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National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified Random Surveys (StRS) of Reef Fish, including Benthic Estimate Data of the Pacific Remote Island Areas since 2014

Data Set (DS)  |  Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:34519  |  Updated: March 14, 2024  |  Published / External 
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Summary

Diver counting coral reef fishes using the SPC method.

Short Citation
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, 2024: National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified Random Surveys (StRS) of Reef Fish, including Benthic Estimate Data of the Pacific Remote Island Areas since 2014, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/34519.
Full Citation Examples

DOI: doi:10.7289/V58C9TKB

Abstract

The stationary point count (SPC) method is used to conduct reef fish surveys in the Hawaiian and Mariana Archipelagos, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas as part of the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). The SPC method catalogs the diversity (species richness), abundance (numeric density) and biomass (fish mass per unit area) of diurnally active reef fish assemblages in shallow-water (less than 30 m) hard-bottom habitats. Visual estimates of benthic cover and topographic complexity are also recorded, with benthic organisms grouped into broad functional categories (e.g., 'Hard Coral', 'Macroalgae'). A stratified random sampling (StRS) design is employed to survey the coral reef ecosystems throughout the U.S.-Pacific regions. For all regions, the survey domain encompasses the majority of the mapped area of reef and hard bottom habitats and the stratification includes island, reef zone, and depth, with the exception of the Main Hawaiian Islands that includes habitat structure type as well. Sampling effort is allocated based on strata area.

The reef fish and benthic estimate data provided in this data set were collected during SPC surveys as part of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (formerly the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division) led NCRMP missions around the Pacific Remote Island Areas from 2014 through 2018.

Distribution Information

  • CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)

    Observations from stationary point count surveys of coral reef fishes by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) conducted at Wake Atoll (HA1401) in 2014.

  • CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)

    Observations from stationary point count surveys of coral reef fishes by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) conducted during mission SE1602 to Jarvis Island of the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2016.

  • CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)

    Observations from stationary point count surveys of coral reef fishes by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) conducted during mission HA1501 in the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2015.

  • PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format

    Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program Data Report: Ecological monitoring 2012-2013---reef fishes and benthic habitats of the main Hawaiian Islands, American Samoa, and Pacific Remote Island Areas. PIFSC Data Report DR-14-003, https://doi.org/10.7289/v55h7d81

  • PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format

    Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. Fish Monitoring Brief: Pacific Remote Island Areas, 2014. PIFSC Data Report DR-14-007. http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5Z31WNG

  • PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format

    Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. Data report : ecological monitoring 2014 : stationary point count surveys of reef fishes and benthic habitats of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Mariana Islands, and Wake Atoll. PIFSC Data Report 15-001. doi:10.7289/V5GT5K6B

  • PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format

    Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. Fish Monitoring Brief: Pacific Remote Island Areas, 2015. PIFSC Data Report DR-15-012. http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5G44N8S

  • PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format

    Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program Data Report: Ecological monitoring 2015---reef fishes and benthic habitats of the main Hawaiian Islands, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Remote Island Areas, and American Samoa. PIFSC Data Report 16-002. doi:10.7289/V5G73BQJ

  • PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format

    Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program Data Report. Ecological monitoring 2016-----reef fishes and benthic habitats of the main Hawaiian Islands, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Remote Island Areas, and American Samoa. PIFSC Data Report DR-17-001. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/dr-pifsc-17-001

  • PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format

    Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. Fish Monitoring Brief: Jarvis Island Time Trends, 2008 – 2017. PIFSC Data Report DR-18-003. https://doi.org.10.7289/V5/DR-PIFSC-18-003

  • PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format

    Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. Data report : ecological monitoring 2017 : reef fishes and benthic habitats of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, and the Mariana Archipelago. PIFSC data report ; DR-18-008. http://doi.org/10.7289/V5/DR-PIFSC-18-008

  • PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format

    Fish Monitoring Brief: Howland, Baker, and Swains Islands, 2018. PIFSC Data Report DR-18-010. https://doi.org/10.25923/f5sp-pv56

  • PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format

    Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. Fish Monitoring Brief: Jarvis Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Kingman Reef 2018. PIFSC Data Report, DR-18-013. https://doi.org/10.25923/76pw-5d45

  • PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format

    Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program Data Report. Ecological monitoring 2018—reef fishes and benthic habitats of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument and American Samoa. PIFSC Data Report DR-19-008. https://doi.org/10.25923/0rg6-y073

  • PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format

    NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program standard operating procedures: collection for Rapid Ecological Assessment fish surveys. PIFSC Administrative Report H-15-07, https://doi.org/10.7289/v5sn06zt

  • CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)

    Observations from stationary point count surveys of coral reef fishes by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) conducted at Wake and Jarvis (HA1701) in 2017.

  • CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)

    Observations from stationary point count surveys of coral reef fishes by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division conducted across the Pacific Remote Island Areas during mission HA1801 in 2018.

  • ERDDAP Data Service

    NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) ERDDAP web service for reef fish data from stratified random surveys conducted by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) during ESD-led NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program missions to the Pacific Remote Island Areas since 2014.

    ERDDAP acts as a middleman between you and various remote data servers. ERDDAP offers an easy-to-use, consistent way to request data: via the OPeNDAP standard. Many datasets can also be accessed via ERDDAP's Web Map Service (WMS). ERDDAP returns data in the common file format of your choice. ERDDAP offers all data as .html table, ESRI .asc and .csv, Google Earth .kml, OPeNDAP binary, .mat, .nc, ODV .txt, .csv, .tsv, .json, and .xhtml. ERDDAP can also return a .png or .pdf image with a customized graph or map. ERDDAP also has web pages (for humans with browsers) and RESTful web services (for computer programs).

  • CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text), 4001 KB

    Observations from stationary point count surveys of coral reef fishes by the NOAA PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division conducted at various islands in the Pacific Remote Island Areas during mission RA2301 in 2023.

  • Darwin Core Archive

    Data have been translated by a third party to Darwin Core format and served via the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Data Access portal:

    OBIS Dataset Title: NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified random surveys (StRS) of reef fish in the U.S. Pacific Islands.

    Years: 2007-2019

    DOI: 10.15468/tk1hwm

    OBIS Dataset ID: 2ae2a2bd-8412-405b-8a9f-b71adc41d4c5

    OBIS provides a portal or gateway to many datasets containing information on where and when marine species have been recorded. The datasets are integrated so you can search them all seamlessly by species name, higher taxonomic level, geographic area, depth, and time; and then map and find environmental data related to the locations. There are several ways to access OBIS data: (1) Mapper, (2) API, and (3) R package. The mapper allows you to visualize and inspect subsets of OBIS data. A variety of filters (taxonomic, geographic, time, data quality) is available and multiple layers can be combined in a single view. Layers can be downloaded as CSV files. Developers can access data through the OBIS API or the R package.

Access Constraints:

None

Use Constraints:

Please cite PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) when using the data.

Suggested citation:

Ecosystem Sciences Division; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (2024). National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified Random Surveys (StRS) of Reef Fish, including Benthic Estimate Data of the Pacific Remote Island Areas since 2014. NOAA's National Center for Environmental Information, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/34519.

Controlled Theme Keywords

biota

Child Items

Type Title
Entity ESD_FISH_REA_DataDictionary_2023

Contact Information

Point of Contact
Ivor D Williams
ivor.williams@noaa.gov
(808)725-5427

Metadata Contact
Annette M DesRochers
annette.desrochers@noaa.gov
(808)725-5461

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-176.62678161° W, -159.971695° E, 16.77717724° N, -0.38246306° S

Phoenix (Baker and Howland) and Line Islands (Jarvis, Kingman, and Palmyra), and Johnston Atoll. These six of the seven PRIA are routinely surveyed as part of the American Samoa RAMP (ASRAMP) missions (Johnston, Baker and Howland during the first leg of ASRAMP, and Jarvis, Kingman, and Palmyra during the last leg of ASRAMP).

Geographic Area 2

166.59370663° W, 166.657759° E, 19.32573345° N, 19.26737797° S

Wake Island, one of the seven PRIA, is routinely surveyed as part of the Mariana Archipelago RAMP (MARAMP) missions.

