5565 RAMP: Fish Surveys (BLT) Data Set Published / External 21559 Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment Project Completed 2017 Belt transects (BLT) is one of the non-invasive underwater-survey methods to enumerate the diverse components of diurnally active shallow-water reef fish assemblages. At each REA survey sites, BLT fish surveys are conducted along 3 consecutively-placed, 25m transect lines to quantify relatively small-bodied and abundant fishes. A pair of scuba diver-observers conducts parallel swims along the transect lines, recording size-class specific counts of all fishes encountered, to species-level where possible, within visually estimated but defined belt widths: 4 m wide for fishes > 20 cm TL (100 m2 area) on the initial swim-out, and 2 m wide for fishes < 20 cm TL (50 m2 area) on the subsequent swim back. Transects lines are typically set at depths of 10-15 m. Reef ledges and holes are visually searched. Stations are completed on all sides of the island/atoll, weather and sea conditions permitting. Raw survey data included species level abundance estimates. Reef fish and benthic estimate data collected during BLT surveys can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive. The Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP), established by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) and supported by NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), is tasked with documenting and understanding the status and trends of coral reef ecosystems in the U.S. Pacific. Pacific RAMP involves interdisciplinary monitoring of oceanographic conditions and biological surveys of organisms associated with shallow water hard-bottomed habitats (typically 10-15m, always <30 m deep). Regions are surveyed on a biennial cycle and aims to support integrated, consistent and comparable monitoring of coral reefs across all U.S.-affiliated regions. Updated 4/20/2020: added OBIS data portal. Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category biota Theme CRCP Project 1221 Theme CRCP Project 587 Theme CRCP Project C204 Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP): Biennial monitoring for the US Pacific Islands and Atolls Theme CRCP Project Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Monitoring coral reef ecosystems of the US Pacific Islands and Atolls Theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Numeric Data Sets > Fish Census Theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat Theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Species Richness Theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment Theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Rapid assessment studies Theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Reef fish census Theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Reef fish census > Stationary Theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs Theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Coral Cover Theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Rugosity Theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral reef ecology Theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish Theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Assemblages Theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Macroinvertebrates Theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates Theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Macroinvertebrates Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS FISH - CORAL REEF Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS FISH BIOMASS Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS FISH SPECIES Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS SPECIES IDENTIFICATION Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT Theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ORGANISM LENGTH Theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS survey Theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS survey - biological Theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS survey - swimmer/diver Theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS visual estimate Theme NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS CORAL REEF STUDIES Theme NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Coral Reef Conservation Program Theme NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Pacific Reef and Assessment Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) Theme NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program Theme CRED Theme CREP Theme Coral Reef 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COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Guguan > Guguan Island (17N145E0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Maug > Maug Island (20N145E0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Northern Mariana Islands > Arakane Reef (15N141E0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Northern Mariana Islands > Northern Mariana Islands ( CNMI ) (18N146E0000) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Northern Mariana Islands > Pathfinder Reef (16N141E0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Pagan > Pagan Island (18N145E0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Rota > Rota Island ( Luta ) (14N145E0007) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan > Saipan Island (15N145E0002) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Santa Rosa Reef > Santa Rosa Reef (15N145E0002) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Sarigan Island > Sarigan Island (16N145E0003) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Tinian > Tinian Island (14N145E0005) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Manu'a Islands (14S170W0038) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Ofu Island (14S169W0013) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Olosega Island (14S169W0014) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Rose Island (Rose Atoll) (14S168W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Swains Atoll (11S171W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Ta'u Island (14S169W0012) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Tutuila Island (14S170W0016) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Guam > Guam (13N144E0000) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Kauai Island (22N159W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Molokai Island (21N157W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > French Frigate Shoals (24N166W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Gardner Pinnacles (25N168W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Kure Atoll (28N178W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Laysan Island (25N171W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Lisianski Island (25N173W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Maro Reef (25N170W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Necker Island (23N164W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Nihoa (23N161W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (28N178W0000) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Oahu (21N157W0003) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Pearl and Hermes Reef (27N176W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Kauai > Kaula Island (21N160W0003) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Kauai > Lehua Island (22N160W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Kauai > Niihau Island (21N160W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Maui > Lanai Island (20N156W0002) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Maui > Maui Island (20N156W0004) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Midway Atoll (28N177W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaiian Islands (21N157W0027) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Baker Island (00N176W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Howland Island (00S176W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Jarvis Island (00S160W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Johnston Atoll (16N169W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Kingman Reef (06N162W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Palmyra Atoll (05N162W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place 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(24N166W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Gardner Pinnacles (25N168W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Kure Atoll (28N178W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Laysan Island (25N171W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Lisianski Island (25N173W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Maro Reef (25N170W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Midway Atoll (28N177W0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Necker 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Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Aguihan Island Reefs > Aguihan Island (Aguijan) (14N145E0006) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Alamagan Island > Alamagan Island (17N145E0002) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Anatahan Island > Anatahan Island (16N145E0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Arakane Reef > Arakane Reef (15N141E0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Asuncion Island > Asuncion Island (19N145E0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Farallon de Pajaros > Farallon de Pajaros (20N144E0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Guam > Guam (13N144E0000) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Guguan Island > Guguan Island (17N145E0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Mariana Archipelago > Northern Mariana Islands ( CNMI ) (18N146E0000) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Maug Island > Maug Island (20N145E0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Northern Mariana Islands > Santa Rosa Reef (15N145E0002) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Pagan Island > Pagan Island (18N145E0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Pathfinder Reef > Pathfinder Reef (16N141E0001) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Rota Island > Rota Island ( Luta ) (14N145E0007) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Saipan Island > Saipan Island (15N145E0002) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Sarigan Island > Sarigan Island (16N145E0003) Spatial CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Tinian Island Reefs > Tinian Island (14N145E0005) Spatial NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Equatorial Pacific Ocean Spatial NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Spatial NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS NW Pacific Spatial NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS North Pacific Ocean Spatial NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Spatial NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Spatial NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Rose Atoll Marine National Monument Spatial NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS South Pacific Ocean Spatial CNMI Spatial Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Spatial MHI Spatial Main Hawaiian Islands Spatial Mariana Archipelago Spatial Mariana Islands Spatial Marianas Spatial NWHI Spatial Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Spatial PRIA Spatial Pacific Remote Island Areas Platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS HI'IALAKAI Platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS OSCAR ELTON SETTE Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Honolulu HI USA Data Set CSV Files None Planned Table (digital) Raw survey data includes metadata for each survey (where, when, who, area); site characteristics (depth, reef type); 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. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/36869 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. PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Program and funded by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable 36869 V0_FISH_REA BLT Published / External Completed Object Comments:. Fish REA foundational view Loaded by batch 9575, 12-14-2016 17:48 Data View Yes GISDAT Object Comments:. Fish REA foundational view 1 OBJECTID NUMBER 22 Yes No 38 0 Active Unique identifier for fish REA observations 2 ROUNDID NUMBER 22 Yes No 28 0 Active Unique Identifier for ROUND record 3 MISSIONID VARCHAR2 30 Yes No Active Mission Identifier 4 REGION_NAME VARCHAR2 30 No No Active One of the five Pacific Island regions CRED surveys 5 ISLAND NVARCHAR2 150 No No Active Island or Atoll surveyed 6 SITE NVARCHAR2 150 Yes No Active The 5- to 6-character code for the site surveyed. Combines a 3-letter island code with a site number 7 LATITUDE NUMBER 22 No No 38 Active Site latitude as recorded by divers on the Dive & Nav Info datasheets 8 LONGITUDE NUMBER 22 No No Active Site longitude as recorded by divers on the Dive & Nav Info datasheets 9 REEF_ZONE NVARCHAR2 150 No No Active The reef zone for the given site (Forereef, Backreef or Lagoon) 10 DEPTH_BIN NVARCHAR2 60 No No Active Classification of depth (shallow, mid, deep) based on midpoint between minimum and maximum depths of replicates at this site 11 SITEVISITID NUMBER 22 Yes No 38 Active Unique Identifier for SITE_VISIT record 12 DATE_ DATE 7 Yes No Active Date the survey was conducted 13 OBS_YEAR NUMBER 22 No No 38 Active Year the survey was conducted 14 DIVER NVARCHAR2 150 Yes No Active Initials of diver conducting survey 15 REPLICATEID NUMBER 22 Yes No 38 0 Active Unique identifier for the replicate sample within a Fish REA survey 16 REP NVARCHAR2 150 No No Active Letter associated to replicate (A, B, C, or D) 17 METHOD NVARCHAR2 150 Yes No Active Fish method employed: belt transect (BLT), stationary point count (SPC), or new stationary point count (nSPC) 18 DEPTH NUMBER 22 No No 38 Active Depth of survey area in meters 19 SURVEY_LENGTH_M NUMBER 22 No No Active Length of survey area in meters 20 SURVEY_WIDTH_M NUMBER 22 No No Active Width of survey area in meters 21 SPECIES NVARCHAR2 150 Yes No Active 4-letter species code 22 TAXONNAME NVARCHAR2 765 Yes No Active Scientific name 23 COMMONNAME NVARCHAR2 150 No No Active Common name (from FishBase) 24 COMMONFAMILYALL NVARCHAR2 150 No No Active Common name of all families 25 FAMILY NVARCHAR2 150 No No Active Taxonomic family classification 26 SCIENTIFIC_NAME VARCHAR2 255 No No Active Holds the true scientific name 27 RANK VARCHAR2 20 No No Active Lowest defined rank in taxonomic hierarchy 28 TROPHIC NVARCHAR2 150 No No Active Trophic level: APEX (apex predator), Cor (corallivore), H (herbivore), MI (mobile invertivore), Om (Omnivore), Pisc (piscivore), Pk (planktivore), SI (sessile invertivore), Z (zooplantivore) 29 TROPHIC_MONREP NVARCHAR2 150 No No Active Trophic level scheme used (Primary Consumer, Secondary Consumer, Planktivore, Piscivore) 30 LW_A NUMBER 22 No No 38 8 Active Parameter "a" used in length-weight calculations 31 LW_B NUMBER 22 No No 28 8 Active Parameter "b" used in length-weight calculations 32 LMAX NUMBER 22 No No 28 8 Active Maximum length of the fish published in literature 33 LENGTH_CONVERSION_FACTOR NUMBER 22 No No 28 8 Active Factor to convert length as total length by to get it to right form (SL or FL or TL) for available length weight A and B parameters for this species 34 COUNT NUMBER 22 No No 5 0 Active Number of fish observed during survey 35 SIZE_ NUMBER 22 No No 38 8 Active Total length of fish, measured from the tip of the snout to the tip of the longer lobe of the caudal fin, reported in centimeters. Total length for rays (Myliobatidae) is measured from pectoral fin tip to pectoral fin tip. Data Set Credit 2000 Organization NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program CRCP 1305 East West Highway 10th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910-3281 (301) 713-3155 https://coralreef.noaa.gov Link to the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program website Online Resource Data Steward 2010 Person Ayotte, Paula M paula.ayotte@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5403 Distributor 2020-04-02 Organization Ocean Biogeographic Information System OBIS https://obis.org OBIS provides a portal or gateway to many datasets containing information on where and when marine species have been recorded. OBIS