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
Tye Kindinger, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration;Jake Asher, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
Dataset credit
OBIS and OBIS USA
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Contacts
Role | Name | Organization | |
Primary contact |
Tye Kindinger |
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration |
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Primary contact |
Jake Asher |
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration |
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Secondary contact |
Ivor Williams |
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration |
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Secondary contact |
Annette DesRochers |
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration |
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Citation
Williams I, DesRochers A (2020). 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. Version 1.2. United States Geological Survey. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/tk1hwm Kindinger, T and J. Asher. 2020. 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. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/103152380) on yyyy-mm-dd and originated from OBIS (https://obis.org/dataset/2ae2a2bd-8412-405b-8a9f-b71adc41d4c5)
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Abstract
The stationary point count (nSPC) 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. The first iteration of the nSPC surveys were conducted as part of the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) from 2008-2012. In 2013 the reef fish surveys, and Pacific RAMP, became part of the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP).
The nSPC 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.
Reef fish and benthic estimate data provided in this data set were primarily collected during ESD-led research cruises funded by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) as part of Pacific RAMP or NCRMP. Additionally, data collected during Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument led research cruises to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands from 2007 to 2017, and PIFSC annual Reef Fish Survey cruises from 2014 to 2016 in Guam, the main Hawaiian Islands, and American Samoa, respectively, are also included as these data are funded separately from but are complementary to the CRCP-funded data.
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Purpose
N/A
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Supplemental information
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References
Williams I, DesRochers A (2020). 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. Version 1.2. United States Geological Survey. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/tk1hwm
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Attributes
Overview
This section explains attributes included in the original dataset.
OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only.
Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.
Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
All attributes are included in the downloadable file (CSV or ESRI File Geodatabase) for "Complete Set of Dataset".
Attributes in dataset
Attribute (table column) | Description |
oid | Internal ID |
id | Record ID |
dataset_id | Dataset ID |
scientificname | Scientific name |
vernacularname | Vernacular name |
aphiaid | Aphia ID |
taxonrank | taxononic rank |
individualcount | Group size / individual count |
eventdate | Event date (precision varies) |
eventtime | Event time |
decimallatitude | Latitude in decimal degrees |
decimallongitude | Longitude in decimal degrees |
coordinateprecision | Coordinate precision |
catalognumber | Catalog number |
collectioncode | Collection code |
occurrencestatus | Occurrence status |
basisofrecord | Basis of record (HumanObservation / MachineObservation) |
modified | Date/time the record was modified |
node_id | Node ID |
occurrenceid | Occurrence ID |
occurrenceremarks | Occurrence remarks |
eventid | Event ID |
institutioncode | Institution code |
lifestage | Life stage |
sex | Gender of the animal if known |
species | Species by provider |
datasetid | Dataset ID by provider |
country | Country |
locality | Location of ocean |
waterbody | Details of ocean |
dropped | Flag indicating the record was dropped (always false) |
absence | Flag indicating the record represents the absence of the species (always false) |
marine | Flag indicating the record is for marine life (always true) |
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OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 103152380 |
Seabirds | 0 |
Marine mammals | 5 |
Sea turtles | 33 |
Rays and sharks | 106 |
Other species | 0 |
Non spatial | 0 |
Non species | 0 |
Total | 144 |
Date, Begin | 2008-02-06 |
Date, End | 2019-08-05 |
Temporal prec. | 111111 |
Latitude | -8.81 - 28.39 |
Longitude | -178.28 - 166.65 |
Coord. prec. | 6 decimal digits |
Platform | Various |
Data type | Animal sighting |
Effort | N/A |
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Traveled (km) | 0 |
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Contr. through | iOBIS |
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Registered | 2020-06-30 |
Updated | 2021-02-05 |
Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
CC-BY (All) |
Shared with |
None |
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