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OAS accession Detail for 0162462
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0162462 | archive
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| Title: |
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Rapid Ecological Assessments of Fish Belt Transect Surveys (BLT) in the Pacific Ocean from 2000-09-09 to 2009-05-05 (NCEI Accession 0162462) |
| Abstract: |
Belt transects (BLT) are a non-invasive underwater-survey method that enumerates the diverse components of diurnally active shallow-water reef fish assemblages. At each Rapid Ecological Assessment survey site, BLT fish surveys are conducted along 3 consecutively-placed, 25m transect lines to quantify relatively small-bodied and abundant fishes. A pair of scuba diver-observers conducts parallel swims along the transect lines, recording size-class specific counts of all fishes encountered, to species-level where possible, within visually estimated but defined belt widths: 4 m wide for fishes > 20 cm TL (100 m2 area) on the initial swim-out, and 2 m wide for fishes |
| Date received: |
20170328 |
| Start date: |
20000909 |
| End date: |
20090505 |
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| West boundary: |
142.759 |
| East boundary: |
-154.818 |
| North boundary: |
28.4567 |
| South boundary: |
-14.56 |
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| Submitter: |
Kanemura, Troy |
| Submitting institution: |
US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program |
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| Metadata version: |
9 |
| Keydate: |
2017-04-27 12:20:11+00 |
| Editdate: |
2024-09-09 23:01:57+00 |