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GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:25468 | Updated: August 9, 2022 | Published / External

Item Identification

Title:	map_REA_data.xslx
Short Name:	map_REA_data.xslx
Status:	Completed
Abstract:	Biological Data layers from rapid ecological assessment (REA) surveys: map_fish_data worksheet and map_benthic_data worksheet
Notes:	Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 6236, 06-16-2015 11:42

Entity Information

Entity Type:	Spreadsheet
Description:	Biological Data layers from rapid ecological assessment (REA) surveys: map_fish_data worksheet and map_benthic_data worksheet

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

	Name	Type	Description
100	Survey Year	VARCHAR2	Survey Year
100	Island	Unknown	Island
100	Site	Unknown	Site
100	Latitude	NUMBER	Latitude
100	Longitude	NUMBER	Longitude
100	Depth zone	VARCHAR2	Surveys are conducted in one of three depth strata; shallow, mid and deep depths
100	Total fish biomass (gm-2)	NUMBER	Total fish biomass in grams per square meter
100	Fish species richness	NUMBER	The mean number of unique species recorded per site
100	Large fish biomass gm-2 (> 50cm)	NUMBER	Biomass (grams per square meter) of large fish (defined as greater than 50cm in total length)
100	Large fish biomass gm-2 (> 70% Lmax)	NUMBER	Biomass (grams per square meter) of large fish (defined as greater than 70% of the species maximum length Lmax; Williams et al. 2011)
100	Large serranid (groupers) biomass (gm-2)	NUMBER	Biomass (grams per square meter) of large fish (> 70% Lmax) of preferred fisheries target families: groupers
100	Large Acanthurid (surgeonfish) biomass (gm-2)	NUMBER	Biomass (grams per square meter) of large fish (> 70% Lmax) of preferred fisheries target families: surgeonfish
100	Large Scarid (parrotfish) biomass (gm-2)	NUMBER	Biomass (grams per square meter) of large fish (> 70% Lmax) of preferred fisheries target families: parrotfish
100	FG biomass (gm-2): browsers	NUMBER	Biomass (grams per square meter) of herbivorous functional groups indicative of reef resilience: browsers, which includes some parrotfishes, some unicornfishes, rudderfishes, batfishes and a rabbitfish.
100	FG biomass (gm-2): detritivores	NUMBER	Biomass (grams per square meter) of herbivorous functional groups indicative of reef resilience: detritivores
100	FG biomass (gm-2): grazers/detritivores	NUMBER	Biomass (grams per square meter) of herbivorous functional groups indicative of reef resilience: grazers and detritivores, which includes rabbitfishes, small angelfishes and many species of surgeonfish
100	FG biomass (gm-2): scrapers/small excavators	NUMBER	Biomass (grams per square meter) of herbivorous functional groups indicative of reef resilience: scrapers / small excavators. Scrapers includes the majority of parrotfishes (Hipposcarus and Scarus species) while excavating species includes all Chlorurus species, the humphead parrotfish, Bolbometopon muricatum and the bicolor parrotfish Cetoscarus bicolor.
100	FG biomass (gm-2): large excavators/bioeroders	NUMBER	Biomass (grams per square meter) of herbivorous functional groups indicative of reef resilience: large excavators / bioeroders. Large excavators and bioeroders are the excavators mentioned in scrapers/small excavators, but greater than 35 cm in standard length.
100	Acanthurus lineatus biomass (gm-2)	NUMBER	Acanthurus lineatus biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)
100	Acanthurus nigricans biomass (gm-2)	NUMBER	Acanthurus nigricans biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)
100	Chlorurus japanensis biomass (gm-2)	NUMBER	Chlorurus japanensis biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)
100	Ctenochaetus striatus biomass (gm-2)	NUMBER	Ctenochaetus striatus biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)
100	Myripristis berndti biomass (gm-2)	NUMBER	Myripristis berndti biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)
100	Naso unicornis biomass (gm-2)	NUMBER	Naso unicornis biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)
100	Naso lituratus biomass (gm-2)	NUMBER	Naso lituratus biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)
100	Sargocentron tiere biomass (gm-2)	NUMBER	Sargocentron tiere biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)
100	Scarus oviceps biomass (gm-2)	NUMBER	Scarus oviceps biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)
100	Scarus rubroviolaceus biomass (gm-2)	NUMBER	Scarus rubroviolaceus biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)
100	Coral cover (%)	NUMBER	Percent cover of (hard) corals
100	Macroalgal cover (%)	NUMBER	Percent cover of macro-algae
100	Coralline algal cover (%)	NUMBER	Percent cover of coralline algae
100	Benthic substrate ratio	NUMBER	The ratio of positive (hard coral and coralline algae) vs. negative (macro-algae, turf algae and soft coral) colonizers.
100	Turf algal cover (%)	NUMBER	Percent cover of turf algae
100	Soft coral (%)	NUMBER	Percent cover of soft corals.

