Intertidal Reef Monitoring (Hawke's Bay Region)

Biological monitoring of intertidal reefs deemed as significant conservation areas or areas of interest within the Hawke's Bay region for Hawke's Bay Regional Council.

Sampling frequency = annual (Nov).

Sampling began in 2008 and is ongoing.

Number of sites = 2 reefs

Extent of site = Cross-shore descriptive transect run from cliff toe to low tide mark. Long-shore transects taken at mid and low intertidal zones.

Number of replicates = approx 11 per site (varies), quadrats taken every 2metres along long-shore transect.

Measured variables = Epifaunal communities (species identified to lowest taxonomic level possible and enumerated in the field, any any difficult samples brought back and photographed sent to expert if required).

Sampling protocol & QA = None found

 
Citation proposal
. Intertidal Reef Monitoring (Hawke's Bay Region). https://dc.niwa.co.nz:/niwa_dc/srv/api/records/233bf093-897b-4ce0-b6ab-a3c89af46598
 

Identification

Data identification

Citation

Date
Credit
Hawke's Bay Regional Council
Status
On going

  Point of contact

  +64 6 835 3601 
Website
Hawke's Bay Regional Council  

Link to the Hawke's Bay Regional Council website

Keywords
  • marine coastal benthic hard ecological visual observation

Usage

Specific usage
MEMP

 

Use limitation
Permission of Hawke's Bay Regional Council to release data/reports.
Access constraints
Restricted
Metadata language
eng
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment

Extent

Description
Reefs of interest within Hawke's Bay
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S
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W


 

Distribution

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Point of truth URL of this metadata record  

Point of truth URL of this metadata record

 

Quality

Data quality

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Statement

No QA procedure mentioned.

Temporal data were in NZST.

Data collection information: Quadrat = 0.5m x 0.5m, transect.

Origin from which minimum and maximum values are measured: chart datum

 

Metadata

Metadata

File identifier
233bf093-897b-4ce0-b6ab-a3c89af46598   XML
Date stamp
2012-08-08T10:42:52
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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