SPC PROCFish/C Invertebrates Observations French Polynesia 2003, 2004 and 2006

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Friedman K, Pakoa K, Paureau Y, Tardy E, Lasi F (2018): SPC PROCFish/C Invertebrates Observations French Polynesia 2003, 2004 and 2006. v1.1. The Pacific Community (SPC). Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt.sprep.org/resource?r=spc_procfish_invertebrates_french_polynesia_2003_to_2006&v=1.1

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

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Keywords

Occurrence; Observation; SPC; PROCFish/C; CoFish; Marine invertebrates

Contacts

Geographic Coverage

Fakarava, Maatea, Mataiea, Raivavae, Tikehau in French Polynesia

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

The Pacific Regional Coastal Fisheries Development Programme (CoFish) and its associated programme PROCFish/C (the coastal component of the Pacific Regional Oceanic and Coastal Fisheries Development Programme) conducted fieldwork in 63 sites across 17 Pacific Island countries and territories over a seven-year period from 2002 to 2009.

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

Diversity and abundance of invertebrate species were determined using a range of survey techniques, including broad-scale assessment (using the manta-tow technique) and finer-scale assessment of specific reef and benthic habitats. Broad-scale assessments were used to record large sedentary invertebrates; transects were 300 m long × 2 m wide, across inshore, midshore and more exposed oceanic habitats. Fine-scale assessments were conducted in target areas (areas with naturally higher abundance and/or the most suitable habitat) to specifically describe resource status. Fine-scale assessments were conducted of both reef (hard-bottom) and sandy (soft-bottom) areas to assess the range, size, and condition of invertebrate species present and to determine the nature and condition of the habitat with greater accuracy. These assessments were conducted using 40 m transects (1 m wide swathe, six replicates per station) recording most epi-benthic resources (those living on the bottom) and potential indicator species. For trochus and bêche-de-mer fisheries, searches to assess aggregations were made in the surf zone along exposed reef edges. On occasion, when time and conditions allowed, dives to 25–35 m were made to determine the availability of deeper-water sea cucumber populations. Night searches were conducted on inshore reefs to assess nocturnal sea cucumber species See http://purl.org/spc/digilib/doc/pfj5w

Method step description:

1. Multiple observations for the same species aggregated by replicate. For replicates with a start and end positions (manta tow), the position provided is the middle point.

Bibliographic Citations

1. Kronen M., Friedman K.J., Pinca S., Chapman L.B., Awira R., Awira R., Pakoa K., Vigliola L., Boblin P., Magron F. 2009. French Polynesia country report : profiles and results from survey work at Fakarava, Maatea, Mataiea, Raivavae and Tikehau. Pacific Regional Oceanic and Coastal Fisheries Development Programme (PROCFish/C/CoFish). Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). 383 p http://purl.org/spc/digilib/doc/e3o73
2. Pakoa K., Friedman K., Moore B., Tardy E., Bertram I. 2014. Assessing Tropical Marine Invertebrates: a manual for Pacific island resource managers. Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community. 118 p. http://purl.org/spc/digilib/doc/pfj5w

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