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
55 Pacific Island Network Benthic Marine Communities and Marine Fish Dataset EML Metadata https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/691566?Reference=2300415
8 Database revision history data. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/691087?Reference=2300415
8 Stores which surfaces were being analyzed per plate pair. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/691091?Reference=2300415
8 Sampling unit locations which are transects, both fixed and temporary. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/691083?Reference=2300415
8 Cross-reference table between events and contacts. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/691094?Reference=2300415
8 Contains data about coral recruitment- mainly on plate and posts being retrieved and deployed. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/691089?Reference=2300415
8 Contains data on genus identification per plate surface. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/691082?Reference=2300415
8 Contains information on which records have been proofed, corrected and certified. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/691085?Reference=2300415
8 Stores rugosity measurement. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/691088?Reference=2300415
8 Location aggregations, park units in this case. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/691090?Reference=2300415
8 Information about fish seen along transect. Species are recorded by number seen per size category. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/691081?Reference=2300415
8 Contact data for project-related personnel https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/691092?Reference=2300415
8 Sampling events data, including the date the survey was conducted, and rugosity. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/691080?Reference=2300415
8 Contains data on benthic records that were proofed for certification, including the percent error. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/691086?Reference=2300415
8 Contains information for all taxon that may be detected during monitoring. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/691093?Reference=2300415
8 Information about the photo frames surveyed and if there was disease or bleaching detected. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/691079?Reference=2300415
8 Benthic data for each point that was identified within each frame in the software PhotoGrid. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/691084?Reference=2300415

Tags

  • kalaupapa-national-historical-park
  • corals
  • benthic
  • hardbottom
  • oceans
  • biota
  • algae
  • tutuila
  • guam
  • hawaii
  • fishes
  • npsa
  • biology
  • kaho
  • ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-marine-communities
  • ofu
  • monitoring
  • data-package-type-tabular
  • kaloko-honokohau-national-historical-park
  • american-samoa
  • invertebrates
  • kala
  • ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-fishes
  • war-in-the-pacific-national-historical-park
  • molokai
  • wapa
  • substrate
  • national-park-of-american-samoa-national-park

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