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OAS accession Detail for 0183543, meta_version: 4. Current meta_version is: 8
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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 2018-06-19 to 2018-07-18 (NCEI Accession 0183543) |
| 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 2018. 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: | 20181215 |
| Start date: | 20180619 |
| End date: | 20180718 |
| Seanames: | National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa, Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, South Pacific Ocean |
| West boundary: | -171.093 |
| East boundary: | -168.141 |
| North boundary: | -11.0453 |
| South boundary: | -14.558 |
| Observation types: | in situ |
| Instrument types: | swimmer/diver |
| Datatypes: | FISH CENSUS, INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - LENGTH, MACROINVERTEBRATE CENSUS, REEF AND/OR BOTTOM REGIME - PERCENT COVER, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION |
| Submitter: | DesRochers, Annette |
| Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division |
| Collecting institutions: | US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division |
| Contributing projects: | ASRAMP, CORAL REEF STUDIES, CRCP, NCRMP, Pacific RAMP |
| Platforms: | Hi'ialakai (33HL) |
| Number of observations: | |
| Supplementary information: | Submission Package ID: JAYHPC |
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| Metadata version: | 4 |
| Keydate: | 2018-12-18 19:50:04+00 |
| Editdate: | 2019-01-28 12:59:46+00 |