Description
Habitat quadrats were surveyed at 1 to ~5 m depths using transects conducted at a total four (4) sites: (1-2) at 2 longshore sites on the leeward coast (South Kohala district) of the Big Island (Hawaii Island, in the MHI) during spring-summer 2008; and (3-4) at 2 longshore sites on the back reef of Midway Atoll (NWHI) in summer 2008. Substratum cover and rugosity were characterized within multiple quadrats at each site. Two types of quadrats were surveyed: "Reference" ('REF') quadrats (whose positions were randomly selected) and "Target" ('TAR') quadrats (positions centered on sightings of recruit fishes); each quadrat was square and 1-m**2 area. In each quadrat, the benthic cover of each of fourteen (14) main substratum types were estimated, as was a "Rugosity Index" based on the ratio of conforming-to-straight line distances along both major axes of the quadrat.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS Excel File | XLS | RECRUIT-HABITAT_QUADRATS_2008.xls | Open resource |
| MS Excel File | XLS | RECRUIT-HABITAT_QUADRATS_2008.xls | Open resource |
Tags
- 10367
- biology
- 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)
- honolulu
- main hawaiian islands
- marine ecosystem
- mhi
- midway atoll
- midway atoll (28n177w0001)
- noaa fisheries
- northwestern hawaiian islands
- numeric data sets
- nwhi
- ocean basin
- oceans
- pacific ocean
- reef fishes
- south kohala district
- united states of america