Identification_Information: 
  Citation: 
    Citation_Information: 
      Originator: Fishery Biology and Stock Assessment Division (FBSAD), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service
      Publication_Date: 20080331
      Title: FBSAD Recruit Reef Fish Belt Transect Survey at Hawaii Island (Big Island), Main Hawaiian Islands, 2005 (NODC Accession 0046935)
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet
      Online_Linkage: http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/fbsad/
      Online_Linkage: http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/accession/0046935
  Description: 
    Abstract: Shore-based belt transects were conducted at 8-13 m depths at 3 longshore sites on the leeward coast (North and South Kohala districts) of the Big Island (Hawaii Island) in the MHI during spring 2005. From 8-10 randomly positioned transects were surveyed at each site;  each transect was 25-m long x 2-m wide (50 m**2 area). Raw survey data consist of species-specific and size-specific (total length, TL, in cm) numerical counts of recruit (< 5 cm total length, TL) and larger (5-10 cm TL) juvenile reef fishes encountered within transect boundaries. The study was published in a peer-reviewed marine science journal in August 2007. The full citation is: "DeMartini EE, Anderson TW (2007) Habitat associations and aggregation of recruit fishes on Hawaiian coral reefs. Bulletin of Marine Science 81(1):139-152".
    Purpose: To provide reef fish density estimates as the first spring survey of a multi-year project using in situ diver observational data collected at sites of differing habitat structure, to descriptively test predictions relating to the use of specific habitats by various species of coral reef fishes in Hawaii.
    Supplemental_Information: The maximum observation depth was 13 meters.
      Fish observed DATAFILE NAME: RECRUIT-REEF-FISH_BELT_TRANSECTS_2005.xls
      File date: 12MAR08
      Size: 451 records (69 kb)
      
      This file consists of the following eight (8) variables. The permissible values of these variables, including names of categories if the variable is a classification variable, are noted [in brackets]:
      
      DATE $  DDMMMYY [range: 23MAY05 to 10JUN05]
      
      ISLAND $  [One (1) category: 'BIG']
      
      SITE $  [Three (3) categories: 'PUK_END', 'HOLO', 'MAHU']
      
      OBSERVER $  [One (1) category: 'EED']
      
      TRANSECT  [Transect number = 1, 2, 3 ... n, where n = 1-10 if SITE = 'HOLO' or if  SITE = 'MAHU' but where n = 1-8 if SITE = 'PUK_END']
      
      FISH_SP $  [Four-letter acronym based on 1st 2 letters of the genus name and 1st 2 letters of the specific epithet of each fish individual recorded; the acronyms used are identical to those used by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) of the NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Research Center, to code all of their central and western North Pacific reef fish records]
      
      SIZ(TL,cm)  [Visually estimated body length in centimeters of each fish individual tallied on transect count; TL is the abbreviation for "Total Length", the same metric is used to represent length on the CRED Fish Surveys]
      
