebrates using Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) deployed at coral reef sites in Timor-Leste from 2012 to 2014 Timor: ARMS 2017 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 46159 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/46159 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center 808-725-5360 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA pifsc.info@noaa.gov https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Website Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage information 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. originator https://origin-apps-pifsc.fisheries.noaa.gov/cred/coral_triangle_initiative.php WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Coral Triangle Initiative Information about the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program's activities in the Coral Triangle. download https://origin-apps-pifsc.fisheries.noaa.gov/cred/index.php WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA CRED Information on NOAA CRED's official website download https://origin-apps-pifsc.fisheries.noaa.gov/cred/survey_methods/arms/overview.php WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link ARMS Overview NOAA's official page for ARMS download https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/final-count-timor-leste/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Blog Nov 2012 PIFSC blog post, Nov 2012: The final count: summary of mission to Timor-Leste in 2012 download https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/timor-leste-atauro/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Blog Sept 2014 PIFSC blog post, Sept 2014: Scientists return to Timor-Leste for reef monitoring mission download https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/ecosystems/coral-reefs-pacific#survey-methods WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Survey methods including ARMS information Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Coral Reef Ecosystems survey methods. download https://www.coris.noaa.gov/activities/projects/timor-leste/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Timor-Leste Timor-Leste project portal on the NOAA Coral Reef Information Service website where NOAA's final report for Timor-Leste and the datasets generated by NOAA CREP as part of the project can be downloaded. download Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. 2017. Interdisciplinary baseline ecosystem assessment surveys to inform ecosystem-based management planning in Timor-Leste: Final Report. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC Special Publication, SP-17-002, 234 p. https://doi.org/10.7289/V5/SP-PIFSC-17-002. The data described here, including photographs, genetic sequences, and specimen information, were collected by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) from Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures, or ARMS, moored for two years at fixed climate survey sites located on hard bottom shallow water (< 15 m) habitats in Timor-Leste. Climate sites were established in Timor-Leste in October 2012 to establish ecological baselines for climate change by measuring multiple features of the coral reef environment (in addition to the data described herein) over time. Three ARMS units were typically deployed by SCUBA divers at each survey site. Each ARMS unit, constructed in-house by CREP, consisted of 23 cm x 23 cm gray, type 1 PVC plates stacked in alternating series of 4 open and 4 obstructed layers and attached to a base plate of 35 cm x 45 cm, which was affixed to the reef. Upon recovery, each ARMS unit was encapsulated, brought to the surface, and disassembled and processed. Disassembled plates were photographed to document recruited sessile organisms, scraped clean and preserved in 95% ethanol for DNA processing. Recruited motile organisms were sieved into 3 size fractions: 2 mm, 500 µm, and 100 µm. The 500 µm and 100 µm fractions were bulked and also preserved in 95% ethanol for DNA processing. The 2 mm fraction was sorted into morphospecies, photographed, and identified to the lowest taxonomic identification possible. The plate photographs, sequences generated from the DNA metabarcoding of the scrapings and the 500- and 100-µm fractions, specimen photographs, and specimen identifications are included in the ARMS dataset. The data can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive. ARMS are used by CREP to assess and monitor cryptic reef diversity across the Pacific. Developed in collaboration with the Census of Marine Life (CoML) Census of Coral Reef Ecosystems (CReefs), ARMS are designed to mimic the structural complexity of a reef and attract/collect colonizing marine invertebrates. The key innovation of the ARMS method is that biodiversity is sampled over precisely the same surface area in the exact same manner. Thus, the use of ARMS is a systematic, consistent, and comparable method for monitoring the marine cryptobiota community over time. The use of ARMS is a systematic, consistent, and comparable method for monitoring the marine cryptobiota community in coral reef ecosystems over time. The Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) at NOAA Fisheries is conducting in-situ climate monitoring across the U.S. Pacific Islands Region. Climate monitoring provides a comprehensive view of climate change impacts on coral reef ecosystems and helps identify areas of resilience and vulnerability. The key indicators used to identify and monitor climate-driven trends include 1) thermal stress caused by changes in sea temperature, 2) ocean acidification resulting from changes in carbonate chemistry, and 3) ecological impacts by collecting data on coral growth rates and community structure to understand the impacts of thermal stress and ocean acidification on the ecosystem. This particular dataset for Timor-Leste is part of a 3-year project ("Climate, Biodiversity and Fisheries in the Coral Triangle: Embracing the E in Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries Management") implemented by CREP. This project was funded by NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Regional Development Mission Asia (RDMA) as part of the U.S. Coral Triangle Initiative, with additional support from