Description
Shore-based belt transects were conducted at 1 to ~5 m depths at a total two (2) sites: at 2 longshore sites on the leeward coast (South Kohala district) of the Big Island (Hawaii Island) in the MHI during spring 2009; Twenty (20) randomly positioned transects were surveyed at each site in 2009; each transect was 50-m long x 4-m wide (200 m**2 area). Raw survey data consist of species-specific and size-specific (total length, TL, in cm) numerical counts of large juvenile and adult (= 6 cm total length, TL) stages of PREDATOR reef fishes encountered within transect boundaries. Inclusion as a predator fish in the transect tally was based on either known or likely (based on functional morphology) inclusion of small fishes in the species' diet.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS Excel File | XLS | Predator_Reef_Fish_Belt_Transects_2009.xls | Open resource |
Tags
- 10367
- belt transect survey
- biology
- central pacific ocean
- coral reef
- coral reef conservation program
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- earth science
- expanding fish nursery habitat information necessary for effectively siting no-take mpas
- expanding necessary information on juvenile nursery habitats
- fish
- hawaii
- hawaiian islands
- hawaii island
- hawaii island (19n155w0003)
- hawaii island (big island)
- main hawaiian islands
- marine biology
- marine ecosystem
- mhi
- noaa fisheries
- numeric data sets
- ocean basin
- oceans
- pacific ocean
- reef fishes
- south kohala district
- united states of america