Geographic Area 3

-160.015654° W, -159.97198° E, -0.362026° N, -0.382476° S

Jarvis Island

Time Frame 1
2015-01-26 - 2015-02-11

ASRAMP 2015, Leg 1, Johnston Atoll, and the U.S. Phoenix Islands (Baker and Howland).

Time Frame 2
2015-04-08 - 2015-04-28

ASRAMP 2015, Leg 3, U.S. Line Islands (Palmyra, Kingman, and Jarvis).

Time Frame 3
2014-03-16 - 2014-03-20

MARAMP 2014, Leg I, Wake Atoll

Time Frame 4
2016-05-16 - 2016-05-22

SE1602 Jarvis

Time Frame 5
2017-04-02 - 2017-04-05

MARAMP 2017 Leg 1 surveys at Jarvis

Time Frame 6
2017-04-19 - 2017-04-23

MARAMP 2017 Leg 1 surveys at Wake

Time Frame 7
2023-03-15 - 2023-05-07

Reef fish surveys conducted around Howland and Baker Islands. Palmyra, Kingman, and Jarvis were not surveyed due to loss of days.

Time Frame 8
2018-06-08 - 2018-06-15

ASRAMP 2018, Leg 1, Surveys at Howland and Baker Islands

Time Frame 9
2018-07-28 - 2018-08-11

ASRAMP 2018, last leg of surveys at the U.S. Line Islands (Palmyra Atoll, Kingman Reef, and Jarvis Island)

Item Identification

Title: National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified Random Surveys (StRS) of Reef Fish, including Benthic Estimate Data of the Pacific Remote Island Areas since 2014
Short Name: NCRMP: Fish Surveys (nSPC) PRIA
Status: On Going
Revision Date: 2024-02
Publication Date: 2024-03
Abstract:

The stationary point count (SPC) method is used to conduct reef fish surveys in the Hawaiian and Mariana Archipelagos, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas as part of the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). The SPC method catalogs the diversity (species richness), abundance (numeric density) and biomass (fish mass per unit area) of diurnally active reef fish assemblages in shallow-water (less than 30 m) hard-bottom habitats. Visual estimates of benthic cover and topographic complexity are also recorded, with benthic organisms grouped into broad functional categories (e.g., 'Hard Coral', 'Macroalgae'). A stratified random sampling (StRS) design is employed to survey the coral reef ecosystems throughout the U.S.-Pacific regions. For all regions, the survey domain encompasses the majority of the mapped area of reef and hard bottom habitats and the stratification includes island, reef zone, and depth, with the exception of the Main Hawaiian Islands that includes habitat structure type as well. Sampling effort is allocated based on strata area.

The reef fish and benthic estimate data provided in this data set were collected during SPC surveys as part of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (formerly the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division) led NCRMP missions around the Pacific Remote Island Areas from 2014 through 2018.
Purpose:

The NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) details a long term approach to provide an ecosystem perspective via monitoring climate, fish, benthic, and socioeconomic variables in a consistent and integrated manner. The NCRMP is intended to coordinate various NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) biological, physical, and human dimensions activities into a cohesive NOAA-wide effort. Through the implementation of the NCRMP, NOAA will be able to clearly and concisely communicate results of national-scale monitoring to national, state, and territorial policy makers, resource managers, and the public on a periodic basis.
Notes:

Updated 4/20/2020: added OBIS data portal.
Other Citation Details:

Ayotte P, McCoy K, Heenan A, Williams I, Zamzow J. 2015. Coral Reef Ecosystem Program standard operating procedures: data collection for Rapid Ecological Assessment fish surveys. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-15-07, 33 p.
Supplemental Information:

The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) is a framework for conducting sustained observations of biological, climate, and socioeconomic indicators at 10 priority coral reefs across the U.S. and its territories. This integrated approach will consolidate monitoring of coral reefs under a uniform method in the Pacific, Atlantic, Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico for the first time. NCRMP is funded by the CRCP and supported by NOAA Fisheries, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), and many other partners. The Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) at NOAA Fisheries is leading biological monitoring in the U.S. Pacific Islands Region.

