PISCO‐UCSB Fish Community Survey Training · Objectives of PISCO •A long‐term, large...
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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
Inside
discriminant functions of fish densityMultivariate descriptors of differences in fish assemblages
DF2(Reserve
Status)
Outside
DF1 (Regional) North
ES‐01ES‐02
ES‐03
ES‐04LO‐01
LO‐02
LO‐03
LO‐04
BC‐01
BC‐02BC‐03
BC‐04
BF‐04BF‐03
BF‐02
BF‐01
BF‐00
BF‐99
MO‐99
WS‐01WS‐02
WS‐03
WS‐04
MO‐00
MO‐01MO‐02
MO‐03
MO‐04
ST‐00
ST‐01
ST‐02ST‐03
ST‐04ST‐99
BigCreek
Hopkins
PointLobos
HP‐99
HP‐00
HP‐01
HP‐02
HP‐03HP‐04
MB‐99MB‐00
MB‐01
MB‐02MB‐03
MB‐04
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ES‐01ES‐02
ES‐03
ES‐04LO‐01
LO‐02
LO‐03
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MO‐01MO‐02
MO‐03
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BigCreek
Hopkins
PointLobos
HP‐99
HP‐00
HP‐01
HP‐02
HP‐03HP‐04
MB‐99MB‐00
MB‐01
MB‐02MB‐03
MB‐04
discriminant functions of fish density
Multivariate descriptors of differences in fish assemblages
DF2(Reserve
Status)
DF1 (Regional)South
Inside
OutsideNorth
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 140.0
0.5
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 130.0
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InOut
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C) ANA D) ANA
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 160.0
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 160.0
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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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……
Time
Site
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Zone(5,10,15,20m)
1999 200n
1 2 253
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I IM O
Transects30x2x2m
……
Sampledesign‐Fish
Annualsurveys
OM
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Time
Site
Area
Zone(5‐10,15‐20m)
1999 200n
1 2 253
1 2
I O
Transects30x2x2m
……
Sampledesign‐FishChannelIslandsModification
Annualsurveys
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Coastline
Fishtransectdistribution
5m
10m
15m
20m
12m
5m
20m
Algae/invertebratetransectdistribution
Approach:Within‐siteSamplingDesign
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2m
2m
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
0%
100%
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
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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SIDE: N S E W Cen
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1
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DATE: OBSERVER: Detritus? Y / N TIME IN TIME OUTTEMP(F) TX1 TX2 TX3 TX4
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TL in parenthesesCount outside of parenthesesAdd up and circle totals for each size
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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
FISH >TRANSECT
ZONE
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Heading:Point Dume6 Aug 2016 Jenn 1005 1040
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SATR SMYS SMEL OPIC SCAR HDEC ELAT DVAC2(30)2(4)15 (14)
8(26) 13 (2)
30(2)1(14)1(12)2(13),3(20)
9(14)
12(5)1224
1(24) 2(25)
22(4)
17 (5)
1(10)9109(3)
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BFRE
5(10),8,74(6),5,7
KGB
8(12)4,7 3(12)4(5)
4(15)4(5),59
Keegan110 L M
1
INMID
25
75
1620M
2
INMID
25
75
3
INMID
25
75
SATR SMEL ELAT DVAC
19
20
16
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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:
SIDE: N S E W Cen
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