Dataset: Fish surveys at hydrophone sites
Deployment: Layman_2014

Fish densities and sizes, Bahamas, 2015-2016

Principal Investigator:

Craig Layman (North Carolina State University, NCSU)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Project:

Fish aggregations and biogeochemical hot spots across regional environmental gradients (Fish and biogeochem hot spots)

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/681005/data

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Description

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Surveys were carried out using snorkel and mask and recorded on underwater paper.

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing:
- added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
- renamed parameters to BCO-DMO standard
- added lat, lon columns
- sorted by date

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-1405198	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
date	survey date formatted as yyyy-mm-dd	unitless	date
lat_site	latitude; north is positive	decimal degrees	lat
lon_site	longitude; east is positive	decimal degrees	lon
site	survey site code	unitless	site
species	common species name of fish surveyed	unitless	species
count_total	the number of individuals of each species on each reef in a single survey	fish	count
time	survey site	unitless	time
surveyor	person who took survey	unitless	recorder
len_1 to len_288	number of fish surveyed of size 'n' centimeters	fish	count

Database

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Dataset: Fish surveys at hydrophone sites
Deployment: Layman_2014

Dataset acquisition description

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Database

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Dataset: Fish surveys at hydrophone sitesDeployment: Layman_2014

Dataset acquisition description

Dataset Processing Description

Dataset: Fish surveys at hydrophone sites
Deployment: Layman_2014