The biological component of NCRMP in the Pacific provides a triennial ecological characterization at a broad spatial scale of general reef condition for reef fishes, corals and benthic habitat (i.e., fish species composition/density/size, benthic cover, and coral density/size/condition). Innovative analysis techniques are then used to develop products that give fellow scientists, managers, decision makers and the public a better understanding of a region’s resources and how they are changing over time.
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): doi:10.7289/V58C9TKB
DOI Registration Authority: NOAA

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
ISO 19115 Topic Category
biota
UNCONTROLLED
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Numeric Data Sets > Fish Census
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Species Richness
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Rapid assessment studies
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Reef fish census
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Reef fish census > Stationary
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral reef ecology
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Coral Cover
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Assemblages
CRCP Project 743
CRCP Project National Coral Reef Monitoring Program
NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS FISH - CORAL REEF
NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS FISH BIOMASS
NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS FISH SPECIES
NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS SPECIES IDENTIFICATION
NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT
NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ORGANISM LENGTH
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS survey
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS survey - biological
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS survey - swimmer/diver
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS visual estimate
NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS HI'IALAKAI
NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS OSCAR ELTON SETTE
NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Coral Reef Conservation Program
NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS CORAL REEF STUDIES
NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS National Coral Reef Monitoring Program
NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division
None Coral Reef Ecosystem Division
None Coral Reef Ecosystem Program
None CRED
None CREP
None Ecosystem Sciences Division
None ESD
None Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
None PIFSC
None RAMP
None Rapid Ecological Assessment
None REA
None Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program
None Reef Fish
None SPC
None Stationary Point Count

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Baker Island (00N176W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Howland Island (00S176W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Jarvis Island (00S160W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Johnston Atoll (16N169W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Kingman Reef (06N162W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Palmyra Atoll (05N162W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Wake Atoll (19N167E0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Baker Island > Baker Island (00N176W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Howland Island > Howland Island (00S176W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Johnston Atoll > Johnston Atoll (16N169W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Jarvis Island (00S160W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Kingman Reef (06N162W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Palmyra Atoll (05N162W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Wake Atoll > Wake Atoll (19N167E0001)
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Equatorial Pacific Ocean
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
None Pacific Remote Island Areas
None Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
None PRIA
None PRIMNM

Physical Location

Organization: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
City: Honolulu
State/Province: HI
Country: USA

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Set Type: CSV Files
Maintenance Frequency: As Needed
Maintenance Note:

Dataset record updated as new data for the region are added to the collection.

Updated 12/2018 to add 2018 surveys.
Data Presentation Form: Table (digital)
Entity Attribute Overview:

Raw survey data includes metadata for each survey (where, when, who, area); site characteristics (depth, reef type, habitat, benthic cover); individual reef fish observations identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible (usually species) including size, count, and observation type; and parameters needed to calculate biomass and density.
Entity Attribute Detail URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/35996
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.
Data Set Credit: PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division and funded by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program

Support Roles

Data Set Credit

CC ID: 346363
Date Effective From: 2014
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP)
Address: 1305 East West Highway 10th Floor
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281
Phone: (301) 713-3155
URL: https://coralreef.noaa.gov

Data Steward

CC ID: 346361
Date Effective From: 2014
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): McCoy, Kaylyn S
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: kaylyn.mccoy@noaa.gov
Phone: (808)725-5471
Contact Instructions:

Email preferred

Distributor

CC ID: 904333
Date Effective From: 2020-01-08
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
URL: https://obis.org

Distributor

CC ID: 346358
Date Effective From: 2016
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD)
Address: NOAA/NESDIS E/OC SSMC3, 4th Floor, 1351 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
Phone: (301) 713-3277

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 346359
Date Effective From: 2014
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): DesRochers, Annette M
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: annette.desrochers@noaa.gov
Phone: (808)725-5461
Business Hours: 8 am - 5 pm
Contact Instructions:

