SOP #02: Training Observers. Version 3.01. Pacific Island Network Benthic Marine Community Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
Brown EK, McKenna S, Kozar K. 2021. SOP #02: Training Observers. Version 3.01. Pacific Island Network Benthic Marine Community Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
This SOP outlines the requirements and training procedures that field staff and office analysts should follow. All field personnel should: (1) have National Park Service (NPS) Blue Card diving certification; (2) DOI Motorboat operator certification; (3) know how to operate survey gear such as underwater cameras, transect lines, Global Positioning System (GPS) units, and rugosity chains, and (4) know basic computer software such as MS-Word®, MS-Excel®, and Photogrid®. Office personnel need to know: (1) data management principles, infrastructure, and practices associated with this Vital Sign; (2) typical coral settlement species identification and general principles of identification for unanticipated/unknown species; (3) SOPs associated with field data collection practices; (4) Photogrid® and sound statistical background for analyses; (5) know how to identify substrate types, and; (6) analysis and reporting principles outlined in the SOPs associated with this protocol. The use of products identified in this protocol does not imply endorsement, effectiveness, or warranty by NPS.