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Federal
Coral Reef Resilience and Social Vulnerability to Climate Change in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands 12 recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset results from an analysis of exposure, resilience, and social vulnerability to climate change threats for the coral reefs of the U.S.-affiliated Pacific... -
Federal
Benthic Surveys in Faga'alu, American Samoa since 2012: benthic images collected during belt transect surveys in 2012, 2015, 2020
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The data described herein are part of a NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) funded project aimed establishing a baseline and assessing the status and trends... -
Federal
Benthic surveys along a water quality gradient in Aua, American Samoa: benthic cover derived from analysis of benthic images collected in 2022
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This metadata record describes the benthic cover data of Aua Reef, American Samoa, produced from the benthic imagery analysis performed by the Ecosystem Sciences... -
Federal
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Water Chemistry of the Coral Reefs across the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands from Water Samples collected from 2012 to 2014
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Water samples are collected and analyzed to assess spatial and temporal variation in the seawater carbonate systems of coral reef ecosystems in the Hawaiian and... -
Federal
Benthic Surveys in Faga'alu, American Samoa: benthic cover derived from analysis of benthic images collected during belt transect surveys of coral demography in 2015 and 2020
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The benthic cover data described herein were generated by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division (former Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, CREP) from the quantitative... -
Federal
Benthic Surveys in Vatia, American Samoa since 2015: benthic images collected during belt transect surveys in 2015 and 2020
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Jurisdictional managers have expressed concerns that nutrients from the village of Vatia, Tutuila, American Samoa, are having an adverse effect on the adjacent coral... -
Federal
Seafloor substrate (hard and soft bottom) maps at select islands and atolls in American Samoa, the Mariana Archipelago, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Seafloor substrate (i.e., hard vs. soft bottom) maps from 0 to up to 50 m depths around select islands and atolls in American Samoa, the Mariana Archipelago, and the... -
Federal
Benthic Surveys in Vatia, American Samoa: benthic cover derived from analysis of benthic images collected during belt transect surveys of coral demography in 2015 and 2020
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Jurisdictional managers have expressed concerns that nutrients from the village of Vatia, Tutuila, American Samoa, are having an adverse effect on the adjacent coral... -
Federal
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Calcification Rates of Crustose Coralline Algae Derived from Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) Deployed across American Samoa from 2010 to 2018
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The calcification rate data described here are derived from Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) that were deployed and retrieved at long-term climate monitoring... -
Federal
Benthic surveys along a water quality gradient in Aua, American Samoa: comprehensive assessment of coral demography (adult and juvenile corals) from belt transect surveys in 2022
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This metadata record describes the coral demographic data of Aua Reef, American Samoa, generated from observations by divers of the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD)... -
Federal
Benthic surveys along a water quality gradient in Aua, American Samoa: comprehensive assessment of coral demography (adult and juvenile corals) from belt transect surveys in 2022
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This metadata record describes the coral demographic data of Aua Reef, American Samoa, generated from observations by divers of the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD)... -
Federal
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Cover Derived from Analysis of Benthic Images Collected during Stratified Random Surveys (StRS) across American Samoa in 2015, 2018, and 2023.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The data described here result from benthic photo-quadrat surveys conducted along transects at stratified random sites across the American Samoa in 2015, 2018, and... -
Federal
Pacific Reef Monitoring and Assessment Program: Line-Point-Intercept (LPI) Surveys for Benthic Cover at Coral Reef Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2005 to 2012
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
A REA survey is a collection of inter-disciplinary protocols for gathering data pertaining to ecologically relevant biological components of a reef habitat over small... -
Federal
Scleractinian Coral Cover Maps Derived from Classified in situ Seafloor Imagery for Select U.S. Locations in the Pacific from 2001 to 2015
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Coral cover maps depict percentage of scleractinian (hard) coral cover along survey tracks, overlain on existing bathymetric grids and/or satellite images, for... -
Federal
Depth soundings from a single beam echo sounder collected around the nearshore areas of the U.S. Pacific Islands since March 2012
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset contains singlebeam bathymetry data collected from NOAA small boats by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program since March 2, 2012 in the U.S. Pacific... -
Federal
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Stratified Random Surveys (StRS) of Reef Fish, including Benthic Estimate Data at Coral Reef Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2007 to 2012
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The stationary point count (nSPC) method was used to conduct reef fish surveys in the Hawaiian and Mariana Archipelagos, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote Island... -
Federal
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Diel seawater carbonate chemistry observations from a suite of instrumentation deployed at coral reef sites at Tutuila Island, American Samoa in 2015 and 2018
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The ocean acidification diel suite is an autonomous instrument package that measures diel variability in coral reef seawater carbonate chemistry. Diel suite surveys... -
Federal
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Images Collected from Stratified Random Sites (StRS) across American Samoa since 2015
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The data described here are benthic habitat imagery that result from benthic photo-quadrat surveys conducted along transects at stratified random sites across... -
Federal
Benthic Surveys in Faga'alu, American Samoa: benthic cover derived from line-point intercept (LPI) surveys in August 2012
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The data described here were collected in Faga'alu, American Samoa in August 2012 via line-point intercept (LPI) surveys by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program... -
Federal
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Shallow Water Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) Profiles for selected locations in the Pacific
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Near-shore shallow water Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) surveys provided vertical profiles of temperature, salinity, and turbidity providing indications for...