Email preferred

Originator

CC ID: 346362
Date Effective From: 2014
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: pifsc.info@noaa.gov
Phone: 808-725-5360
URL: https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Point of Contact

CC ID: 346360
Date Effective From: 2014
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Williams, Ivor D
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: ivor.williams@noaa.gov
Phone: (808)725-5427
Contact Instructions:

Email preferred
View Historical Support Roles

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Description:

Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIA)

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 348803
W° Bound: -176.62678161
E° Bound: -159.971695
N° Bound: 16.77717724
S° Bound: -0.38246306
Description

Phoenix (Baker and Howland) and Line Islands (Jarvis, Kingman, and Palmyra), and Johnston Atoll. These six of the seven PRIA are routinely surveyed as part of the American Samoa RAMP (ASRAMP) missions (Johnston, Baker and Howland during the first leg of ASRAMP, and Jarvis, Kingman, and Palmyra during the last leg of ASRAMP).

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 2

CC ID: 348804
W° Bound: 166.59370663
E° Bound: 166.657759
N° Bound: 19.32573345
S° Bound: 19.26737797
Description

Wake Island, one of the seven PRIA, is routinely surveyed as part of the Mariana Archipelago RAMP (MARAMP) missions.

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 3

CC ID: 365191
W° Bound: -160.015654
E° Bound: -159.97198
N° Bound: -0.362026
S° Bound: -0.382476
Description

Jarvis Island

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 348805
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2015-01-26
End: 2015-02-11
Alternate Start As Of Info: HA1501
Description:

ASRAMP 2015, Leg 1, Johnston Atoll, and the U.S. Phoenix Islands (Baker and Howland).

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 2

CC ID: 348806
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2015-04-08
End: 2015-04-28
Alternate Start As Of Info: HA1501
Description:

ASRAMP 2015, Leg 3, U.S. Line Islands (Palmyra, Kingman, and Jarvis).

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 3

CC ID: 348807
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2014-03-16
End: 2014-03-20
Alternate Start As Of Info: HA1401
Description:

MARAMP 2014, Leg I, Wake Atoll

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 4

CC ID: 365192
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2016-05-16
End: 2016-05-22
Alternate Start As Of Info: SE1602
Description:

SE1602 Jarvis

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 5

CC ID: 571814
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2017-04-02
End: 2017-04-05
Alternate Start As Of Info: HA1701
Description:

MARAMP 2017 Leg 1 surveys at Jarvis

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 6

CC ID: 571816
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2017-04-19
End: 2017-04-23
Alternate Start As Of Info: HA1701
Description:

MARAMP 2017 Leg 1 surveys at Wake

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 7

CC ID: 1326733
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2023-03-15
End: 2023-05-07
Alternate Start As Of Info: RA2301
Description:

Reef fish surveys conducted around Howland and Baker Islands. Palmyra, Kingman, and Jarvis were not surveyed due to loss of days.

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 8

CC ID: 805403
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2018-06-08
End: 2018-06-15
Alternate Start As Of Info: HA1801
Description:

ASRAMP 2018, Leg 1, Surveys at Howland and Baker Islands

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 9

CC ID: 805404
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2018-07-28
End: 2018-08-11
Alternate Start As Of Info: HA1801
Description:

ASRAMP 2018, last leg of surveys at the U.S. Line Islands (Palmyra Atoll, Kingman Reef, and Jarvis Island)

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Security Classification System:

Not applicable
Security Handling Description:

Not applicable
Data Access Policy:

NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) Data Sharing Recommendations, version 9.0 updated August 12, 2015:

ESD welcomes the opportunity to collaborate on research issues contributing to the scientific basis for better management of marine ecosystems. ESD has a very diverse set of field activities that generates large volumes of data using an array of data collection protocols.

The following recommendations are for your consideration as you use this data:

1) Data analyses should take all field exigencies into account. The most effective way to do this would be active collaboration with ESD principal investigators.

2) In all presentations, product releases, or publications using data generated by ESD , proper acknowledgement of both ESD and the individuals responsible for data collection is expected. Citing the DOI (if available) is preferred, a non-DOI example is listed below.

3) If you collect or generate data for the same study areas, ESD requests that you share relevant information on complimentary data collections.