emanates from the Census of Marine Life (2000-2010) and was adopted as a project under IOC-UNESCO’s International Oceanographic Data and Information (IODE) programme in 2009. Online Resource Distributor 2017 Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NCEI ncei.info@noaa.gov https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. Online Resource Distributor 2010 2017 Person Kanemura, Troy T troy.kanemura@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5422 Distributor 2007 2010 Person Parke, Michael F michael.parke@noaa.gov https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6345-5182 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5754 Metadata Contact 2025-11-11 Person Akridge, Michael W michael.akridge@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5483 Metadata Contact 2010 Person DesRochers, Annette M annette.desrochers@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5461 8 am - 5 pm Metadata Contact 2008 2010 Person Wang, Haiying haiying.wang@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5367 Originator 2000 Organization Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center PIFSC pifsc.info@noaa.gov https://ror.org/02apffz65 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA 808-725-5360 https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage Online Resource 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Point of Contact 2010 Person Williams, Ivor D ivor.williams@noaa.gov https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9444-1020 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5427 Point of Contact 2008 2010 Person Schroeder, Robert robert.schroeder@noaa.gov Ground Condition American Samoa -171.09225 -168.13792 -11.04588 -14.560017 American Samoa Range 2002-02-09 2002-03-03 TC0201 Mission TC0201 at Ofu, Olosega, Rose, Swains, Ta'u, and Tutuila. Range 2004-02-04 2004-02-25 OES0402 Mission OES0402 at Ofu, Olosega, Rose, Swains, Ta'u, and Tutuila. Range 2006-02-11 2006-03-08 HI0602 Mission HI0602 at Ofu, Olosega, Rose, Swains, Ta'u, and Tutuila. Range 2008-02-18 2008-03-18 HI0802 Mission HI0802 at Ofu, Olosega, Rose, Swains, Ta'u, and Tutuila. Mariana Archipelago 142.75887 145.85093 20.5532 12.8113 Mariana Archipelago Range 2003-08-22 2003-09-28 OES0307 Mission OES0307 at Agrihan, Aguijan, Alamagan, Anatahan, Arakane, Asuncion, Farallon de Pajaros, Guam, Guguan, Maug, Pagan, Pathfinder, Rota, Saipan, Santa Rosa, Sarigan, and Tinian. Range 2005-09-04 2005-09-30 OES0511 Mission OES0511 at Agrihan, Aguijan, Alamagan, Arakane, Asuncion, Farallon de Pajaros, Guguan, Maug, Pagan, Pathfinder, Rota, Saipan, Sarigan, and Tinian. Range 2005-10-03 2005-10-08 OES0512 Mission OES0512 at Guam, and Santa Rosa. Range 2007-05-12 2007-05-22 HI0702 Mission HI0702 at Aguijan, Guam, Rota, Saipan, and Tinian. Range 2007-05-25 2007-06-08 HI0703 Mission HI0703 at Agrihan, Alamagan, Asuncion, Farallon de Pajaros, Guguan, Maug, Pagan, Sarigan, and Tinian. Range 2009-04-05 2009-04-14 HI0902 Mission HI0902 at Aguijan, Guam, Rota, Saipan, and Tinian. Range 2009-04-18 2009-05-05 HI0903 Mission HI0903 at Agrihan, Alamagan, Asuncion, Farallon de Pajaros, Guguan, Maug, Pagan, Saipan, and Sarigan. Pacific Remote Island Areas -176.62707 -159.9731 16.78817 -0.3825 Pacific Remote Island Areas (excluding Wake Atoll) 166.59378 166.65736 19.3254 19.27116 Wake Atoll Range 2001-02-07 2001-02-23 TC0101 Mission TC0101 at Baker, Howland, Jarvis, Kingman, and Palmyra. Range 2002-01-29 2002-03-19 TC0201 Mission TC0201 at Baker, Howland, Jarvis, Kingman, and Palmyra. Range 2004-01-12 2004-01-24 OES0401 Mission OES0401 at Baker, Howland, and Johnston. Range 2004-03-26 2004-04-04 OES0404 Mission OES0404 at Jarvis, Kingman, and Palmyra. Range 2005-10-18 2005-10-22 OES0513 Mission OES0513 at Wake. Range 2006-01-18 2006-02-01 HI0601 Mission HI0601 at Baker, Howland, and Johnston. Range 2006-03-20 2006-04-03 HI0604 Mission HI0604 at Jarvis, Kingman, and Palmyra. Range 2007-04-30 2007-05-03 HI0701 Mission HI0701 at Wake. Range 2008-01-27 2008-02-09 HI0801 Mission HI0801 at Baker, Howland, and Johnston. Range 2008-03-26 2008-04-07 HI0803 Mission HI0803 at Jarvis, Kingman, and Palmyra. Range 2009-03-22 2009-03-26 HI0901 Mission HI0901 at Wake. Hawaiian Archipelago -160.545217 -154.8178 22.244967 18.91465 Main Hawaiian Islands -178.378433 -161.92992 28.456708 23.055 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Range 2000-09-09 2000-10-05 TC0011 Mission TC0011 at French Frigate, Kure, Laysan, Lisianski, Maro, Necker, Nihoa, and Pearl & Hermes. Range 2001-09-13 2001-09-24 TC0110 Mission TC0110 at French Frigate and Maro. Range 2002-09-10 2002-10-04 TC0207 Mission TC0207 at French Frigate, Kure, Laysan, Lisianski, Maro, Midway, Necker, and Pearl & Hermes. Range 2003-07-14 2003-08-08 OES0306 Mission OES0306 at French Frigate, Gardner, Kure, Laysan, Lisianski, Maro, Midway, Necker, and Pearl & Hermes. Range 2004-09-16 2004-10-11 HI0401 Mission HI0401 at French Frigate, Gardner, Kure, Laysan, Lisianski, Maro, Midway, and Pearl & Hermes. Range 2005-02-24 2005-03-05 OES0502 Mission OES0502 at Hawaii, Maui, and Oahu. Range 2005-07-14 2005-08-06 HI0505 Mission HI0505 at Kauai, Lanai, Lehua, Maui, Molokai, Molokini, Niihau, and Oahu Range 2006-07-27 2006-08-19 HI0610 Mission HI0610 at Hawaii, Kauai, Kaula, Lanai, Lehua, Maui, Molokai, Niihau, and Oahu. Range 2006-09-03 2006-10-01 HI0611 Mission HI0611 at French Frigate, Kure, Laysan, Lisianski, Maro, Midway, Necker, and Pearl & Hermes. Range 2008-09-14 2008-10-09 HI0809 Mission HI0809 at French Frigate, Kure, Laysan, Lisianski, Maro, Midway, and Pearl & Hermes. Range 2008-10-17 2008-11-13 OES0810 Mission OES0810 at Hawaii, Kauai, Lanai, Lehua, Maui, Molokai, Niihau, and Oahu. Unclassified Not applicable Not applicable NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) Data Sharing Recommendations, version 9.0 updated August 12, 2015: CREP welcomes the opportunity to collaborate on research issues contributing to the scientific basis for better management of marine ecosystems. CREP 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 CREP principal investigators. 