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Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
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Determining Watershed Management Efficacy in West Maui: line-point-intercept and photo quadrat surveys of benthic communities for benthic cover from 2014 to 2015
West Maui: line-point-intercept and photo quadrat surveys
2016
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Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
808-725-5360
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
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NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) Ecological Assessment of Coral project page
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http://www.westmauir2r.com/uploads/7/5/7/6/7576120/whwmp-vol1watershed_characterization-jan_2013.pdf
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Wahikuli-Honokowai Watershed Management Plan Volume 1: Watershed Characterization
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http://www.westmauir2r.com/uploads/7/5/7/6/7576120/whwmp_vol_2_executive_summary.pdf
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Wahikuli-Honokowai Watershed Management Plan Volume 2: Executive Summary
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http://health.hawaii.gov/cwb/files/2013/05/WHWMP_Vol2_StrategiesImplementation_Dec2012.pdf
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Wahikuli-Honokowai Watershed Management Plan Volume 2: Strategies and Implementation
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http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/coralreefs/files/2013/04/Wahikuli-Honokawai-Watershed-Management-Plan-Vol1-2.pdf
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Wahikuli-Honokowai Watershed Management Plan Volume1: Executive Summary
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The focus of the Wahikuli-Honokowai Watershed Management Plan is the land use practices and alterations affected in the agricultural and urban districts that have upset the natural drainage patterns and ecohydrologic balance and services the watersheds provide. As the approach to reducing the effects of land-based sources of pollution, the Wahikuli-Honokowai Watershed Management Plan identifies nine priority projects to reduce, capture, and remediate the impacts of non-point source pollutants through the implementation of management practices in priority areas. The Watershed Management Plan also includes recommendations for strategic, long-term trend monitoring of the health of the coral reef ecosystem, which provides information that can be correlated to the implementation of solutions to reduce land-based non-point source pollutants.
Kahekili Beach Park reef and the coastal areas to the north are considered high priority. Corals in this region have been severely impacted by land-based pollutants, causing coral dieback and reducing coral cover. To fill in the gap, a baseline assessment for benthic cover data (described here) along with coral demographic metrics, has been conducted at the mouths of the Mahinahina, Honokowai, and Wahikuli, Kahana, Honokeana, Honokohua, and Honolua stream drainages in West Maui, Hawaii, to track and evaluate the efficacy of implemented management practices. The installation of permanent survey transects will provide long-term time series to quantify changes in the reef benthic community. Sediment flux, and turbidity data are also collected at the Mahinahina, Honokowai, and Wahikuli, dranages (described separately).
The data described here were collected via line-point-intercept (LPI) and photo quadrat surveys by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) according to established protocols. These data include:
1) an assessment of benthic cover for the selected monitoring sites; and
2) benthic photographs to serve as a permanent record of the site.
Data is available for surveys conducted in 2014 and 2015. The LPI data can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive, accession #0138585, and the benthic photographs are available upon request from CREP.
Additionally, belt transect surveys of coral demography (adult and juvenile corals) were conducted (described separately), and turbidity sensors, sediment traps, and sediment pods were deployed by project partners to provide information on sediment loads, sediment accumulation rates, and sediment composition. As watershed management projects are implemented, changes in sediment and nutrient loading and the resulting impacts on the reefs can be monitored over time.
These data are part of a NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) funded project to support implementation of the Wahikuli-Honokowai Watershed Management Plan for West Maui, Hawaii. Through this project, long-term coral reef monitoring was established at three stream mouths to assess the efficacy of watershed management activities intended to reduce land-based sources of pollution at the West Maui U.S. Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF) watershed priority site (Wahikuli-Honokowai). This work complements project specific watershed monitoring, as well as long-term coral reef monitoring conducted in the Kahekili Herbivore Fishery Management Area by the Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) and the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) taking place along the coast between the stream mouths. The project methodology was developed in partnership with the Hawaii DAR, West Maui Watershed Coordinator, U.S. Geological Survey, University of Hawaii, and the USCRTF watershed initiative.
PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Program and partners, and funded by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
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Vargas-Angel, Bernardo
(808)725-5423
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
bernardo.vargasangel@noaa.gov
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Vargas-Angel, Bernardo
(808)725-5423
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
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Map showing locations of surveys in West Maui, Hawaii for the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) funded project, "Determining Watershed Management Efficacy in West Maui".
