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PISCO‐UCSB Fish Community Survey Training

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PISCO‐UCSBFishCommunitySurvey

Training

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ObjectivesofPISCO

• Along‐term,largescale‐ecologicalstudyofpatternsandprocesses

• Anunprecedentedinterdisciplinaryefforttostudycoastalrockyreefecosystems(e.g.,ecologists,physicaloceanographers,physiologists,geneticists)

• Communication betweenscientists,managers,policy‐makers,andusergroups

• Anovelinterdisciplinarytrainingprogram

Toinitiateandmaintain:

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•TotestforhypothesizedeffectsoftheestablishmentofmarineprotectedareasincentralandsouthernCalifornia(MLPA)andtheChannelIslands(CIMR)

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‐ Ifineffectiveandwithoutevaluation,providesfalsesenseofsecurity• jeopardizesresource,especiallyifotherexistingregulationsarerelaxed

‐ Criticaltorefiningdesignandadaptivemanagement:• thesoonerbenefits/costsdetermined,themorerapidlyaspectsofdesigncanberefined

Why Evaluate MPAs?(Besideslegalrequirements)

‐ Ifsuccessisdocumented,canmotivateactioninotherplaces

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EvaluatingCIMPAs‐ SomeQuestions:

AretherechangesinMPA’srelativetooutsideareas?

‐ Speciescomposition‐ Abundance‐ Sizeoforganisms‐ Reproductivepotential

Arepopulationsaffectedontheoutside(adultspilloverorlarvaeexport)?

HowdoesrecruitmentaffectabundanceinsideandoutsideofMPA’s?

Howdoeshabitataffectanychanges?Ishabitatitselfchanged?

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Santa Barbara Channel

Unequal distribution of human use

Strong gradient in SST

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Incorporatingspatialvariabilityintoassessment

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Regionaleffectsoncommunitystructure

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BigCreek

Lopez

Esalen

Bluefish

Weston

Monastery

Stillwater

HopkinsMacabee

HopkinsMarineLifeRefuge

PointLobosEcologicalReserve

BigCreekEcologicalReserve

Divingsurveys1999‐ present

MPA

Reference

Humansasdeterminantsofcommunitystructure

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South

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discriminant functions of fish densityMultivariate descriptors of differences in fish assemblages

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discriminant functions of fish density

Multivariate descriptors of differences in fish assemblages

DF2(Reserve

Status)

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Fine Scale Monitoring in the Channel Islands MPAs

Targeted species are more abundant within the MPAs

-but the magnitude of the difference depends on geography

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HamiltonandCaselle(2015)Proc.R.Soc.BCaselleetal.(2015)NatureScientificReports

Trophicinteractions

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2.Marineprotectedareasand“paired”comparisonsitesa) ExistingMPAs:Hopkins,PtLobos,BigCreekb) AnticipatedMLPAMPAsinCentralandSo.CAc) ChannelIslandsMarineReserves

WhenJune‐October(early=invertebrateandalgae;later=fish)

Where1. Differentoceanographicregimes

a) NorthandsouthofMontereyBayb) CarmelBayc) BigSurcoast‐ Cayucosd) SantaBarbaraChannel

AnnualSurveyDesign

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Coastline

Fishtransectdistribution

5m

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Algae/invertebratetransectdistribution

Approach:Within‐siteSamplingDesign

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2m

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Fishdensitysizes

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What

1.Allidentifiablenon‐crypticfishes‐ e.g.,rockfishes,surfperches,greenlings

2.Estimatesizes‐ totallengthtonearestcentimeter

3.Threelevelsinwatercolumn‐ bottom‐midwater‐ surfacecanopy(whenkelpreachessurface)

AnnualSurveys

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Visualtransectoverview

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FishSurveysPhase1– mid‐water,bottom

Diver2‐ countsmidwaterfish‐ staysjustaheadofbottomdiver

Diver1 ‐ laystape‐ countsbottomfish

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FishSurveysPhase2– canopy

Diver2 ‐Laystape‐Countcanopyfish

Entiretransectduration:<20min

Diver1 ‐Safetystop‐buddyforcanopydiver

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SurveyMethodsandCountingRules1.Transectlocation:depthanddistancefromshore

supersedesouteredgeofforest (ie.Donotadjustlocationsforedgesofkelpbed)

2.Droptobottom(together)atpre‐determineddepth

3. Identifystartanddirection

4. Securetransecttapetokelpplantorrock

5.Midwaterdiverbegins,staysahead,andmaintainsvisualcontactwithbottomdiver(constrainedbydepth)

6. Exceptforshallowestdepthzone,midwaterdiverstaysatleast3‐5mabovebottom(>1mabovebottomdiver’swindow)

7. Onlycountahead,neverlookbacktocountbehindyou

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8.Maintainreasonablespeed(speedcanbiascounts)

