Pacific Island Network Benthic Marine and Marine Fish Monitoring Dataset 2006 - 2022

Description

The Benthic Marine Communities Protocol is implemented in four parks in the Pacific and addresses two monitoring questions: 1) what are the changes over time in the composition (e.g., species or assemblage) and physical structure (rugosity) of the coral reef benthos? And 2) what are the changes over time in settlement, growth, survival, and health of targe coral assemblages, species, or individuals? The Marine Fish Monitoring Protocol is conducted in the same parks and sampling location sites, and addresses one monitoring question: What are the long-term trends in the numerical density, biomass, and size of reef fishes? Sampling location sites were randomly selected on hard substrata in an isobath between the 10- and 20-meter depths. This data package contains data collected for these two protocols.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
tbl_Benthic_Cover.csv CSV Information about the photo frames surveyed and if there was disease or bleaching detected. Open resource
tbl_Events.csv CSV Sampling events data, including the date the survey was conducted, and rugosity. Open resource
tbl_Fish.csv CSV Information about fish seen along transect. Species are recorded by number seen per size category. Open resource
tbl_Juvenile_Colony.csv CSV Contains data on genus identification per plate surface. Open resource
tbl_Locations.csv CSV Sampling unit locations which are transects, both fixed and temporary. Open resource
tbl_Points.csv CSV Benthic data for each point that was identified within each frame in the software PhotoGrid. Open resource
tbl_Proof.csv CSV Contains information on which records have been proofed, corrected and certified. Open resource
tbl_Proof_Tracking.csv CSV Contains data on benthic records that were proofed for certification, including the percent error. Open resource
tbl_Revision_Log.csv CSV Database revision history data. Open resource
tbl_Rugosity.csv CSV Stores rugosity measurement. Open resource
tbl_Settlement.csv CSV Contains data about coral recruitment- mainly on plate and posts being retrieved and deployed. Open resource
tbl_Sites.csv CSV Location aggregations, park units in this case. Open resource
tbl_Surfaces.csv CSV Stores which surfaces were being analyzed per plate pair. Open resource
tlu_Contacts.csv CSV Contact data for project-related personnel Open resource
tlu_Taxon.csv CSV Contains information for all taxon that may be detected during monitoring. Open resource
xref_Event_Contacts.csv CSV Cross-reference table between events and contacts. Open resource
PACN_Benthic_Fish_metadata.xml XML Pacific Island Network Benthic Marine Communities and Marine Fish Dataset EML Metadata Open resource

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