2001 Abundance Data Acquired in Support of Invasive Species Distribution Studies at 10 Macroalgal Ecology and Taxonomic Assessment Sites in Hawaii (NODC Accession 0000879)

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Title:
2001 Abundance Data Acquired in Support of Invasive Species Distribution Studies at 10 Macroalgal Ecology and Taxonomic Assessment Sites in Hawaii (NODC Accession 0000879)
Abstract:
Abundance data represent estimates of percent cover of species type (coral or algal) in 10 randomly placed quadrats along two 50 meter transect lines of each site. Data are available for 10 sites from Oahu to the Island of Hawaii taken in 2001 in support of the Macroalgal Ecology and Taxonomic Assessment (TEAM) Project. The species for abundance estimates include 11 corals, 5 invertebrates, 33 algals, and 2 benthic types (turf or sand). The role that marine algae play in a coral reef system is often overlooked because of lack of knowledge that they are the primary producers in the system. The coral reef ecosystem in Hawaii contains about ten times more algal species than coral species, some of them regulating space that permits coral recruitment. The primary purpose of the TEAM research program is to provide taxonomic and ecological algal expertise for the Coral Reef Monitoring and Assessment Program (CRAMP). Our group also seeks to develop, implement and assess new methodologies for quantitatively surveying benthic algal communities in the Hawaiian Islands.
Supplemental_Information:
NOAA Supplemental:Entry_ID: Unknown Sensor_Name: SCUBA Project_Campaign: Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative Originating_Center: Botany Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa Storage_Medium: MS Excel and CSV ASCII Online_size: 143 Kbytes

Resource Description: NODC Accession Number 0000879

  1. How should this data set be cited?

    Abbott, Dr. Isabella , Botany Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Smith, Dr. Celia , Botany Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Ms. Jennifer E. Smith, Botany Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Okano, Mr. Ryan , and Botany Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Unpublished material, 2001 Abundance Data Acquired in Support of Invasive Species Distribution Studies at 10 Macroalgal Ecology and Taxonomic Assessment Sites in Hawaii (NODC Accession 0000879).

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  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -158.14
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -155.05
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 21.37
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 19.27

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    Beginning_Date: 26-Jan-2001
    Beginning_Time: 0800
    Ending_Date: 18-May-2001
    Ending_Time: 1500
    Currentness_Reference: ground condition

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  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    Files: contentssummary_2001_PC.xls original spreadsheetsummary_2001_PC_species_site_codes.csv ASCII dump of site/species codessummary_2001_PC_Abundance.csv ASCII dump of abundance dataMS Excel spreadsheet with self-explanatory columns.Note, depth information for most sites is not provided,except for a qualitative estimate (shallow, < 3 m,deep > 3 m). Abundance data in percent coverage.From the TEAM Website, as of 26 March, 2003,<http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/GradStud/smith/CRAMP/TEAM-homepage.htm,select> images of qualitative and quantitative data were downloadedand placed in ../meta/misc. All files are JPEG, GIF, or HTM.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: None

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  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

    Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative

  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

    Dr. Celia Smith
    University of Hawaii, Department of Botany
    botanist
    3190 Maile Way, St. John 614A
    Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
    USA

    (808)956-6947 (voice)
    celia@hawaii.edu

Why was the data set created?

(1) To understand better the role that marine algae play in a coral reef systems of Hawaii. (2) To generate an algal species list for each transect line, site and island (3) Collect voucher specimens of all species encountered including alien species, rare species new records and/or new species (4) To classify benthic habitat based on algal community structure (5) To estimate abundance and percent cover of various algal functional forms and species on transect lines.

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  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

    Date: Unknown (process 1 of 1)
    Quantitative Algal Assessment - As an integral component of the REA teams at least one algal diver quantified and assessed the benthic community. On each of the two 50 m transects that were surveyed at each site five random points along each transect were selected. At each of these locations, the point intercept method was used to estimate percent cover in 10 randomly placed quadrats along two 50 meter transect lines. These quadrat are 1/4 m2 in size and a total of 20 intersections are assessed per quadrat to quantify the benthic community.

    Person who carried out this activity:

    Dr. Celia Smith
    University of Hawaii, Department of Botany
    botanist
    3190 Maile Way, St. John 614A
    Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
    USA

    (808)956-6947 (voice)
    celia@hawaii.edu

    Data sources used in this process:
    • None

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  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

    None

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    see Lineage - Process Step

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Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
NOAA and NODC would appreciate recognition as the resource from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these data.

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    NOAA/NESDIS/National Oceanographic Data Center
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    Downloadable Data

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    NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NODC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system.

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Dates:
Last modified: 08-Dec-2012
Last Reviewed: 22-Oct-2008
To be reviewed: 01-Aug-2006
Metadata author:
Mr. Patrick C. Caldwell
NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC
Hawaii/US Pacific Liaison
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Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
USA

(808)-956-4105 (voice)
(808) 956-2352 (FAX)
caldwell@hawaii.edu

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Metadata standard:
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