the Coral Triangle Support Partnership and USAID Philippines. The goal of the project was to build on CREP's expertise to provide tools and information about climate change, ocean acidification, and their impacts on biodiversity and fisheries that could inform and be incorporated into an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) for the Philippines. CREP worked with local governments, communities, and NGOs to build science capacity by establishing robust observing capabilities and providing hands-on training to initiate collection of climate science information for the Verde Island Passage in the Philippines that can be used toward adaptive EAFM. In 2011, NOAA and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Timor-Leste Mission formed a 5-year bi-lateral partnership agreement from 2012 to 2016, in support of the Government of Timor-Leste—particularly the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF)—by addressing significant information gaps in their nearshore marine ecosystems. Specifically, MAF asked NOAA to address the following questions: 1.Where are the nearshore marine resources? 2.What are the nearshore marine resources? 3.How are they changing over time and what threats are potentially causing these changes? 4.What approaches are needed to manage and conserve the nearshore marine resources? With financial support from USAID and in-kind support from the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) conducted baseline ecosystem assessment surveys to inform ecosystem-based management planning in Timor-Leste. The primary activities conducted by NOAA to answer these questions included: 1.satellite mapping of nearshore habitats, 2.conducting coral reef ecosystem assessments, 3.establishing ecological baselines for climate change, and 4.building management capacity by developing a spatial data framework The biodiversity data described herein resulted from the third activity to establish ecological baselines for climate change. PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Program and funded by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program and the United States Agency for International Development completed Oliver, Thomas (808)725-5444 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA thomas.oliver@noaa.gov Email preferred pointOfContact Timmers, Molly A (808)725-5449 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA molly.timmers@noaa.gov Email preferred custodian notPlanned This record was re-published with a new data file in 2021. https://origin-apps-pifsc.fisheries.noaa.gov/cred/images/arms_install_sm.jpg A NOAA diver installing an ARMS unit. JPEG https://origin-apps-pifsc.fisheries.noaa.gov/cred/images/arms_deployed4_sm.jpg ARMS recruitment after 2 years JPEG 587 Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Monitoring coral reef ecosystems of the US Pacific Islands and Atolls theme CRCP Project Numeric Data Sets > Biology theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structure (ARMS) EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Baseline studies EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > In Situ Biological EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Brachyura EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Cryptobiota EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Biodiversity EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Census EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Macroinvertebrates theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus IMAGES SPECIES IDENTIFICATION SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS biological imagery laboratory analysis theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS CORAL REEF STUDIES Coral Triangle Initiative theme NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program theme NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor) (09S126E0001) OCEAN BASIN > Indian Ocean > Timor Sea > Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor) (09S126E0001) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus Indian Ocean place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Timor Sea place NODC Sea Area Names Thesaurus ARMS Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structure Biodiversity CRED CREP CReefs Census of Marine Life Coral Reef Ecosystem Division Coral Reef Ecosystem Program PIFSC Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center USAID United States Agency for International Development theme Atauro Baucau Bobonaro Dili Lautem Manatuto Timor-Leste Vila MPA place Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures instrument DOC/NOAA/NMFS/PIFSC > Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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 Timor Leste project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Assessing cryptic reef diversity of colonizing marine invertebrates using Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) deployed at coral reef sites in Timor-Leste from 2012 to 2014 [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/46159. 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. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None otherRestrictions Use Constraints: Please cite NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) when using the data. Suggested citation: Coral Reef Ecosystem Program; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (2017). Assessing cryptic reef diversity of colonizing marine invertebrates using Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) deployed at coral reef sites in Timor-Leste from 2012 to 2014. NOAA's National Center for Environmental Information, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/46159. otherRestrictions Distribution Liability: 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. unclassified Not applicable Not applicable Benthic images collected at coral reef sites in Timor-Leste from 2012-2014 NOAA/NMFS/EDM 46160 crossReference Benthic percent cover derived from analysis of benthic images collected at coral reef sites in Timor-Leste in 2013 and 2014 NOAA/NMFS/EDM 46161 crossReference Calcification Rates of Crustose Coralline Algae (CCA) Derived from Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) Deployed at Coral Reef