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Determining the efficacy of watershed management activities in the Wahikuli and Honokowai watersheds
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EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Algal Cover
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Calcareous Macroalgae
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Coralline Algae
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Crustose Coralline Algae
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Encrusting Macroalgae
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EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Turf Algae
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Damage Assessment > Pollution
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Baseline studies
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Quadrat Monitoring > Photograph Analysis
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Transect Monitoring > Linear Transect (point)
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OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Maui Island > Honokowai (20N156W0012)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Maui Island > Kahana (21N157W0028)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Maui Island > Maui Island (20N156W0004)
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Cite As: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Determining Watershed Management Efficacy in West Maui: line-point-intercept and photo quadrat surveys of benthic communities for benthic cover from 2014 to 2015 [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/27316.
NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
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Cite as: Vargas-Angel, B; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (2015). Determining Watershed Management Efficacy in West Maui: line-point-intercept and photo quadrat surveys of benthic communities for benthic cover from 2014 to 2015 (NCEI Accession #0138585). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Unpublished Dataset. [access date]
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Distribution Liability: While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
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Determining Watershed Management Efficacy in West Maui: Belt transect surveys of coral demography (adult and juvenile corals) from 2014 to 2015
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NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
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27316
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/27316.pdf
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PIFSC Oracle database view: v0_bent_lpi.
Selection criteria: island = 'Maui' and obs_year in (2014, 2015)
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First round of surveys, Wahikuli, Honokowai, and Mahinahina stream drainages. | Currentness: Ground Condition
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Completion of the first round of surveys, Wahikuli watershed only. | Currentness: Ground Condition
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Benthic category data from line-point-intercept surveys conducted by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program in West Maui, Hawaii from 2014 to 2015 (NOAA NCEI Accession #0138585).
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Accuracy
Observations were made by experienced benthic survey personnel. The accuracy of species and genus level identification was high. Handheld GPS units were used to mark site locations.
Bias
Surveyors calibrate to reduce inter-observer bias
Comparability
Survey transects were appropriately marked to allow direct, site-level temporal comparisons.
Completeness Measure
Complete. All planned data were collected.
Completeness Report
Only forereef, hard bottom habitats were surveyed.
Conceptual Consistency
Survey methods were consistent across all sites.
The data described here were collected via Line-Point-Intercept (25-centimeter intervals) and photoquadrat surveys for benthic composition and community structure by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) following a slightly modified protocol to that established by the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP).
Adjacent to each of the main watershed drainages (i.e., Wahikuli, Honokowai, and Mahinahina in the south; and Kahana, Honokeana, Honokohua, and Honolua to the north), two permanent, long-term benthic monitoring stations were established (except for Honokohua; only one station established); shallow (0-6 meter) and/or mid-depth (6-15 meter). Within each monitoring station two-to-three replicate survey sites were established; replicate survey sites were several meters apart, given that West Maui coral reef track exhibits a fingerlike-reticulate geomorphology. And, within each replicate site, surveys were conducted along one, 25-meter line transect (same transect as for demographic surveys, just longer). Using a Line-Point-Intercept protocol, hard corals, octocorals, macroalgae, crustose coralline red algae, and target macroinvertebrates were identified to the finest level of taxonomic resolution and recorded at 25-centimeter intervals, starting at the 0.25 meter mark to the 25.0 meter mark. These surveys generate 100 points per survey site/transect (300 points per monitoring station/depth) that can be used to generate estimates of percentage of cover of benthic organisms.
Vargas-Angel, Bernardo
(808)725-5423
bernardo.vargasangel@noaa.gov
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Additionally, in concert with Line-Point-Intercept surveys, photoquadrat images were collected to record the benthos at predetermined points along the same 25-meter transect line with a high-resolution digital camera mounted on a photoquadrat pole, starting at the 1 meter mark to the 25 meter mark. This work generates 25 photographs per site that provide a durable pictorial record of the benthos. These photographs can be analyzed, if needed, by staff at NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) using computer image analysis software to generate benthic data (for additional details regarding CREP's current standard operating procedure to analyze benthic images, see https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/confluence/display/CRED/Standard+Operating+Procedures [*must have a NOAA account to view this document]).
Vargas-Angel, Bernardo
(808)725-5423
bernardo.vargasangel@noaa.gov
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NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) Benthic Monitoring: Rapid Ecological Assessment Methods (REA) Line-point-intercept (LPI) for Benthic Cover (2008-Present)
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