Description
Recruit-habitat relations (habitat use by recruits) were surveyed at 1 to ~5 m depths based on all "Encounters" of singletons and "groups" (where a group comprised > 1 recruit associating with one another and within 10-cm distance of one another), along transects conducted at a total two (2) sites on the leeward coast (South Kohala district) of the Big Island (Hawaii Island, in the MHI) during spring 2009. The substrate type ("SUBSTRTYP") closest to recruits encountered within transect swaths were recorded as one or more of fourteen (14) main taxonomic and functional habitat types. Because of personnel limitations, habitat availability was not characterized in 2009. Quadrat methods were NOT used in 2009; hence, the "rugosity" ("RUG_L1_M", "RUG_L2_M"), "HABTYP", and "HABCOVR_UPER36" variables were NOT measured or recorded in 2009.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS Excel File | XLS | Recruit_Habitat_Use_Surveys_2009.xls | Open resource |
Tags
- 10367
- central pacific ocean
- coastal processes
- coral reef
- coral reef conservation program
- coral reef ecology
- coral reefs
- 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
- habitat quadrat survey
- habitats
- hawaii
- hawaiian islands
- hawaii island
- hawaii island (19n155w0003)
- hawaii island (big island)
- main hawaiian islands
- marine ecosystem
- mhi
- noaa fisheries
- numeric data sets
- ocean basin
- oceans
- pacific ocean
- reef fishes
- south kohala district
- united states of america