Dataset: 2018 Galapagos Fish Survey: species list

Name: Species list from a fish survey conducted at five sites in the Galapagos Islands in March of 2018
Published: 2018-07-19
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:0.54438 E:-90.422 S:-1.28307 W:-91.431

Temporal Extent: 2018-03-25 - 2018-03-30

Project:

The Role of Temperature in Regulating Herbivory and Algal Biomass in Upwelling Systems (Temperature and Herbivory)

Principal Investigator:

John Bruno (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC-Chapel Hill)

Contact:

John Bruno (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC-Chapel Hill)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

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Version Date:

2018-07-19

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Current State:

Preliminary and in progress

Species list from a fish survey conducted at five sites in the Galapagos Islands in March of 2018

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Description

These data have been submitted to BCO-DMO and are in the process of being served.

Methods & Sampling

SCUBA surveys were used to quantify the composition and diversity of fishes at five sites. We performed four 50x10x5 m (length, width, height) transects at each site (2 per dive, 1 per diver). This protocol was based on the ecological monitoring protocol used by the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Galapagos National Park. The diver swam along one side of the 50m long transect (the right side first, the left side second) and identified and recorded every fish present in a projected 5x5x5 m3 volume (width, height, depth forward). At the end, the diver surveyed the other side of the transect.

The survey results can be found in the dataset "2018 Galapagos Fish Survey: observations and temperature" https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/740321 which uses the species codes in this species list.

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