      NUMBER  [Number of individuals of that size and species tallied on that transect]
  Time_Period_of_Content: 
    Time_Period_Information: 
      Range_of_Dates/Times: 
        Beginning_Date: 20050523
        Ending_Date: 20050610
    Currentness_Reference: Ground condition
  Status: 
    Progress: In Work
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
  Spatial_Domain: 
    Bounding_Coordinates: 
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -155.901
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -155.859
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 20.184
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 19.955
  Keywords: 
    Theme: 
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: Marine Ecosystem
      Theme_Keyword: Coral Reef Conservation Program, NOAA Fisheries
      Theme_Keyword: Expanding necessary information on juvenile nursery habitats
      Theme_Keyword: Coral Reef
      Theme_Keyword: Reef Fishes
      Theme_Keyword: Belt Transect Survey
      Theme_Keyword: Main Hawaiian Islands
      Theme_Keyword: Hawaii Island (Big Island), NORTH AND SOUTH KOHALA DISTRICTS
    Theme: 
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
      Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets > Biology
    Theme: 
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
      Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census > Belt Transect
      Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census > Linear Transect
      Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census
      Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish
      Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Assemblages
    Theme: 
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
      Theme_Keyword: biota
      Theme_Keyword: 002
    Place: 
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus
      Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii Island > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003)
      Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003)
      Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii > Kohala Coast (21N155W0001)
      Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Kohala Coast (21N155W0001)
  Access_Constraints: None
  Use_Constraints: Please cite FBSAD when using the data. Fishery Biology and Stock Assessment Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  Point_of_Contact: 
    Contact_Information: 
      Contact_Organization_Primary: 
        Contact_Organization: Fishery Biology and Stock Assessment Division (FBSAD), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service
        Contact_Person: Dr. Edward E. DeMartini
      Contact_Address: 
        Address_Type: mailing and physical
        Address: 99-193 Aiea Heights Drive, Suite 417
        City: Aiea
        State_or_Province: HI
        Postal_Code: 96701-3911
        Country: U.S.A.
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808-983-5376
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808-983-2980
  Data_Set_Credit: EED = Edward E. DeMartini, Fishery Biology and Stock Assessment Division (FBSAD), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
Data_Quality_Information: 
  Attribute_Accuracy: 
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Observations at each site were made by a single diver (EED) experienced in Hawaiian reef fish taxonomy and underwater survey techniques. Observations were periodically checked during the surveys for consistency in recording protocols.  Logical_Consistency_Report: The same methods of data collection were used at each of the sites surveyed, and all data were recorded by EED. Periodic examination of the data through the duration of the surveys showed no signs of diver bias or other discrepancies.
  Logical_Consistency_Report: The same methods of data collection were used at each of the sites surveyed, and all data were estimated and recorded by the same two scientists. Periodic examination of the data through the duration of the surveys showed no signs of diver bias or other discrepancies; this was further supported by the results of post hoc analyses evaluating diver comparability.
  Completeness_Report: The 3 survey sites were selected to be representative of wave-exposed (SITE = 'PUK_END', for "Point at End of the Road, Puako Beach Drive"); partially exposed (SITE = 'HOLO', for "Holoholokai Beach Park"), and wave-protected (SITE = 'MAHU', for "Mahukona") fringing reef habitats of the North and South Kohala districts coasts of leeward Hawaii Island. A completely balanced design (a constant 10 transects per each of 3 sites) was initially intended but the outcome was slightly unbalanced (only 8 transects at the 'PUK_END' Site) due to time constraints.
  Positional_Accuracy: 
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: 
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: GPS unit
      Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment: 
        Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 1
        Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Instrument parameters
    Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: 
      Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Dive computer and SCUBA depth gauge
      Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment: 
        Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 0.3
        Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Instrument parameters
  Lineage: 
    Process_Step: 
      Process_Description: Data were collected by a single diver (EED), who swam along the length of each 25-m x 2-m (50 m**2) transect line. All recruit (< 5 cm TL) and larger (5-10 cm TL) juvenile fishes were tallied during a single swim along the viewing path as the diver laid out the transect line. Fish were identified to species. Upon returning to shore, EED corrected the field sheets for legibility, and the data were subsequently entered by EED into Excel spreadsheets and error checked by computer for outliers and other discrepancies. This data set consists of raw data - fish count data have not been standardized to density. In order to do so, the counts of each transect must be divided by 50 to standardize the counts to density as N fish per m**2. (Unstandardized counts of course are identical to densities of N fish per 50 m**2.) The positions of individual transects were not recorded by GPS; the 8-10 transects at each site were scattered haphazardly throughout 1.0-1.5 ha areas centered on:
        SITE = 'PUK_END': 19.962  N lat, -155.859  W lon
        SITE = 'HOLO':    19.955  N lat, -155.864  W lon
        SITE = 'MAHU':    20.184  N lat, -155.901  W lon
      Process_Date: Unknown
Spatial_Reference_Information: 
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: 
    Geographic: 
      Latitude_Resolution: 0.0001
      Longitude_Resolution: 0.0001
      Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Degrees and Decimal Minutes
    Geodetic_Model: 
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84)
      Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 (GRS80)
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.2572236
  Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition: 
    Depth_System_Definition: 
      Depth_Datum_Name: Local surface
      Depth_Resolution: 1
      Depth_Distance_Units: meters
      Depth_Encoding_Method: Explicit Depth Coordinate Included with Horizontal Coordinates
Distribution_Information: 
  Distributor: 
    Contact_Information: 
      Contact_Organization_Primary: 
        Contact_Organization: Fishery Biology and Stock Assessment Division (FBSAD), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service
        Contact_Person: Edward E. DeMartini
      Contact_Address: 
        Address_Type: mailing and physical
        Address: 99-193 Aiea Heights Drive, Suite 417
        City: Aiea
        State_or_Province: HI
        Postal_Code: 96701-3911
        Country: U.S.A.
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808-983-5376
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808-983-2980
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: edward.demartini@noaa.gov
  Resource_Description: Offline Data
  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.
  Standard_Order_Process: 
    Digital_Form: 
      Digital_Transfer_Information: 
        Format_Name: XLS (Microsoft Excel worksheet)
      Digital_Transfer_Option: 
        Online_Option: 
          Computer_Contact_Information: 
            Network_Address: 
              Network_Resource_Name: http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/coris/data/NOAA/nmfs/pifsc/fbsad/reeffish/RECRUIT_REEF_FISH_BELT_TRANSECTS_2005.xls
        Offline_Option: 
          Offline_Media: CDROM, or email
          Recording_Format: ISO 9660
    Fees: None if receiving the data online
  Custom_Order_Process: Please contact Dr. Edward E. DeMartini for inquiries and data
  Technical_Prerequisites: None
Metadata_Reference_Information: 
  Metadata_Date: 20081103
  Metadata_Review_Date: 20080923
  Metadata_Contact: 
    Contact_Information: 
      Contact_Person_Primary: 
        Contact_Person: Edward E. DeMartini
        Contact_Organization: Fishery Biology and Stock Assessment Division (FBSAD), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service
      Contact_Address: 
        Address_Type: mailing and physical
        Address: 99-193 Aiea Heights Drive, Suite 417
        City: Aiea
        State_or_Province: HI
        Postal_Code: 96701-3911
        Country: U.S.A.
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808-983-5376
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808-983-2980
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: edward.demartini@noaa.gov
  Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
CoRIS: 
  CoRIS_ID: 20080923062732
  CoRIS_Children: None
  CoRIS_Beginning_Date: 20050523
  CoRIS_Ending_Date: 20050610
  CoRIS_Metadata_Link: http://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/txt/nmfs_fbsad_recruit_reef_fish_belt_transects_2005.txt
  CoRIS_Tracking_ID: 2295