Open Circuit-Rebreather Comparisons in the Main Hawaiian Islands from 2015-06-14 to 2015-08-13 (NCEI Accession 0157574)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2017
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NMFS > National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 0157574; 157574; FISH - CORAL REEF; FISH CENSUS; FISH SPECIES; INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - LENGTH; MACROINVERTEBRATE CENSUS; REEF AND/OR BOTTOM REGIME - PERCENT COVER; swimmer/diver; visual observation; in situ; physical; HI'IALAKAI; US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program; Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP); CORAL REEF STUDIES; National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP); Pacific Reef and Assessment Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP); Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary; North Pacific Ocean; oceanography; 743; National Coral Reef Monitoring Program; CRED; CREP; Coral Reef Ecosystem Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program; PIFSC; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; RAMP; Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program; Numeric Data Sets > Fish Census; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Species Richness; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Rapid assessment studies; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Reef fish census; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Reef fish census > Stationary; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral reef ecology; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Assemblages; REA; Rapid Ecological Assessment; Reef Fish; SPC; Stationary Point Count; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; SHIPS; COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Kauai Island (22N159W0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Molokai Island (21N157W0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Oahu (21N157W0003); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Kauai > Niihau Island (21N160W0001); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Maui > Lanai Island (20N156W0002); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Maui > Maui Island (20N156W0004); COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaiian Islands (21N157W0027); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands (21N157W0027); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii Island > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Kauai Island > Kauai Island (22N159W0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Lanai Island > Lanai Island (20N156W0002); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Maui Island > Maui Island (20N156W0004); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Molokai Island > Molokai Island (21N157W0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Niihau Island > Niihau Island (21N160W0001); OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Oahu Island > Oahu (21N157W0003); OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; Pacific; Humpback Whale
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Surveys were conducted in the course of a reef fish survey cruise conducted by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC). These data come from paired reef fish assessment surveys conducted using close-circuit rebreather (which does not produce bubbles). The survey domain encompassed hard bottom habitats in the Main Hawaiian Islands and the stratification included island, reef zone, and depth. Sites were surveyed using the stationary point count (SPC) method to quantify reef fish assemblages. At each survey site, fish biologists entered the water and conducted paired fine-scale (~700 square meters) and high degree of taxonomic resolution Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) survey to assess species diversity, size distribution, and abundance of fishes at the site. At each site, one survey was conducted on open-circuit SCUBA and one on closed circuit rebreather.