SOP #23: After the Field Season. Version 2.02. 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 Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.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. 2021. SOP #23: After the Field Season. Version 2.02. Pacific Island Network Benthic Marine Community Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
This Standard Operating Procedure explains chronological actions after the field season for personnel involved in the Benthic Marine Community Vital Sign Monitoring Protocol and associated Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in the Pacific Island Network. The field season for this protocol begins with the start of field work, installation, or maintenance of any transect or sampling equipment (e.g., Coral Settlement Arrays) in the spring and ends with the final removal of Coral Settlement Arrays in the autumn or completion of field work and data validation. Observers should be familiar with and follow this SOP after the field season is completed. This SOP outlines the proper post-season maintenance and storage for the SCUBA gear, vessel, and survey equipment for each objective of the protocol. The post-field season will follow the last dive of the season.