9. Sequentialwindowsof2‐3m(usehabitatmarkers)

10. First:countlargemobileexposedfishes‐‐ SNAPSHOT

11. Second:searchandcountunexposedfishes

12. Repeatnextwindow

13. Endoftransect:“pop”andrewindtransecttape,regroup,randomnumberofkickstostartofnexttransect

14.Highrelief‐‐ contourrockandmaintaindepth

15.Sand‐‐ ifheadedoffreef>4m,redirecttransect

SurveyMethodsandCountingRules

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Visualtransects‐ Part1Technique

1. Dimension:30x2x2m

2. Movingwindows

3. Movinginbounds

4. TheStop,Scan,Searchapproach

5. Whentowrite?

6. OnwhatdoIwrite,whenIneedtowrite?

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MovingWindows

2m

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Lookahead,butnottoofarahead

MovingWindows

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MovingInBounds

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MovingInBounds

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MovingInBounds

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Uselandmarkstohelpdividethetransect

MovingInBounds

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Stop,Scan,Search

Mobile,shoalingspecies

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Sedentary,solitary,crypticspecies

Stop,Scan,Search

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Stop,Scan,Search

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Stop,Scan,Search

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Structureyourcounts,developroutine

Stop,Scan,Search

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Visualtransects‐ Part2

1. Mytransectline’snotstraight?‐ topography(contouring)‐ systematicnavigationdeviations‐whybotherwithbearingsanyway?(bias)

Whatif…

2. Iseemtobeinthewrongplace?‐ ‘structuralzeroes’e.g.,sand‐ OOZE‐ ‘OutofZoneExperience’or‘HowIlearnedtolovethe30mzone’

3. Thatsheepheadlooksawfullyfamiliar?

4. There’sabigrockinmyway?

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Thecanopytransect

1. Counter:2mbelowsurface

2. Fastentape‐ followbearing

3. Lookup,keepslateup

4. Lookthrough,notatthecanopy

5. Maintainbounds

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Recap:Visualtransecttechnique

1. Dimension:30x2x2m

2. Movingwindows

3. Movinginbounds

4. TheStop,Scan,Searchapproach

5. Whentowrite?

6. OnwhatdoIwrite,whenIneedtowrite?

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Time

Accuracy

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Theprogressfunction

Thereishope!

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Questions?

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WhendoIwriteallthisstuffdown?

1. Afterscanatbeginningofbound,recordmobileexposedspecies

2. Atendofbound,recordunexposedspecies

3. Whenyouhavemorethan3talliestoremember

4. Wheneveryouneedto

Goldenrule:Neverloweryourslate!

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OnwhatdoIwriteallthisstuffdown?

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DATE: OBSERVER: Detritus? Y / N TIME IN TIME OUTTEMP(F) TX1 TX2 TX3 TX4

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DATE: OBSERVER: Detritus? Y / N TIME IN TIME OUTTEMP(F) TX1 TX2 TX3 TX4

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DATE: OBSERVER: Detritus? Y / N TIME IN TIME OUTTEMP(F) TX1 TX2 TX3 TX4

VIS(m) TX1 TX2 TX3 TX4

ZONE-ONLY USE: IN, INMID, OUTMID, OUT SURGE(L,M,H) TX1 TX2 TX3 TX4

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Actualsampledatasheet

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DataRecordingProtocols

Sizeoffish shouldbeincentimetersinparentheses

Data should be placed on data sheets in the following manner:

Numberoffish countedshouldbeplacedtotheleftorrightofthesizeofthefishoutsideparentheseswithnumbersseparatedbycommasasfollows:(12)9,15,1OR1(12)IIIII,10,IIII

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SizeRangeswillbeacceptablewhenthediverfeelsthathe/sheisunabletoreasonablyestimatetheactualsizeofeachindividualfish(i.e.schoolsofblues,aggregationsofYOY’s).

Rangesshouldbekeptwithina5cmbin(forexample25‐30or30‐35),butifpossible,smallerbinsshouldbemade.

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WhendenotingMalevs.FemaleFish (KelpGreenlingandSheephead),makesymbolsclear(♀ and♂).Itisacceptabletouse(FandM)forthesamepurpose.

Allsmall,crypticsculpins/gobieswillNOT berecordedexceptforjuvenileCabezon

OliveandYellowtailRockfish aretobegroupedinanOYTcategory.