Name

Type

Description

100

Survey Year

VARCHAR2

Survey Year

100

Island

Unknown

Island

100

Site

Unknown

Site

100

Latitude

NUMBER

Latitude

100

Longitude

NUMBER

Longitude

100

Depth zone

VARCHAR2

Surveys are conducted in one of three depth strata; shallow, mid and deep depths

100

Total fish biomass (gm-2)

NUMBER

Total fish biomass in grams per square meter

100

Fish species richness

NUMBER

The mean number of unique species recorded per site

100

Large fish biomass gm-2 (> 50cm)

NUMBER

Biomass (grams per square meter) of large fish (defined as greater than 50cm in total length)

100

Large fish biomass gm-2 (> 70% Lmax)

NUMBER

Biomass (grams per square meter) of large fish (defined as greater than 70% of the species maximum length Lmax; Williams et al. 2011)

100

Large serranid (groupers) biomass (gm-2)

NUMBER

Biomass (grams per square meter) of large fish (> 70% Lmax) of preferred fisheries target families: groupers

100

Large Acanthurid (surgeonfish) biomass (gm-2)

NUMBER

Biomass (grams per square meter) of large fish (> 70% Lmax) of preferred fisheries target families: surgeonfish

100

Large Scarid (parrotfish) biomass (gm-2)

NUMBER

Biomass (grams per square meter) of large fish (> 70% Lmax) of preferred fisheries target families: parrotfish

100

FG biomass (gm-2): browsers

NUMBER

Biomass (grams per square meter) of herbivorous functional groups indicative of reef resilience: browsers, which includes some parrotfishes, some unicornfishes, rudderfishes, batfishes and a rabbitfish.

100

FG biomass (gm-2): detritivores

NUMBER

Biomass (grams per square meter) of herbivorous functional groups indicative of reef resilience: detritivores

100

FG biomass (gm-2): grazers/detritivores

NUMBER

Biomass (grams per square meter) of herbivorous functional groups indicative of reef resilience: grazers and detritivores, which includes rabbitfishes, small angelfishes and many species of surgeonfish

100

FG biomass (gm-2): scrapers/small excavators

NUMBER

Biomass (grams per square meter) of herbivorous functional groups indicative of reef resilience: scrapers / small excavators. Scrapers includes the majority of parrotfishes (Hipposcarus and Scarus species) while excavating species includes all Chlorurus species, the humphead parrotfish, Bolbometopon muricatum and the bicolor parrotfish Cetoscarus bicolor.

100

FG biomass (gm-2): large excavators/bioeroders

NUMBER

Biomass (grams per square meter) of herbivorous functional groups indicative of reef resilience: large excavators / bioeroders. Large excavators and bioeroders are the excavators mentioned in scrapers/small excavators, but greater than 35 cm in standard length.