4) Those receiving data are strongly urged to inform the ESD Data Management Team of any errors and discrepancies that are discovered during the course of using these data. They are further urged to bring to the attention of the Team all problems and difficulties encountered in using these data. This information is necessary in order to improve the collections and to facilitate more efficient and economical data processing and retrieval. The users are asked to supply copies of any missing data that may be located, and to provide information as to significant subsets and special aggregations of data that are developed in using the material provided.

Example citation:

"This publication makes use of data products provided by the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with funding support from the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP). The analysis and interpretations presented here are solely that of the current authors.”
Data Access Procedure:

Data can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive.
Data Access Constraints:

None
Data Use Constraints:

Please cite PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) when using the data.

Suggested citation:

Ecosystem Sciences Division; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (2024). National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified Random Surveys (StRS) of Reef Fish, including Benthic Estimate Data of the Pacific Remote Island Areas since 2014. NOAA's National Center for Environmental Information, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/34519.
Metadata Access Constraints:

None
Metadata Use Constraints:

None

Distribution Information

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Observations from stationary point count surveys of coral reef fishes by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) conducted at Wake Atoll (HA1401) in 2014.
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Description:

Observations from stationary point count surveys of coral reef fishes by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) conducted during mission SE1602 to Jarvis Island of the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2016.
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File Name: V0_FISH_REA PRIAs 2015.csv
Description:

Observations from stationary point count surveys of coral reef fishes by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) conducted during mission HA1501 in the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2015.
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Distributor: National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2016 - Present)
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Description:

Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program Data Report: Ecological monitoring 2012-2013---reef fishes and benthic habitats of the main Hawaiian Islands, American Samoa, and Pacific Remote Island Areas. PIFSC Data Report DR-14-003, https://doi.org/10.7289/v55h7d81
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File Name: PIFSC_DR-14-007_2014_FishBrief_Wake.pdf
Description:

Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. Fish Monitoring Brief: Pacific Remote Island Areas, 2014. PIFSC Data Report DR-14-007. http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5Z31WNG
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Description:

Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. Data report : ecological monitoring 2014 : stationary point count surveys of reef fishes and benthic habitats of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Mariana Islands, and Wake Atoll. PIFSC Data Report 15-001. doi:10.7289/V5GT5K6B
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Distributor: National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2016 - Present)
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Description:

Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. Fish Monitoring Brief: Pacific Remote Island Areas, 2015. PIFSC Data Report DR-15-012. http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5G44N8S
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Description:

Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program Data Report: Ecological monitoring 2015---reef fishes and benthic habitats of the main Hawaiian Islands, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Remote Island Areas, and American Samoa. PIFSC Data Report 16-002. doi:10.7289/V5G73BQJ
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Description:

Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program Data Report. Ecological monitoring 2016-----reef fishes and benthic habitats of the main Hawaiian Islands, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Remote Island Areas, and American Samoa. PIFSC Data Report DR-17-001. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/dr-pifsc-17-001
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Distributor: National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2016 - Present)
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Description:

Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. Fish Monitoring Brief: Jarvis Island Time Trends, 2008 – 2017. PIFSC Data Report DR-18-003. https://doi.org.10.7289/V5/DR-PIFSC-18-003
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File Name: PIFSC_DR-18-008_2017_DataReport_Fish.pdf
Description:

Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. Data report : ecological monitoring 2017 : reef fishes and benthic habitats of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, and the Mariana Archipelago. PIFSC data report ; DR-18-008. http://doi.org/10.7289/V5/DR-PIFSC-18-008
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Description:

Fish Monitoring Brief: Howland, Baker, and Swains Islands, 2018. PIFSC Data Report DR-18-010. https://doi.org/10.25923/f5sp-pv56
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Description:

Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. Fish Monitoring Brief: Jarvis Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Kingman Reef 2018. PIFSC Data Report, DR-18-013. https://doi.org/10.25923/76pw-5d45
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Description:

Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program Data Report. Ecological monitoring 2018—reef fishes and benthic habitats of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument and American Samoa. PIFSC Data Report DR-19-008. https://doi.org/10.25923/0rg6-y073
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Description:

NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program standard operating procedures: collection for Rapid Ecological Assessment fish surveys. PIFSC Administrative Report H-15-07, https://doi.org/10.7289/v5sn06zt
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Description:

Observations from stationary point count surveys of coral reef fishes by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) conducted at Wake and Jarvis (HA1701) in 2017.
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Observations from stationary point count surveys of coral reef fishes by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division conducted across the Pacific Remote Island Areas during mission HA1801 in 2018.
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Description:

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) ERDDAP web service for reef fish data from stratified random surveys conducted by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) during ESD-led NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program missions to the Pacific Remote Island Areas since 2014.

ERDDAP acts as a middleman between you and various remote data servers. ERDDAP offers an easy-to-use, consistent way to request data: via the OPeNDAP standard. Many datasets can also be accessed via ERDDAP's Web Map Service (WMS). ERDDAP returns data in the common file format of your choice. ERDDAP offers all data as .html table, ESRI .asc and .csv, Google Earth .kml, OPeNDAP binary, .mat, .nc, ODV .txt, .csv, .tsv, .json, and .xhtml. ERDDAP can also return a .png or .pdf image with a customized graph or map. ERDDAP also has web pages (for humans with browsers) and RESTful web services (for computer programs).
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Observations from stationary point count surveys of coral reef fishes by the NOAA PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division conducted at various islands in the Pacific Remote Island Areas during mission RA2301 in 2023.
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File Name: ncrmp_nspc_fish_pacific
Description:

Data have been translated by a third party to Darwin Core format and served via the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Data Access portal:

OBIS Dataset Title: NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified random surveys (StRS) of reef fish in the U.S. Pacific Islands.

Years: 2007-2019

DOI: 10.15468/tk1hwm

OBIS Dataset ID: 2ae2a2bd-8412-405b-8a9f-b71adc41d4c5

OBIS provides a portal or gateway to many datasets containing information on where and when marine species have been recorded. The datasets are integrated so you can search them all seamlessly by species name, higher taxonomic level, geographic area, depth, and time; and then map and find environmental data related to the locations. There are several ways to access OBIS data: (1) Mapper, (2) API, and (3) R package. The mapper allows you to visualize and inspect subsets of OBIS data. A variety of filters (taxonomic, geographic, time, data quality) is available and multiple layers can be combined in a single view. Layers can be downloaded as CSV files. Developers can access data through the OBIS API or the R package.
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URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 346382
URL: https://www.coris.noaa.gov/monitoring/
Name: National Coral Reef Monitoring Program
URL Type:
Online Resource
Description:

NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) website.

URL 2

CC ID: 346383
URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/ecosystems/coral-reefs-pacific
Name: Coral Reefs in the Pacific
URL Type:
Online Resource
Description:

NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands website.

URL 3

CC ID: 346384
URL: https://origin-apps-pifsc.fisheries.noaa.gov/cred/img/diver_counting_fish_using_spc_sm.jpg
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URL Type:
Browse Graphic
Diver counting coral reef fishes using the SPC method.
File Resource Format: JPG

URL 4

CC ID: 346385
URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/ecosystems/coral-reefs-pacific#survey-methods
Name: Survey Methods
URL Type:
Online Resource
Description:

NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands website

URL 5

CC ID: 363222
URL: https://origin-apps-pifsc.fisheries.noaa.gov/cred/survey_methods/fish_surveys/rapid_ecological_assessment_of_fish-survey_method_training.php
Name: Fish survey methods training page
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: PHP

Technical Environment

Description:

PIFSC Oracle database view: V0_FISH_REA

Data Quality

Accuracy:

Observations at each site were made by divers who have been trained, and met minimum standards in identifying species present at the survey locations and in estimating size of fishes in survey counts. However, all species identifications are made visually, sometimes in situations where a fish is only briefly seen. Visual estimates of benthic cover are useful as broad indication of the reef benthic assemblages present at each survey site, but there is considerable scope for error in rapid diver estimates of this kind.

