National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessing and Monitoring Cryptic Reef Diversity of Colonizing Marine Invertebrates using Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structure (ARMS) Deployed at Coral Reef Sites across the Hawaiian Archipelago from 2010 to 2016

Description

This dataset includes species identification data gathered from Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS). These ARMS are used by the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (formerly the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division) to assess and monitor cryptic reef diversity in the Hawaiian Archipelago as part of the ongoing National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). Developed in collaboration with the Census of Marine Life (CoML) Census of Coral Reef Ecosystems (CReefs), ARMS are designed to mimic the structural complexity of a reef and attract/collect colonizing marine invertebrates. The key innovation of the ARMS method is that biodiversity is sampled over precisely the same surface area in the exact same manner. This data was gathered at specific reef sites across the Hawaiian Archipelago. At these sites, divers entered the water and deployed and/or recovered the ARMS unit. Each unit used to gather this data consists of 23 cm x 23 cm gray, PVC plates stacked in alternating series of 4 open and 4 obstructed layers and attached to a base plate of 35 cm x 45 cm which is affixed to the reef. They are designed to mimic the structural complexity of a reef and attract colonizing invertebrates. Soak times are approximately 3 years. Refer to the specific dataset to determine how long a particular unit was underwater as soak times can vary by location. Upon recovery, each ARMS unit was encapsulated, brought to the surface, and disassembled and processed on-board the research ship. Disassembled plates were photographed to document recruited sessile organisms, scraped clean and preserved in 95% ethanol for future DNA processing. Recruited motile organisms were then sieved into 3 size fractions: 2 mm, 500 um, and 100 um. The 500-um and 100-um fraction was bulked and preserved in 95% ethanol for future DNA processing. The 2-mm fraction was sorted into morphospecies. These DNA sequencing data are not included in this dataset.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Specimens recovered by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) from ARMS units deployed across the Hawaiian Archipelago in 2013 and recovered in 2016. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162465
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/37506
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
0 Link to the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program website https://coralreef.noaa.gov
0 Information on NOAA PIFSC's official website https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/region/pacific-islands#science
0 Online Resource https://www.coris.noaa.gov/monitoring/
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/37506.pdf
0 Specimens recovered by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) from ARMS units deployed across the Hawaiian Archipelago in 2010 and recovered in 2013. The file also contains specimens recovered by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) from ARMS units deployed across French Frigate Shoals in 2008 and recovered in 2013. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162470

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  • hawaiian islands (21n157w0027)
  • invertebrate species
  • crep
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc
  • united states of america
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • corals
  • north pacific ocean
  • oahu (21n157w0003)
  • pifsc
  • in situ biological
  • maui
  • biosphere
  • biodiversity
  • national coral reef monitoring program
  • species identification
  • oceans
  • maui island (20n156w0004)
  • mhi
  • coral reef conservation program
  • oscar elton sette
  • marine invertebrates
  • maui island
  • papahanaumokuakea marine national monument
  • noaa
  • numeric data sets
  • brachyura
  • hawaii
  • nmfs
  • macroinvertebrates
  • oahu island
  • biology
  • us doc
  • hawaii island (19n155w0003)
  • pacific islands fisheries science center
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • national marine fisheries service
  • french frigate shoals (24n166w0001)
  • nwhi
  • triennial
  • autonomous reef monitoring structure (arms)
  • hawaiian islands
  • kauai island (22n159w0001)
  • pearl and hermes reef (27n176w0001)
  • marine biology
  • honolulu
  • northwestern hawaiian islands (28n178w0000)
  • arms
  • hawaiian archipelago
  • central pacific ocean
  • autonomous reef monitoring structures
  • 743
  • kure atoll (28n178w0001)
  • coral reef ecology
  • ocean basin
  • main hawaiian islands
  • ecosystem sciences division
  • coastal processes
  • hi'ialakai
  • northwestern hawaiian islands
  • census
  • zoology
  • coral reefs
  • cryptobiota
  • kauai island
  • pacific ocean
  • species identification - count
  • country/territory
  • hawaii island
  • lisianski island (25n173w0001)
  • coral reef studies
  • coral reef ecosystem program

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