Dataset: dive log
Deployment: SCUBA_Pinsky_Leyte

dive log

View Data: For data, See Dataset Metadata Page: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/781671

Principal Investigator:

Malin Pinsky (Rutgers University)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Michelle Stuart (Rutgers University)

Contact:

Michelle Stuart (Rutgers University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

RAPID: Mega-typhoon impacts on the metapopulation resilience of coral reef fishes (Reef Fish Resilience)

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Description

Dive log from the west coast of Leyte, the Philippines in the municipalities of Albuera (10.91667, 124.69667) and Bay Bay City (11.07611, 124.87528), 2012-2018.

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Anemone surveyor:
- searches adjacent area for anemone tag (anemone could have moved a few feet since last encounter)
- records time, species, size of anemone, tag number if present
- watches anemone and counts number of fish and estimate sizes (same procedure regardless of species)
- records species of fish, estimate sizes
- adds tag after the fact if one was missing or if there was only one zip tie tag (old system tag)
- flags anemone with flagging tape that it is ready to be hunted if APCL were present.

Fish catcher:
- waits for flagging tape to indicate anemone is ready for fish capture, ok to chase fish if they fled the area
- catches all fish of desired size range and places in holding vessel adjacent to anemone
- can move on to next anemone if anemone surveyor has flagged it

For dive-type codes, see: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/785633

Data entry was made with Excel or Google sheets, depending on the internet connection.
Data cleaning was performed in R using the tidyverse package.

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

BCO-DMO Data Processing:
- refomatted 'time' column to ISO_DateTime format (yyyy-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS)

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-1430218	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

tracking tag

Supplied Name: Biomark 601 PIT tag reader

Supplied Description:

Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags help scientists track individual organisms by providing a reliable lifetime 'barcode' for an individual animal. PIT tags are dormant until activated; they therefore do not require any internal source of power throughout their lifespan.To activate the tag, a low-frequency radio signal is emitted by a scanning device that generates a close-range electromagnetic field. The tag then sends a unique alpha-numeric code back to the reader (Keck 1994). Scanners are available as handheld, portable, battery-powered models and as stationary, automated models that are usually used for automated scanning.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: tracking tag

Generic Description:

Devices attached to living organisms with the purpose of determining the location of those organisms as a function of time after tagging and release.

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
dive_table_id	unique identifier of dive; links to anemones table as "dive_table_id"	unitless	dive_id
dive_num	dive number within field season	unitless	dive_id
dive_type	dive type options: A - anemone survey dive B C - clownfish collection dive D - clownfish collection with transect (2012) E - clownfish collection with transect and mapping fish survey (2012) F - fish transect with quadrats for coral survey G H I J K L M - mapping fish survey with transect (2012) N O P Q R - recapture survey S T U V W X Y Z 0 - none of the above	unitless	exp_type
date	date of the dive	unitless	date_local
site	site where dive occurred	unitless	site
municipality	municipality where dive occurred (Albuera or BayBay)	unitless	site
gps	number of GPS unit	unitless	GPS_id
divers	divers who participated in the dive regardless of role	unitless	person
start_time	time began objective: searching for clownfish/anemones/transect; recorded in Asia/Manila timezone	unitless	time_start_local
end_time	time ended objective as described in start_time; recorded in Asia/Manila timezone	unitless	time_end_local
duration	end time minus start time	unitless	duration
discontinuous	1 if objective was interrupted for some reason; like returning to the surface to change gear or stopping to watch a cuddlefish; 0 if there were no interruptions	unitless	comment
pause_start	the beginning time of the interruption; recorded in Asia/Manila timezone	unitless	time_start_local
pause_end	the end of the interruption; recorded in Asia/Manila timezone	unitless	time_end_local
weather	a one or few word description of the weather conditions	unitless	weather
current_knots	an estimation of the current speed	knots	curr_speed_rel
wave_height_cm	an estimation of the height in cm of the waves	centimeters	wave_height
visibility_m	an estimation of how far one can see underwater at reef depth	meters	visibility
wind_mph	an estimation of wind speed	miles/hour (mph)	wind_speed
tide	the phase of the tide: rising/falling/high/low	unitless	comment
topo_m	the distance from depth_top to depth_bottom	unitless	depth
depth_top_m	the shallowest part of the survey in meters	meters	depth
depth_bottom_m	the deepest part of the survey in meters	meters	depth
cover	a brief discription of survey seascape	unitless	comment
dive_notes	any notes pertaining to the dive	unitless	comment
dive_correction	if a Y is present then a correction has been made to the data since data entry from the data sheet	unitless	comment
dive_corr_date	the date of the most recent correction	unitless	date_local
dive_corr_editor	the editor of the most recent correction	unitless	person
dive_corr_message	which field was changed from what old value to what new value and why; based on what evidence. If another correction was already present; amend the message to include the date and correction editor of previous corrections	unitless	comment

Database

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Dataset: dive log
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Dataset: dive log
Deployment: SCUBA_Pinsky_Leyte