SOP #35: Data Analysis and Reporting. Version 1.02. Pacific Island Network Stream Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
Brasher A, Jones T, Farahi A, Miller M, McCutcheon A. 2024. SOP #35: Data Analysis and Reporting. Version 1.02. Pacific Island Network Stream Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.. National Park Service
This SOP describes methods for data analysis and reporting of stream macrofauna and habitat surveys. Data analyses for the abundance and size of fish, shrimp, and snails, as well as geomorphologic habitat characteristics, are outlined with examples to show data structure, statistical tests, and graphical plots. This SOP outlines two initial steps of data analysis at each of the station, stream, and trend assessment levels. These steps summarize and determine the range-of-variation for some parameters. A third step which integrates habitat characteristics with biological data is also included at the trend assessment level. Report types are identified according to the categories in the PACN monitoring plan, with most reporting occurring on an annual basis. Specifically, station level and stream level size, abundance, and habitat characteristic summarization and range of variation data is reported on an annual basis. Statistical trend analyses are conducted on abundance data on an annual basis (after five years of data have been collected). Trend analysis of size and habitat data, as well as integration of biological data with habitat characteristics, is included in the five year reports. Additional, multi-vital sign integration, synthesis, analysis, and reporting is not addressed in this SOP at present. The use of products identified in this protocol does not imply endorsement, effectiveness, or warranty by NPS. A master equipment list for the entire Pacific Islands Stream Monitoring Protocol can be found in SOP #2 Before the Field Season. The master equipment list should be updated simultaneously if any SOP requiring an equipment list is revised.
- Type
- Standard Operating Procedure
- Authors
- Brasher, Anne; Jones, Tahzay; Farahi, Anne; Miller, Matt; McCutcheon, Amanda
- Date of Issue
- 2024-06-03
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- HALE , KALA , NPSA , PACN , WAPA
- Keywords
- Data Analysis, R, Streams, Trend Analysis