100

Acanthurus lineatus biomass (gm-2)

NUMBER

Acanthurus lineatus biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)

100

Acanthurus nigricans biomass (gm-2)

NUMBER

Acanthurus nigricans biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)

100

Chlorurus japanensis biomass (gm-2)

NUMBER

Chlorurus japanensis biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)

100

Ctenochaetus striatus biomass (gm-2)

NUMBER

Ctenochaetus striatus biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)

100

Myripristis berndti biomass (gm-2)

NUMBER

Myripristis berndti biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)

100

Naso unicornis biomass (gm-2)

NUMBER

Naso unicornis biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)

100

Naso lituratus biomass (gm-2)

NUMBER

Naso lituratus biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)

100

Sargocentron tiere biomass (gm-2)

NUMBER

Sargocentron tiere biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)

100

Scarus oviceps biomass (gm-2)

NUMBER

Scarus oviceps biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)

100

Scarus rubroviolaceus biomass (gm-2)

NUMBER

Scarus rubroviolaceus biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)

100

Coral cover (%)

NUMBER

Percent cover of (hard) corals

100

Macroalgal cover (%)

NUMBER

Percent cover of macro-algae

100

Coralline algal cover (%)

NUMBER

Percent cover of coralline algae

100

Benthic substrate ratio

NUMBER

The ratio of positive (hard coral and coralline algae) vs. negative (macro-algae, turf algae and soft coral) colonizers.

100

Turf algal cover (%)

NUMBER

Percent cover of turf algae

100

Soft coral (%)

NUMBER

Percent cover of soft corals.

Attribute Details

Survey Year

CC ID: 205277

Data Storage Type:	VARCHAR2
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Survey Year
Allowed Values:	2010

Island

CC ID: 205278

Data Storage Type:	Unknown
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Island
Allowed Values:	Variable - Island name where sampling occurred

Site

CC ID: 205279

Data Storage Type:	Unknown
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Site
Allowed Values:	Variable - site name where sampling occurred

Latitude

CC ID: 205280

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Latitude
Unit of Measure:	decimal degree
Allowed Values:	-11.04524 - -14.88716

Longitude

CC ID: 205281

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Longitude
Unit of Measure:	decimal degree
Allowed Values:	-171.09241 - -168.13808

Depth zone

CC ID: 205282

Data Storage Type:	VARCHAR2
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Surveys are conducted in one of three depth strata; shallow, mid and deep depths
Allowed Values:	Shallow, Mid, Deep

Total fish biomass (gm-2)

CC ID: 205283

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Total fish biomass in grams per square meter
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	1.753344238 - 150.5618747

Fish species richness

CC ID: 205284

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	The mean number of unique species recorded per site
Unit of Measure:	#
Allowed Values:	13 - 61.5

Large fish biomass gm-2 (> 50cm)

CC ID: 205285

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Biomass (grams per square meter) of large fish (defined as greater than 50cm in total length)
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	0 - 98.37276123

Large fish biomass gm-2 (> 70% Lmax)

CC ID: 205286

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Biomass (grams per square meter) of large fish (defined as greater than 70% of the species maximum length Lmax; Williams et al. 2011)
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	0 - 48.75591042

Large serranid (groupers) biomass (gm-2)

CC ID: 205287

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Biomass (grams per square meter) of large fish (> 70% Lmax) of preferred fisheries target families: groupers
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	0 - 7.758902495

Large Acanthurid (surgeonfish) biomass (gm-2)

CC ID: 205288

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Biomass (grams per square meter) of large fish (> 70% Lmax) of preferred fisheries target families: surgeonfish
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	0.01908637 - 54.12650983

Large Scarid (parrotfish) biomass (gm-2)

CC ID: 205289

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Biomass (grams per square meter) of large fish (> 70% Lmax) of preferred fisheries target families: parrotfish
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	0 - 44.26161275

FG biomass (gm-2): browsers

CC ID: 205290

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Biomass (grams per square meter) of herbivorous functional groups indicative of reef resilience: browsers, which includes some parrotfishes, some unicornfishes, rudderfishes, batfishes and a rabbitfish.
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	0 - 43.58682781

FG biomass (gm-2): detritivores

CC ID: 205291

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Biomass (grams per square meter) of herbivorous functional groups indicative of reef resilience: detritivores
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	0 - 18.20381216