Sites in Timor-Leste from 2012 to 2014 NOAA/NMFS/EDM 46162 crossReference Coral reef fish biomass and benthic cover data from Timor-Leste in June 2013 NOAA/NMFS/EDM 32998 crossReference Depth soundings from a single beam echo sounder collected around the nearshore areas of Timor-Leste in 2012 and 2013 NOAA/NMFS/EDM 25307 crossReference Nearshore Benthic Habitats of Timor-Leste Derived from WorldView-2 Satellite Imagery NOAA/NMFS/EDM 29128 crossReference Satellite-derived bathymetry for nearshore benthic habitats in Timor-Leste NOAA/NMFS/EDM 46150 crossReference Water chemistry at coral reef sites in Timor-Leste from discrete surface and bottom water samples collected in 2013 and 2014 NOAA/NMFS/EDM 46163 crossReference Water temperature data from Subsurface Temperature Recorders (STRs) deployed at coral reef sites in Timor-Leste from 2012 to 2014 NOAA/NMFS/EDM 46164 crossReference WorldView-2 Satellite Image Inventory for Timor-Leste NOAA/NMFS/EDM 46151 crossReference NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 46159 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/46159.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference eng; US biota oceans CSV: Microsoft Access Images: PIFSC network/file system \\picmakai\optical\OPTICAL\ Sequences: Sample libraries were pooled and sequenced on an Illumina MiSeq platform, and the Illumina reads were parsed into FASTQ files sorted by index. Timor-Leste 125.01319 125.49912 -8.85321 -8.22438 Extent of climate survey sites in Timor-Leste. Duration that ARMS were deployed (in-water) in Timor-Leste | Currentness: Ground Condition 2012-10-15 2014-10-09 As the survey methods described and used herein are also implemented as part of the NOAA Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP)—an ecosystem-scale interdisciplinary coral reef monitoring program—the data from Timor-Leste are directly comparable to and informed by data collected by NOAA-CREP throughout the U.S. Pacific Islands and Territories. Furthermore, the methods used for establishing ecological baselines for climate change in Timor-Leste (Chapter 4) are being adopted and implemented at 21 sites across eight member states of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission within the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) region. These data provide a foundation for comparing the ecological baselines under current and future stresses associated with climate change in the Coral Triangle region. false eng false Data File ARMS Specimens 2021-06-02 publication JPEG CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) JPEG FASTQ GZ / GZIP 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 https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0169338 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link IMAGES_SITE Images organized by climate survey site (TIM-01 to TIM-10) from ARMS deployed in Timor-Leste in 2012 and recovered in 2014 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP). Images are organized by 1) photographs taken of the PLATES (tops and bottoms) as the recovered ARMS units were processed, 2) specimens that were recovered and identified as part of the 2-mm fraction (SPECIES folder, which corresponds to SAMPLE_LABEL in the CSV), and 3) photographs taken during the deployment and recovery of ARMS units (DEPLOY and RECOVER folders). download https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0169338 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link ARMS_2mmSpecimenRetrieval_Timor_2014.csv ARMS 2-mm fraction specimens recovered by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) from Timor-Leste in 2014. download https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0169338 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link IMAGES_TAXAGROUP Photographs (copied from the SPECIES folder in IMAGES_SITE) of the 2-mm fraction specimens recovered from ARMS units deployed in Timor-Leste in 2012 (and recovered in 2014) by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP). Images are organized by taxa group. These specimen photographs have been cross-indexed and organized by the TAXA GROUP (e.g., anemone, crab, flatworm, isopod), which corresponds to the Taxa Group in the CSV file. download https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0169338 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link SEQUENCES FASTQ files generated during the DNA metabarcoding process of the 500- and 100-µm fractions and scrapings from ARMS units deployed in Timor-Leste in 2012 and recovered in 2014 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP). FASTQ files are zipped (*.gz) download dataset Accuracy All species identifications are made visually by a trained analyst and subsequently reviewed by a taxonomic expert or through molecular processing for accuracy. Images are taken of the plates and specimens first with a label in the photograph, and then without. Sample libraries were validated by visualization on an Agilent 2100 BioAnalyzer. Completeness Report All ARMS units that are recovered are disassembled, photographed, and sorted by size. Taxonomic classification occurs for materials greater than 2 mm. The research and development of the genetic analysis of ARMS samples is being done in collaboration with partners and data currently exists for a subset of the dataset. ARMS that were deployed were not recovered due to logistical constraints at 2 of the 10 original climate sruvey sites, or could not be found when divers returned to the site. Conceptual Consistency ARMS sample biodiversity over precisely the same surface area in the exact same manner. Thus, the use of ARMS is a systematic, consistent, and comparable method for monitoring the cryptobiota community overtime. Three units are deployed at each site to allow for replicate measurements. Divers typically record ARMS metadata into the master Microsoft Access database within a few days of the field operations and/or ARMS processing. QA/QC procedures are typically completed during the field mission. Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) field, laboratory, and analytical methods used for ARMS in Timor-Leste are described below. ARMS units were deployed for 2 years then collected to be both visually analyzed as well as genetically analyzed. FIELD METHOD: ARMS, composed of nine PVC plates (23 cm x 23 cm) stacked in alternating series of open and semi-enclosed layers, were affixed to the seafloor between 12–15 m in replicate sets of three. They remained on the benthos for two years during which time they were naturally colonized with marine organisms. After the 2-year deployment period, the ARMS units were encapsulated within a 106-µm nitex-lined crate, brought to the surface, placed within a large seawater holding bin and transported to shore. On shore, they were disassembled plate by plate, with both sides photo-documented. The plates were then scraped clear of all the accumulated sessile biomass and immediately homogenized in a blender, filtered with a 40-µm net, subsampled, and preserved for metabarcoding. The seawater used during processing was sieved using 2-mm, 500-µm and 106-µm geologic sieves to create three size fractions. The >2 mm fraction was sorted to morphospecies, photographed, and brachyuran crabs were preserved for DNA barcoding. The two smaller motile fractions were preserved for additional lab and molecular processing. Timmers, Molly A (808)725-5449 molly.timmers@noaa.gov processor LAB METHOD: Decantation—Due to sediment within the 500-µm and 106-µm fractions that can inhibit metabarcoding laboratory processing, a decantation procedure was conducted on these fractions from each ARMS unit to separate the sediment from the organic matter. Upon the completion of the decantation process, half of the sample was crushed with a mortar and pestle for DNA extraction and metabarcoding while the other half was preserved as a backup. DNA barcoding—Legs from brachyuran crabs were subsampled, and genomic DNA was extracted using standard proteinase-k digestion followed by phenol-chloroform extraction on the AutoGenprep 965 (Autogen). Primers were used to target approximately 658 base pairs of the COI gene and automated sequencing techniques were used to sequence in both directions. DNA metabarcoding—DNA was extracted from 10 grams of the homogenized sessile scrapings and from the decanted 500-µm and 100-µm motile fractions using the MO-Bio PowerMax Soil extraction kits. Using the reverse primer, jgHCO2198, and the forward primer, mlCOIintF, a 313 base pair fragment of COI was amplified using a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) touchdown protocol with 16 initial cycles: denaturation for 10 seconds at 95°C, annealing for 30 seconds at 62°C (–1°C per cycle), and extension for 60 seconds at 72°C, followed by 25 cycles at 46°C annealing temperature. PCRs were performed in triplicates and inspected on agarose gels. Triplicate PCR products were pooled, cleaned using Agencourt AMPure beads, and quantified using Biotum AccuClear Ultra High Sensitivity Quantification Kit. PCR products were then inserted directly into the Kappa Systems Hyper-Prep sample kit using dual-end Illumina adapters for ligation. Sample libraries were validated by visualization on an Agilent 2100 BioAnalyzer, quantified using qPCR, pooled, and sequenced on an Illumina MiSeq platform. Each library yielded approximately 250,000 reads per sample, and a standard quality control filter was run to parse the Illumina reads into FASTQ files sorted by index. Timmers, Molly A (808)725-5449 molly.timmers@noaa.gov processor ANALYSIS: Morphospecies (2-mm size fraction)—Overall abundance of >2 mm organisms was averaged between ARMS units recovered at each site to give a site-level metric. Organisms were additionally averaged by ARMS unit at the island scale for comparison with other ARMS recovery locations across the Pacific. Dominant phyla and taxa groups within phyla were averaged between ARMS units and compared across sites. Crab DNA barcoding—Resulting sequences of crabs were clustered into Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) and blasted (cross checked) against existing DNA-barcoding libraries (Barcode of Life Data Systems [BOLD] and Moorea Biocode). Matched sequences with >97% identity and >85% coverage were identified to an existing record of the species within the databases. Those crab sequences with <97% identity and >85% coverage underwent a phylogenetic Bayesian approach using the Statistical Assignment Package (SAP) to assign OTUs to higher taxonomic levels in the absence of a direct match. Species richness was averaged by ARMS unit at each site and examined on the island scale in relation to the richness of brachyuran crabs from other ARMS units collected by NOAA-CREP in the Pacific Ocean. Broad scale richness values were calculated per ARMS unit richness rather than by island due to the variability in the number of ARMS units deployed across islands. Metabarcoding bioinformatics—Sequences were assembled, trimmed, cleaned, and dereplicated following standard bioinformatics techniques using available software programs. Dereplicated sequences were then aligned to COI barcodes from the BOLD database. Matched sequences =97% identity and =85% coverage are presented herein. Sequences that did not have a direct match have not been directly DNA barcoded and thus species resolution is not available. Once the phylogenetic approaches and bioinformatic software have been refined, the remaining unknown sequences can be determined. Currently available software is not capable of working through 10 million plus sequence reads that span across multiple phyla. However, through the efforts of a third-party bioinformation specialist working on these data sets for Timor-Leste, a solution will be found in the near future to provide phyla-based resolution of the remaining sequences that will indicate percent cover of the phyla communities that have recruited to the ARMS units. Timmers, Molly A (808)725-5449 molly.timmers@noaa.gov processor PIFSC. 2017. Interdisciplinary baseline ecosystem assessment surveys to inform ecosystem-based management planning in Timor-Leste: Final Report. NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC Special Publication, SP-17-02, 234p. 2017-06-21 publication Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC https://doi.org/10.7289/V5/SP-PIFSC-17-002 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information otherRestrictions otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None | Use Constraints: None