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Fish, Benthic and Urchin Survey Data from Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area (HFMA), Maui since 2008 (NCEI Accession 0146683, superseded by NCEI Accession 0165015)

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This accession has been superseded by NCEI Accession 0165015. Please use and refer to NCEI Accession 0165015 instead of this accession. Users should only use this accession for special cases, such as reproducing previous studies that used this accession. Refer to the documentation for more information.

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Cite as: Williams, Ivor (2016). Fish, Benthic and Urchin Survey Data from Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area (HFMA), Maui since 2008 (NCEI Accession 0146683). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0146683. Accessed [date].

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Time Period	2008-01-22 to 2016-03-10
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates	West: -156.6991 East: -156.6874 South: 20.909 North: 20.9631
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Associated Resources	NCEI Accession 0165015 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0165015 NCEI accession 0146683 has been superseded by accession 0165015. Please use and refer to accession 0165015 instead of NCEI accession 0146683.

Publication Dates	publication: 2016-04-22
Data Presentation Form	Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status	Superseded - replaced by new Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency	As needed
Supplemental Information	Submission Package ID: NADL6J This archival information package (accession) has been superseded by NCEI Accession 0165015. Please use and refer to NCEI Accession 0165015 instead of this accession.
Purpose	These data are part of an ongoing monitoring program assessing changes in fish and benthic assemblages following creation of the Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area (KHFMA) in Maui. In 2009, the state of Hawaii established the KHFMA. Fishing for herbivores (parrotfishes, surgeonfishes, chub, sea urchins) is prohibited within the KHFMA, as the goal is to use this form of marine management to prevent and possibly reverse shifts from coral to macroalgal domination, possibly evident on reefs at the KHFMA in recent years. The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) has provided support for NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (NOAA CREP) staff to assist Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources (HDAR) staff with maintaining long-term biological monitoring of the KHFMA, using methods implemented in pre-closure baseline surveys in 2008 by HDAR and their partners at that time.
Use Limitations	accessLevel: Public This accession has been superseded by NCEI accession 0165015. Please use and refer to NCEI accession 0165015 instead of this accession. Users should only use this accession for special cases, such as reproducing previous studies that used this accession. Refer to the documentation for more information. Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives.

Dataset Citation	Cite as: Williams, Ivor (2016). Fish, Benthic and Urchin Survey Data from Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area (HFMA), Maui since 2008 (NCEI Accession 0146683). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0146683. Accessed [date].
Cited Authors	Williams, Ivor NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division, Coral Reef Ecosystems Program (CREP)
Collaborators	Ivor Williams US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP)
Contributors	US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP)
Resource Providers	Annette DesRochers US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP)
Points of Contact	Troy Kanemura US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP)
Publishers	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Theme keywords	NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS FISH BIOMASS MACROINVERTEBRATE CENSUS REEF AND/OR BOTTOM REGIME - PERCENT COVER NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS in situ WMO_CategoryCode oceanography CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Numeric Data Sets > Biology CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Algal Cover EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Crustose Coralline Algae EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Encrusting Macroalgae EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Fleshy Macroalgae EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Turf Algae EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > In Situ Biological EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Macroinvertebrate Census > Belt Transect EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Photographic Analysis EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census > Belt Transect EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Coral Cover EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Hard Coral Cover EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Marine Protected Areas EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Coral EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Assemblages EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Census EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Macroinvertebrates Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES None Belt transect CRED CREP Coral Reef Coral Reef Ecosystem Division Coral Reef Ecosystem Program DAR Division of Aquatic Resources Fisheries Management Area HDAR Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources Herbivory Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area Marine Ecosystem Marine Protected Area Monitoring PIFSC Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Reef Fishes
Data Center keywords	NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords DOC/NOAA/NMFS > National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Instrument keywords	NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS camera swimmer/diver Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords CAMERA > CAMERA
Place keywords	NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary North Pacific Ocean CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Maui > Maui Island (20N156W0004) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Maui Island > Maui Island (20N156W0004) Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN None Hawaii Kahekili Maui
Project keywords	NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) CORAL REEF STUDIES CRCP Project 20482 30102 F200 F374 Maui Quantifying Processes that Underpin Recovery at Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area Scientific support for Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area None Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment
Keywords	NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 0146683

Use Constraints	Cite as: Williams, Ivor (2016). Fish, Benthic and Urchin Survey Data from Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area (HFMA), Maui since 2008 (NCEI Accession 0146683). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0146683. Accessed [date].
Access Constraints	Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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Processing Steps	2016-04-22T15:31:07Z - NCEI Accession 0146683 v1.1 was published.
Output Datasets	NCEI Accession 0146683 v1.1 NCEI Accession 0146683 v1.1 (download) published 2016-04-22T15:31:07Z

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Processing Steps	2018-09-13T20:00:42Z - This accession was superseded by NCEI accession 0165015. Rationale: This accession has been superseded by NCEI accession 0165015. Please use and refer to NCEI accession 0165015 instead of this accession.
Output Datasets	NCEI Accession 0165015 NCEI Accession 0165015 published 2018-09-13T20:00:42Z

