Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. Fish monitoring brief : Northern Mariana Archipelago, 2014

About this summary brief The purpose of this document is to outline the most recent survey efforts conducted by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center as part of the long-term monitoring program known as the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP). More detailed survey results will be available in a forthcoming annual status report. Sampling effort • Ecological monitoring took place in the northern Mariana Archipelago from April 19 2014 to May 06 2014. • Data were collected at 148 sites. Surveys were conducted at Farallon de Pajaros (FDP) (n=11), Maug (n=40), Asuncion (n=21), Pagan (n=43), Alamagan (n=11), Guguan (n=11), and Sarigan (n=11). • At each site, the fish assemblage was surveyed by underwater visual census and the benthic community was assessed. Overview of data collected