Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Rapid Ecological Assessments of Fish Large-Area Stationary Point Count Surveys (SPC) at Coral Reef Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2000 to 2007

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Node OBIS USA
Published2021-08-25 16:50
First registered2020-03-03 19:01
Abstract

The large-area stationary point count (SPC) method was used to conduct reef fish surveys in the Hawaiian and Mariana Archipelagos, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas as part of NOAA's Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP). 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 (typically 10-15m, always < 30m) hard-bottom habitats.

Stationary Point Counts (SPC) is one of several non-invasive underwater-survey methods to enumerate the diverse components of diurnally active shallow-water reef fish assemblages. At each REA survey sites, SPC fish surveys were conducted at 4 stations in conjunction with, but at least 10 m away from 3 consecutively-placed, 25m transect lines to quantify relatively larger (>25 cm Total Length [TL]) and more vagile fish species(BLT). All fishes >25 cm TL are recorded to species-level that enter a 20 m diameter cylinder (area ~314 m2) during a timed 5 minute count. Individuals or groups are estimated to the nearest 5 cm TL size-class bin. Four replicate, 5 minute cylinder counts are conducted at each station. Care is taken to avoid over-counting large transient or schooling species. Transects lines and stations 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.

CitationCoral Reef Ecosystem Program; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (2017). Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Rapid Ecological Assessments of Fish Large-Area Stationary Point Count Surveys (SPC) in the Pacific Ocean from 2000-09-09 to 2007-06-08 (NCEI Accession 0162466). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset.
Citation IDhttps://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162466
RightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License
Keywords Samplingevent, Samplingevent
Contacts
Creator Ivor Williams
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Contact Tye Kindinger
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Contact Jake Asher
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Metadata Provider Annette DesRochers
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Publisher Abby Benson
U.S. Geological Survey
Sarah Bingo
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System

Statistics

Occurrence records 28,745
Species level 28,158
Absence records 0
Event records 3,642
MoF records 205,779
Sequence records 0
Species 233
Taxa 267
Time range 2000 - 2007

This dataset has appeared in 10,680 downloads in 2024, with a total of 23,716,038 records.

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 189
Not marine 0
No WoRMS match 189
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 0
No accepted name available 0

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 0 1,182
minimumDepthInMeters 0 1,182
scientificNameID 189 0

Spatial issues

Records on land 0
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 1,941

Top taxa

IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Chlorurus perspicillatus (Steindachner, 1879)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,765
Lutjanus bohar (Forsskål, 1775)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,702
Naso lituratus (Forster, 1801)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,251
Naso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,228
Bodianus albotaeniatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,171
Cephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,124
Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker, 1847
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,073
Caranx melampygus Cuvier, 1833
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,003
Chlorurus spilurus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
853
Aphareus furca (Lacepède, 1801)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
850

Distribution

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Measurement types

Occurrences