Fishthatareunknown shouldbeclassifiedtothebestspecificpossibilities(suchas“smelt”(jackortop),or“whiteperch”or“silverperch”),orintothenearesttaxonomicgroupingpossible(i.e.genusorfamily).Ifneitherthespecificpossibilities,noragenusorfamilycanbediscerned,fishshouldberecordedas“unknown”withadescriptionforimmediatetopsideinvestigation.Nounknownbeyondtheaboveparametersshallbeleftassuchwithoutapproval.(Ifyouencounterafishthatyoudonotrecognize,hitthebooksrightaway!Drawpictures,noteshape,markings,andbehavioranddescribeittotheotherdiversassoonasyougetoutofthewater.)

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Zone(I,IM,OM,O):Adivisionofthesideinto4categoriesrepresentingonshore(5m)‐offshore(20m)stratificationortargetedbottomdepths(m)fortransects.

SIDE Adivisionofthesiteintotwoorthreeareas,referredtoassides,dependingontheirrelativepositionalongthecoast.

Level(BMC):Lettercodeforthepositionofthetransectinthewatercolumn(BottomorMidwaterorCanopy)

Visibility:Thediverestimationofhorizontalvisibilityoneachtransect.Measuredbyreelinginthetapeandnotingthedistanceatwhichtheendofthetapecanfirstbeseen.InMETERS

Transect:Anumberrepresentingoneofthethree/fourtransectssampledwithinthesamezone.Withtheheadingandzone,thisdescribesthelocationofeachtransectrelativetoallothers.

Depth:Averageactualdepthofthetransectestimatedbythediveratthebeginningofthetransect.

DATE: OBSERVER: Detritus? Y / N TIME IN TIME OUTTEMP(F) TX1 TX2 TX3 TX4

VIS(m) TX1 TX2 TX3 TX4ZONE-ONLY USE: IN, INMID, OUTMID, OUT SURGE(L,M,H) TX1 TX2 TX3 TX4

FISH >TRANSECT

ZONE

LEVELB M C

DEPTH

CAN %

SITE: BUDDY:

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Heading:

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DATE: OBSERVER: Detritus? Y / N TIME IN TIME OUTTEMP(F) TX1 TX2 TX3 TX4

VIS(m) TX1 TX2 TX3 TX4ZONE-ONLY USE: IN, INMID, OUTMID, OUT SURGE(L,M,H) TX1 TX2 TX3 TX4

FISH >TRANSECT

ZONE

LEVELB M C

DEPTH

CAN %

SITE: BUDDY:

SIDE: N S E W Cen

Heading:

Heading:Compassdirectionoftransectalongisobath

Temp:Thetemperatureoneachtransectmeasuredbythediverscomputers.

Surge:Diverestimationofmagnitudeofhorizontaldisplacementoneachtransect,recordedatdepth(L)ight‐ nosignificantsurge(M)oderate‐ noticeablelateralmovement,divermustcompensate.(H)igh‐ significantsurge,divermovedoutoftransectboundswhennotholdingon

Canopy%:Anestimateoftheamountofkelpcoverpertransect(kelpwithinthesamplingarea,notatthesurfaceexceptinthecaseofthecanopytransect)

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Sizing

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SizingFishUnderwater

1. Totallength

2. Aidstosizingfish

3. Factorsthatcontributetoover‐orunder‐estimation

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1.Totallength

TotallengthTargetaccuracy± 10%

**Exception:Batraysmeasurewingspan

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2.Aidstosizingfish

1. Slatemarks

2. Transecttapemarks

3. Handmeasurements(measureyourhand)

4. Bracketing(withhabitatfeatures)

5. Comparativeapproach(withhabitatfeatures)

6. Recalibrationduringdive(checkyourself)

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3.Factorsthatcontributetounderandoverestimationofsize

1. Lowlight

2. Dullbodycolor

3. Poorvisibility

4.Objectsinforeground

5. Deep‐bodiedfish

Underestimation Overestimation

1. Brightlight

2. Brightbodycolor

3. Goodvisibility

4. Objectsinbackground

5. Elongatefish

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Fishsizingexercises

1. Sizinginanimateobjects/fishmodels‐checkaccuracybymeasuringobjectaftersizeestimateiswrittendown

2. Sizinglivefish‐Workinpairs‐ Identifyandsizefishencountered(andanythingelsethatgetsinyourway)‐ Practicewithindividualfishaswellasschoolswitharangeofsizes‐ Comparenotes

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SafetyConsiderations1. Diveprofiles

‐ approvedbyDSO‐wellwithinno‐decompressionlimits‐maximumdepth20m‐ 3‐5minsafetystopsmandatoryondivesbelow10m

2. Airconsumption‐ safetyoverdatacollection(500psiminimum)

3. Buddysystem‐membersofadiveteamarealwaysinvisualcontact

4. Seaconditions‐ divingwillonlybeconductedinsafeconditions

5. Liveboating‐ fishteamsaresometimeslive‐boated