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

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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.

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Name Format Description Link
V0_FISH_REA SPC-CCR SAMOA 2016.csv Unknown 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. Open resource
PIFSC_H-15-07_2015_SOP_Fish.pdf Unknown NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) Standard Operating Procedures: Data Collection for Rapid Ecological Assessment Fish Surveys. Open resource
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program Website Unknown Link to the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program website Open resource
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords Unknown 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. Open resource
Full Metadata Record Unknown View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. Open resource
NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) PDF NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. Open resource
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Website Unknown Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage Open resource
Citation URL Unknown NOAA PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) website, fish survey methods training page Open resource
Citation URL Unknown Online Resource Open resource
Citation URL Unknown Official NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) website, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) project page. Open resource
Citation URL PDF Overview of NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) reef fish survey methods and data. Open resource
Citation URL Unknown NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program website, description of Stationary Point Count (nSPC) Method used to survey coral reef fishes (2007-Present). Open resource

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