SOP #01: Before the Field Season. Version 1.02. Pacific Island Network Marine Fish Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
Brown E, McKenna S, Kozar K. 2021. SOP #01: Before the Field Season. Version 1.02. Pacific Island Network Marine Fish Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
Prior to the field season each year, usually beginning in early spring, observers are required to review the entire Marine Fish Protocol, including all SOPs listed in the protocol. This SOP outlines the annual steps to prepare for a field season ensuring the availability of proper equipment prior to the start of monitoring. More detailed descriptions of specific monitoring tasks are given SOP #2 Training Observers, SOP #3 Safety Protocol, SOP #4 Using Garmin® GPS Units, SOP #6 Pre-dive Equipment Preparation, SOP #7 Selecting and Marking Subtidal Transect Locations, and SOP #8 Conducting Marine Fish Surveys.
- Type
- Standard Operating Procedure
- Authors
- Brown, Eric; McKenna, Sheila; Kozar, Kelly
- Date of Issue
- 2021-07-09
- Units
- KAHO , KALA , NPSA , PACN , WAPA
- Keywords
- Checklist, Equipment, Field Season, Marine Fish