2) In all presentations, product releases, or publications using data generated by CREP, proper acknowledgement of both CREP 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, CREP requests that you share relevant information on complimentary data collections. 4) Those receiving data are strongly urged to inform the CREP 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 Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP), 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 can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive. None Please cite NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) when using the data. Suggested citation: Coral Reef Ecosystem Program; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (2016). Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Rapid Ecological Assessments of Fish Belt Transect Surveys (BLT) at Coral Reef Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2000 to 2009. NOAA's National Center for Environmental Information, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/5565. None None https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162462 2017 Organization NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information https://ror.org/04r0wrp59 V0_FISH_REA_BLT.csv Observations from belt transect surveys of coral reef fishes by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) conducted at various islands in the U.S. Pacific Islands Region from 2000 to 2009 csv (comma-separated values) CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) https://mapper.obis.org/?datasetid=a54a77db-7b42-4101-8d71-1adec3dd4ed5 2020-04-02 Organization Ocean Biogeographic Information System ncrmp_blt_fish_pacific 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 Science Division Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, Rapid Ecological Assessments of Fish Belt Transect Surveys (BLT) at Coral Reef Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2000 to 2009. DOI: 10.15468/tzr5bf OBIS Dataset ID: a54a77db-7b42-4101-8d71-1adec3dd4ed5 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. 2019-10-15T00:00:00 Darwin Core Archive Darwin Core Archive https://www.coris.noaa.gov/monitoring/ Online Resource HTML NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) website. https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/fish.php Online Resource PHP Coral Reef Ecosystem Program website, Fish Ecology and Monitoring https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/pacific_ramp.php Online Resource PHP Official NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) website, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) project page. https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/survey_methods.php#belt_transect Online Resource PHP NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program website, description of Belt Transect Method used to survey coral reef fishes (2007-Present). https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/survey_methods/fish_surveys/rapid_ecological_assessment_of_fish-survey_method_training.php Online Resource PHP NOAA PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) website, fish survey methods training page PIFSC Oracle database view: V0_FISH_REA 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. The rep is the basic survey unit; however, the data are pooled to site level. Site level is the quantification limit. Only shallow water hard-bottom habitats are surveyed (typically 10-15 meter deep, but some sites shallower, particularly in lagoon and backreef habitats. Sites rarely deeper than 20m). The survey sites were haphazardly selected during a period where reliable habitat and bathymetric maps were largely not available. Although efforts are made to include broad spatial coverage of surveys at each island, weather conditions and other environmental constraints prevented the team from surveying exposed reef areas at some locations and times. 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. 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 survey. All data has been run through quality control checks by the data management team before the data were migrated to the Oracle database. Given the size of the data set, there remains some possibility of typographical or other errors. Yes Unknown Yes No Unknown NCEI-MD Unknown NOAA IRC and NOAA Fisheries ITS resources and assets. REQUIRED Not Applicable Not Applicable 36869 Entity 5566 Data Set Cross Reference gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:5565 Christopher Tokita 2007-10-18T09:36:50 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-03-04T19:17:27 2017-04-28 Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center PIFSC 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA 808-725-5300 https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 1001 Public No No 2017-04-28 1 Year 2018-04-28