FG biomass (gm-2): grazers/detritivores

CC ID: 205292

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Biomass (grams per square meter) of herbivorous functional groups indicative of reef resilience: grazers and detritivores, which includes rabbitfishes, small angelfishes and many species of surgeonfish
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	0.005791284 - 17.5471783

FG biomass (gm-2): scrapers/small excavators

CC ID: 205293

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Biomass (grams per square meter) of herbivorous functional groups indicative of reef resilience: scrapers / small excavators. Scrapers includes the majority of parrotfishes (Hipposcarus and Scarus species) while excavating species includes all Chlorurus species, the humphead parrotfish, Bolbometopon muricatum and the bicolor parrotfish Cetoscarus bicolor.
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	0 - 23.82518641

FG biomass (gm-2): large excavators/bioeroders

CC ID: 205294

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Biomass (grams per square meter) of herbivorous functional groups indicative of reef resilience: large excavators / bioeroders. Large excavators and bioeroders are the excavators mentioned in scrapers/small excavators, but greater than 35 cm in standard length.
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	0 - 28.04198491

Acanthurus lineatus biomass (gm-2)

CC ID: 205295

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Acanthurus lineatus biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	0 - 12.06328639

Acanthurus nigricans biomass (gm-2)

CC ID: 205296

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Acanthurus nigricans biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	0 - 12.74394749

Chlorurus japanensis biomass (gm-2)

CC ID: 205297

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Chlorurus japanensis biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	0 - 7.826506606

Ctenochaetus striatus biomass (gm-2)

CC ID: 205298

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Ctenochaetus striatus biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	0 - 18.20381216

Myripristis berndti biomass (gm-2)

CC ID: 205299

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Myripristis berndti biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	0 - 8.798703644

Naso unicornis biomass (gm-2)

CC ID: 205300

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Naso unicornis biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	0 - 5.740117677

Naso lituratus biomass (gm-2)

CC ID: 205301

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Naso lituratus biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	0 - 6.421028863

Sargocentron tiere biomass (gm-2)

CC ID: 205302

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Sargocentron tiere biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	0 - 2.317295971

Scarus oviceps biomass (gm-2)

CC ID: 205303

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Scarus oviceps biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	0 - 2.376170568

Scarus rubroviolaceus biomass (gm-2)

CC ID: 205304

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Scarus rubroviolaceus biomass (grams per square meter): one of several species that are landed in greatest weight by spearfishing (Domingo Ochavillo pers. comm. September 2011)
Unit of Measure:	gm-2
Allowed Values:	0 - 13.61786809

Coral cover (%)

CC ID: 205305

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Percent cover of (hard) corals
Unit of Measure:	%
Allowed Values:	0 - 69.39501779

Macroalgal cover (%)

CC ID: 205306

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Percent cover of macro-algae
Unit of Measure:	%
Allowed Values:	0 - 62.67605634

Coralline algal cover (%)

CC ID: 205307

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Percent cover of coralline algae
Unit of Measure:	%
Allowed Values:	0 - 75.18518519

Benthic substrate ratio

CC ID: 205308

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	The ratio of positive (hard coral and coralline algae) vs. negative (macro-algae, turf algae and soft coral) colonizers.
Unit of Measure:	#
Allowed Values:	0 - 17.71428571

Turf algal cover (%)

CC ID: 205309

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Percent cover of turf algae
Unit of Measure:	%
Allowed Values:	0 - 93.66197183

Soft coral (%)

CC ID: 205310

Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Percent cover of soft corals.
Unit of Measure:	%
Allowed Values:	0 - 13.19444444

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID:	25468
GUID:	gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:25468
Metadata Record Created By:	Annette M DesRochers
Metadata Record Created:	2015-06-16 11:42+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By:	SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified:	2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published:	2020-01-13
Owner Org:	PIFSC
Metadata Publication Status:	Published Externally
Do Not Publish?:	N
Metadata Last Review Date:	2020-01-13
Metadata Review Frequency:	1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date:	2021-01-13