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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
NCRMP and related PIFSC surveys: Statistical Summary of Key Environmental Variables at Coral Reef Survey Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2000 to 2020
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Environmental Data Summary (EDS) tool was developed by scientists of the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center... -
Federal
NCRMP and related PIFSC surveys: Statistical Summary of Key Environmental Variables at Coral Reef Survey Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2000 to 2020 (NCEI Accession 0256762)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Environmental Data Summary (EDS) tool was developed by scientists of the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center... -
Federal
Assessing cryptic reef diversity of colonizing marine invertebrates using Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) deployed at coral reef sites in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea from 2009 to 2012
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) are used by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) to assess and monitor cryptic reef diversity across the Pacific.... -
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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
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Water chemistry of the coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This collection contains water sample data that are collected and analyzed to assess spatial and temporal variation in the seawater carbonate systems of coral reef... -
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
Depth Contours for select locations across the U.S. Pacific Islands
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
These data are depth contours (isobaths) derived at 50 meters for most islands and reefs in the Mariana Archipelago, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote Island... -
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
Coral demographics data (adult and juvenile corals) from belt transect surveys in Fagaʻalu, American Samoa from 2013-04-01 to 2013-04-10 and from 2015-10-29 to 2015-11-11 (NCEI Accession 0169727)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The data described here were collected in Fagaʻalu, American Samoa in 2013 and 2015 via belt transect surveys of coral demography (adult and juvenile corals) by the... -
Federal
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Assessing and Monitoring Cryptic Reef Diversity of Colonizing Marine Invertebrates using Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) Deployed at Coral Reef Sites across the U.S. Pacific from 2008-02-06 to 2012-05-18 (NCEI Accession 0162469)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
To support a long-term program for sustainable management and conservation of coral reef ecosystems, from 2008, Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) have been... -
Federal
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic complexity and urchin abundance at climate stations of American Samoa
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The datasets within this collection contain benthic complexity and urchin abundance data gathered as part of NOAA's ongoing National Coral Reef Monitoring Program... -
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...