Description
Habitat quadrats were surveyed at 8-13 m depths using shore-based transects swum at 3 longshore sites on the leeward coast (North and South Kohala districts) of the Big Island (Hawaii Island, in the MHI) during spring 2005. Substratum percent cover and rugosity were characterized within multiple quadrats at each site. A total 90 "Reference" ('REF') quadrats (whose positions were randomly selected) and a total 89 "Target" ('TAR') quadrats (positions centered on sightings of recruit fishes), each of 1-m2** area, were surveyed at the 3 Sites. In each quadrat, the percentage cover of each of seven (7) major substratum types were estimated, as was a "Rugosity Index". The study was published in a peer-reviewed marine science journal in August 2007. The full citation is: "DeMartini EE, Anderson TW (2007) Habitat associations and aggregation of recruit fishes on Hawaiian coral reefs. Bulletin of Marine Science 81(1):139-152".
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS Excel File | XLS | RECRUIT_REEF_FISH-HABITAT_QUADRATS_2005.xls | Open resource |
Tags
- 10367
- benthos analysis
- biosphere
- central pacific ocean
- coastal processes
- coral reef
- coral reef conservation program
- coral reef ecology
- coral reefs
- corals
- 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)
- in situ
- kohala coast (21n155w0001)
- main hawaiian islands
- marine ecosystem
- mhi
- noaa fisheries
- north and south kohala districts
- numeric data sets
- ocean basin
- oceans
- pacific ocean
- quadrat monitoring
- reef fishes
- reef monitoring and assessment
- rugosity
- united states of america
- zoology