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Tag Archives: abundance
Finding mobile needles in a moving haystack: counting whales and dolphins in Hawaiian waters
By Amanda Bradford A scientific paper was recently published in NOAA’s Fishery Bulletin that provides abundance estimates of whales and dolphins in Hawaiian waters using data from a ship-based survey that took place in 2010. PIFSC scientist and lead author … Continue reading
Posted in Protected Species
Tagged #HICEAS2017, #PacIsCetaceans, abundance, Cetacean Research Program, cetaceans, dolphins, HICEAS, line-transect, MMPA, NMFS, NOAA, PIFSC, Protected Species, PSD, whales
The final count: summary of mission to assess reef fish assemblages, build capacity in Timor-Leste
By Kevin Lino Researchers from the PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) recently completed a successful mission to assess coral reef fish assemblages in nearshore (<18 m), coastal waters off the northern coastlines of Timor-Leste—in conjunction with the Timor-Leste Ministry … Continue reading
Posted in coral reef ecosystem, Uncategorized
Tagged abundance, acoustic, Andrew Gray, assemblage, Atauro Island, bathymetry, Baucau, benthic composition, biodiversity, blue-spotted fantail ray, Bobonaro, capacity building, carbonate chemistry, catamaran, Compass Charters, complexity, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Coral Triangle Support Partnership, Crean, CRED, CTSP, damselfish, DIC, Dili, dissolved inorganic carbon, diversity, dry season, golden sweeper, habitat, hard-bottom, Ian Brown, Kaylyn McCoy, Kym Hamilton, Lancet, large-bodied fishes, Lautem, Liquica, live-aboard, Manatuto, mapping, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, monsoon season, obrigado, ocean acidification, Oecusse, Parapriacanthus ransonneti, Peter Herden, reef fish, Rui Da Silva Pinto, Sargocentron caudimaculatum, satellite-derived, seafloor depth, size class, species, stationary point count, stratified random sampling design, Sundancer NT, survey, Taeniura lymma, tailspot squirrelfish, the dry, Timor-Leste, total fish biomass, U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, water sample, WorldView 2
Researchers use underwater vehicles to survey bottomfishes near Maui Nui
By John Rooney Jeremy Taylor, Jeff Anderson, and John Rooney of the PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Division are participating in a PIFSC cruise (SE-13-02) for insular bottomfish surveys on April 15–29 aboard the NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette in an … Continue reading
Posted in coral reef ecosystem
Tagged abundance, autonomous underwater vehicle, AUV, BlueView, bottomfish, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, CRED, cruise, fishery-independent, Jeff Anderson, Jeremy Taylor, John Rooney, Kaho`olawe, Lāna`i, maui nui, Moloka`i, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Oscar Elton Sette, Phantom, remotely operated vehicle, ROV, SE-13-02, SeaBED, Simrad, Simrad EK60, sonar