Completeness Report:

Only shallow water (0 to 30 meter depth range) hard-bottom habitats are surveyed. The survey sites were randomly selected using a systematic process based on available habitat and bathymetric data. Although efforts are made to include broad spatial coverage of surveys at each island, weather conditions and other environmental constraints may have prevented the team from surveying exposed reef areas.

Conceptual Consistency:

The same methods of data collection are used at each surveyed site, and periodic examination of the data is conducted throughout each mission to check for diver bias or other discrepancies.
Quality Control Procedures Employed:

Observations, including species identification and sizing, are periodically checked during expeditions for consistency between divers. Data entry is usually conducted on the same day as the surveys using a data entry interface with several data controls employed, and are quality controlled by the divers using a two-person system. Following a mission, the data is then run through rigorous quality control checks by the data management team before the data are migrated to the Oracle database. Given the size of the data set, there remains some possibility of typographical or other errors.

Data Management

Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: Yes
Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: Unknown
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: Yes
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: No
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: Unknown
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: NCEI-MD
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: Unknown
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?:

NOAA IRC and NOAA Fisheries ITS resources and assets.

Lineage

Lineage Statement:

Stationary Point Count survey of coral reef fish methodology, employed by the NOAA PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) since 2007.

Sources

Ayotte, P., K. McCoy, A. Heenan, I. Williams, and J. Zamzow. 2015. Coral Reef Ecosystem Division standard operating procedures: data collection for Rapid Ecological Assessment fish surveys. Pacific Islands Fish. Sci. Cent., Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., NOAA, Honolulu, HI 96818-5007. Pacific Islands Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-15-07, 33 p.

CC ID: 346389
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Publish Date: 2015-12-21
Citation URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5SN06ZT
Citation URL Name: NOAA Institutional Repository
Citation URL Description:

Coral reef ecosystem program standard operating procedures : data collection for rapid ecological assessment fish surveys
Source Contribution:

Survey protocol

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 346390
Description:

For the current PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division stationary point count (SPC) method, pairs of divers record the number, size, and species of all fishes observed within visually estimated cylinders 15 meters (m) in diameter. At the start of a survey dive, a pair of divers first lay down a 30-m transect line along a predetermined depth contour, and then the two divers move to the 7.5- and 22.5-m marks on that line; these marks serve as the centers of two adjacent SPC cylinders. During the first 5 minutes of a survey, the divers create a list of the fish species observed in or passing through their cylinder. After the first 5 minutes, divers systematically proceed down their species lists, counting and estimating the size (total length, or TL) of each fish present to the nearest centimeter. Species seen after the 5 minutes or outside of the survey area are recorded as present. On completing the fish count, divers make rapid visual estimates of benthic cover and structural complexity of the substrate within their survey cylinder. Benthic cover is estimated for broad functional groups (e.g., hard coral, sand, macroalgae). Structural complexity is determined by estimating the amount of the cylinder within 5 substrate-height bins (< 20 cm, 20-50 cm; 50-100 cm; 100-150 cm, and >150 cm). Upon completion of the fish survey, photographs of the benthos are captured at 1-m intervals along the 30-m transect line (30 photographs per site) using a 1-m PVC stick to position the camera directly above the substrate.
Process Contact: Ayotte, Paula M
Phone (Voice): (808)725-5403
Email Address: paula.ayotte@noaa.gov
Source: Ayotte, P., K. McCoy, A. Heenan, I. Williams, and J. Zamzow. 2015. Coral Reef Ecosystem Division standard operating procedures: data collection for Rapid Ecological Assessment fish surveys. Pacific Islands Fish. Sci. Cent., Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., NOAA, Honolulu, HI 96818-5007. Pacific Islands Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-15-07, 33 p.

Acquisition Information

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Instrument Unavailable Reason: Not Applicable

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Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 34519
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:34519
Metadata Record Created By: Troy T Kanemura
Metadata Record Created: 2016-08-29 19:38+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Lori H Luers
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2024-03-14 21:32+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2024-03-14
Owner Org: PIFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2024-03-11
Metadata Review Frequency: 3 Years
Metadata Next Review Date: 2027-03-11