Dataset: Fish Surveys

Name: Fish surveys following the construction of clusters of artificial reefs in shallow coastal waters off of Abaco, The Bahamas from May to December 2021
Published: 2022-05-16
Keywords: fish, artificial reefs, biota, oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.872990.1

Spatial Extent: N:26.3465 E:-77.0075 S:26.341 W:-77.0104

Temporal Extent: 2021-05-30 - 2021-12-10

Project:

Using novel ecosystem-scale experiments to quantify drivers of reef productivity in a heavily impacted coastal ecosystem (Reef Production Drivers)

Principal Investigator:

Jacob Allgeier (University of Michigan)

Contact:

Jacob Allgeier (University of Michigan)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Taylor Heyl (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2022-05-16

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Fish surveys following the construction of clusters of artificial reefs in shallow coastal waters off of Abaco, The Bahamas from May to December 2021

Abstract:

These data are fish surveys from May to December 2021 following the construction of the clusters of artificial reefs. There are three clusters, each with 9 artificial reefs all of which are spaced the same distance and each differs per cluster (1 meter, 3 meters, and 5 meters). Reefs were constructed in less than 4 meters of water in the Bight of Old Robinson, on Abaco, The Bahamas.

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier	Date Assigned
2022-05-16	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.872990.1	2022-11-04

Methods & Sampling

This dataset represents fish surveys from May to December 2021 following the construction of the clusters of artificial reefs in the Bight of Old Robinson, on Abaco, The Bahamas. There are three clusters, each with 9 artificial reefs all of which are spaced the same distance and each differs per cluster (1 meter, 3 meters, and 5 meters). Reefs were constructed in less than 4 meters of water.

An underwater visual census was employed to estimate fish abundance. Fish surveys were approximately 3-minute free dives on each reef at each cluster (12-15 minutes for each cluster survey). All fishes were identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level, and the size (total length) of each individual was estimated to the nearest centimeter.

Data Processing Description

Data Processing:
Data have not been processed in any way and consist of only raw observational data.

BCO-DMO processing description:
- Adjusted field/parameter names to comply with BCO-DMO naming conventions
- Added a conventional header with dataset name, PI names, version date
- Renamed column "Time" to "Time_Local", renamed "Date" to "Date_Local"
- Converted dates to YYYY-MM-DD format and added ISO_DateTime_UTC field (ISO8601 format)

Data Files

File
fishsurveys_2021.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 73.92 KB) MD5:1fb219010ad3b6a6f349f53f8d1f8602 Primary data file for dataset ID 872990

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1948622

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Instruments

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Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Observer	initials of scientific observer (one observer:JEA)	unitless	person
Date_Local	Date of observations in format YYYY-MM-DD Format: %Y-%m-%d	unitless	date
Time_Local	Local Eastern Standard time of observation in format HH:MM Format: %H:%M	unitless	time_local
ISO_DateTime_UTC	Time in UTC of observation in format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Format: %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ	unitless	ISO_DateTime_UTC
Assembly_day	Day 1, 3, 5, 7, 14, 21	unitless	time_elapsed
Latitude	Latitude of sampling station North	decimal degrees	lat
Longitude	Longitude of sampling station East (West is negative)	decimal degrees	lon
Cluster	Coral reef cluster (PN1, PN3, PN5)	unitless	Site_ID
Reef	Identification of coral reef (reef ID: 2, 4, 6, 8)	unitless	Site_ID
Species	species common names	unitless	species
Count	abundance at each size	unitless	count
Total_length	length of fish	centimeters	length
Transient	binary Y/N to identify transient fish; 0 or blank means no fish was observed	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
Notes	notes from datasheet	unitless	comment

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Dataset: Fish Surveys