Rebreather Fish Surveys in American Samoa from 2016-04-15 to 2016-05-05

Description

Surveys were conducted in the course of a reef fish survey cruise conducted by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC). These data come from surveys conducted using close-circuit rebreathers. The use of rebreathers is intended to provide data that can be compared against data gathered on open-circuit SCUBA, which is the breathing apparatus typically used by CREP. The survey domain encompassed hard bottom habitats in American Samoa and the stratification included island, reef zone, and depth. Sites were surveyed using the stationary point count (SPC) method to quantify reef fish assemblages. At each survey site, fish biologists entered the water and conducted paired fine-scale (~700 square meters) and high degree of taxonomic resolution Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) survey to assess species diversity, size distribution, and abundance of fishes at the site. At each site, one survey was conducted on open-circuit SCUBA and one on closed circuit rebreather. Only rebreather survey data is described here.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) Standard Operating Procedures: Data Collection for Rapid Ecological Assessment Fish Surveys. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0157633
0 Observations from stationary point count surveys of coral reef fishes conducted on closed circuit rebreathers by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) at various islands in American Samoa (SE1602) in 2016. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0157573
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/35774
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 NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program website, description of Stationary Point Count (nSPC) Method used to survey coral reef fishes (2007-Present). http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/survey_methods.php#new_stationary_point_count
0 NOAA PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) website, fish survey methods training page https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/survey_methods/fish_surveys/rapid_ecological_assessment_of_fish-survey_method_training.php
0 Official NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) website, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) project page. http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/pacific_ramp.php
33 Overview of NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) reef fish survey methods and data. http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/reef_fish_survey_methods_and_data.pdf
0 Online Resource http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/fish.php
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/35774.pdf
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

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  • fish species
  • crep
  • ofu island (14s169w0013)
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc
  • spc
  • united states of america
  • species identification - organism length
  • american samoa (14s170w0000)
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • aquatic habitat
  • corals
  • rose island
  • coral reef ecosystem division
  • fish - coral reef
  • pifsc
  • biosphere
  • national coral reef monitoring program
  • tutuila island (14s170w0016)
  • species identification
  • survey
  • oceans
  • rose atoll marine national monument
  • oscar elton sette
  • pacific reef and assessment monitoring program
  • reef fish
  • rose island (rose atoll) (14s168w0001)
  • american samoa
  • survey - biological
  • noaa
  • numeric data sets
  • rapid ecological assessment
  • nmfs
  • us doc
  • fish
  • ta'u island (14s169w0012)
  • pacific islands fisheries science center
  • manu'a group
  • olosega island (14s169w0014)
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • national marine fisheries service
  • rea
  • ramp
  • reef fish census
  • ecosystem monitoring and assessment
  • marine biology
  • fish assemblages
  • cred
  • survey - swimmer/diver
  • visual estimate
  • reef habitat
  • reef assessment and monitoring program
  • coral reef ecology
  • ocean basin
  • stationary
  • coastal processes
  • species richness
  • zoology
  • coral reefs
  • fish census
  • pacific ocean
  • rapid assessment studies
  • ecological dynamics
  • stationary point count
  • species identification - count
  • country/territory
  • fish biomass
  • south pacific ocean
  • coral reef ecosystem program

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