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Processing Steps	Data Type: REEF AND/OR BOTTOM REGIME - PERCENT COVER (measured); Units: percent; Observation Type: other; Sampling Instrument: camera; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The other survey diver followed the fish survey diver, and conducted a photo quadrat survey of the benthos under the transect line. Photos were later analyzed using point count image analysis software, with cover recorded to lowest possible taxonomic level (species for coral, genera for macroalgae, functional group for others [crustose coralline algae, turf, sand, other sessile invert]).; Data Quality Information: Benthic cover estimates derived from analysis of photographs are dependent on image quality - although that was generally good, as photographs were taken at less than 1 m from the reef substrate and in generally clear water, using a high resolution (8 MB) digital camera. Image quality is nearly always more than sufficient for there to be high confidence in accuracy of identification of benthic genera and functional groups. Data Type: FISH BIOMASS (calculated); Units: grams/meter^2; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: swimmer/diver; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Belt transect fish surveys are investigations that provide a high degree of taxonomic resolution for reef fish communities. The surveys were conducted by teams of two divers with locations haphazardly spread throughout the survey area. Transect placement was guided by: (1) a focus on hardbottom communities; (2) deploying lines along an isobath and parallel to shore. For each survey round, approximately 80-100 survey transects are conducted within the KHFMA. Survey teams comprising of divers and working off a small boat were haphazardly dropped over hardbottom areas throughout the KHFMA. The divers would then swim straight down to the nearest suitable habitat (hardbottom large enough to lay a survey transect in); one of the survey divers would then tie off the starting point of the survey transect and the other recorded the transect start location using a GPS in a waterproof bag attached to a float. As much as possible, surveys were always run parallel to the shoreline running approximately northwards. Survey transects were of 25m length.One of the divers conducted fish surveys, recording the species, number and size (in 5 cm slots) of all fishes recorded within the transect ahead of the diver as they swam slowly along the transect line. Fishes larger than 15 cm total length (TL) were recorded within a 4-m wide belt centered on the diver as they laid out the 25 m transect tape. At the end of the transect, the diver would then turn around and resurvey the transect line, recording species, number and size of all fishes smaller than 15 cm TL in a 2-m wide belt centered on the transect line.; Data Quality Information: The survey sites were selected using a haphazard process based on available habitat and bathymetric habitats and are believed to be highly representative. The same methods of data collection were used at each of the sites surveyed at this location, and were conducted by the same scientists. Fish observations 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. Observations, including species identification and sizing, were periodically checked during the expedition for consistency between divers, and little discrepancy was noted between divers. Data is checked after each survey trip, but there remains some possibility of typographical or other errors. Size estimates are checked against known size ranges per species. Data Type: Density (calculated); Units: Number/meter^2; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: swimmer/diver; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The other survey diver followed the fish survey diver, and after the photo quadrat survey was conducted, the diver then recorded all sea urchins within a 1-m wide belt, during a return swim down the transect line.

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Processing Steps

Data Type: REEF AND/OR BOTTOM REGIME - PERCENT COVER (measured); Units: percent; Observation Type: other; Sampling Instrument: camera; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The other survey diver followed the fish survey diver, and conducted a photo quadrat survey of the benthos under the transect line. Photos were later analyzed using point count image analysis software, with cover recorded to lowest possible taxonomic level (species for coral, genera for macroalgae, functional group for others [crustose coralline algae, turf, sand, other sessile invert]).; Data Quality Information: Benthic cover estimates derived from analysis of photographs are dependent on image quality - although that was generally good, as photographs were taken at less than 1 m from the reef substrate and in generally clear water, using a high resolution (8 MB) digital camera. Image quality is nearly always more than sufficient for there to be high confidence in accuracy of identification of benthic genera and functional groups.
Data Type: FISH BIOMASS (calculated); Units: grams/meter^2; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: swimmer/diver; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Belt transect fish surveys are investigations that provide a high degree of taxonomic resolution for reef fish communities. The surveys were conducted by teams of two divers with locations haphazardly spread throughout the survey area. Transect placement was guided by: (1) a focus on hardbottom communities; (2) deploying lines along an isobath and parallel to shore. For each survey round, approximately 80-100 survey transects are conducted within the KHFMA. Survey teams comprising of divers and working off a small boat were haphazardly dropped over hardbottom areas throughout the KHFMA. The divers would then swim straight down to the nearest suitable habitat (hardbottom large enough to lay a survey transect in); one of the survey divers would then tie off the starting point of the survey transect and the other recorded the transect start location using a GPS in a waterproof bag attached to a float. As much as possible, surveys were always run parallel to the shoreline running approximately northwards. Survey transects were of 25m length.One of the divers conducted fish surveys, recording the species, number and size (in 5 cm slots) of all fishes recorded within the transect ahead of the diver as they swam slowly along the transect line. Fishes larger than 15 cm total length (TL) were recorded within a 4-m wide belt centered on the diver as they laid out the 25 m transect tape. At the end of the transect, the diver would then turn around and resurvey the transect line, recording species, number and size of all fishes smaller than 15 cm TL in a 2-m wide belt centered on the transect line.; Data Quality Information: The survey sites were selected using a haphazard process based on available habitat and bathymetric habitats and are believed to be highly representative. The same methods of data collection were used at each of the sites surveyed at this location, and were conducted by the same scientists. Fish observations 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. Observations, including species identification and sizing, were periodically checked during the expedition for consistency between divers, and little discrepancy was noted between divers. Data is checked after each survey trip, but there remains some possibility of typographical or other errors. Size estimates are checked against known size ranges per species.
Data Type: Density (calculated); Units: Number/meter^2; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: swimmer/diver; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The other survey diver followed the fish survey diver, and after the photo quadrat survey was conducted, the diver then recorded all sea urchins within a 1-m wide belt, during a return swim down the transect line.

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Instrument	camera swimmer/diver

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Fish, Benthic and Urchin Survey Data from Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area (HFMA), Maui since 2008 (NCEI Accession 0146683, superseded by NCEI Accession 0165015)

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