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Federal
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Shallow Water Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) Profiles for select locations across American Samoa from 2015 to 2023
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The data described here result from near-shore shallow water Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) casts conducted at select sites around American Samoa as part of the... -
Federal
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic cover derived from analysis of images collected from climate stations across American Samoa
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The benthic cover data in this collection result from the analysis of images produced during benthic photo-quadrat surveys conducted along transects at climate... -
Federal
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Socioeconomic surveys of human use, knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions in American Samoa
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The socioeconomic survey data in this collection come from surveys of adult residents in American Samoa conducted as part of NOAA's ongoing National Coral Reef... -
Federal
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Shallow water conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) profiles for selected locations across American Samoa
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Near-shore shallow water Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) surveys provided in this collection were conducted at selected sites around American Samoa as part of... -
Federal
Coral histopathological slides and associated documentation for samples collected from 2006-01-22 to 2009-07-28 by Thierry Work for the Coral Virtual Microscopy project of NOAA (NCEI Accession 0189590)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset contains scanned images of coral histological slides that were scanned into pyramidal tiled TIFF images (Aperio SVS file format). The slides have been... -
Federal
CRED REA Coral Population Parameters at Ofu and Olosega Island, American Samoa, 2004
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Belt transects along 2 consecutively-placed, 25m transect lines were surveyed as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 8 sites at Ofu and Olosega Islands... -
Federal
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Towed-diver Surveys of Large-bodied Fishes of the U.S. Pacific Reefs from 2000-09-09 to 2012-05-19 (NCEI Accession 0163744)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The towed-diver method is used to conduct surveys of large-bodied (> 50 cm) fishes in the Hawaiian and Mariana Archipelagos, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote... -
Federal
Calcification Rates of Crustose Coralline Algae derived from Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) deployed across American Samoa and the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2010 and recovered in 2012 (NCEI Accession 0137093)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Laboratory experiments reveal calcification rates of crustose coralline algae are strongly correlated to seawater aragonite saturation state. Predictions of reduced... -
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
2002 Status of coral reefs on the main volcanic islands of American Samoa: a resurvey of long term monitoring sites including benthic communities, fish communities, and key macroinvertebrates (NODC Accession 0001976)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This study demonstrates the important role that long term monitoring programs can play in understanding the natural variability and long term trends in the coral... -
Federal
Assessing and monitoring cryptic reef diversity of colonizing marine invertebrates across the U.S.-affiliated islands and atolls in the Pacific since 2008 using the Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structure (ARMS) method
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
2004 Reson 8101ER Multibeam Sonar Data from Cruise AHI0402 collected around Tutuila, Ofu, Olosega, and Ta'u Islands, Territory of American Samoa.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Abstract Reson 8101ER multibeam Data were collected from 30 January and March 12, 2004, aboard NOAA Survey Launch Acoustic Habitat Investigator (AHI) at Tutuila, Ofu,... -
Federal
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Calcification Rates of Crustose Coralline Algae Derived from Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) Deployed across American Samoa and the Pacific Remote Island Areas in 2010
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Calcification accretion units, or CAUs, are used to assess the current effects of changes in seawater carbonate chemistry on calcification and accretion rates of... -
Federal
Algal species and other data collected using photographs in the southern coast of the island of Ofu from 08 September 1992 to 11 September 1992 (NODC Accession 9800197)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The US Congress has authorized the Department of the Interior to enter into a lease agreement with the Governor of American Samoa to establish the National Park of... -
Federal
ESI-05, Ofu & Olosega Islands, American Samoa 2003 (Environmental Sensitivity Index Map)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) maps are an integral component in oil-spill contingency planning and assessment. They serve as a source of information in the... -
Federal
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Bioerosion Monitoring Unit Data from BMUs deployed at coral reef sites in American Samoa from 2018-06-29 to 2023-08-15 (NCEI Accession 0300481)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Ocean Acidification (OA) is expected to reduce the calcification rates of marine organisms, yet we have little understanding of how OA will manifest within dynamic,... -
Federal
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic cover derived from analysis of images collected during stratified random surveys (StRS) across American Samoa
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The benthic cover data in this collection result from the analysis of images produced by benthic photo-quadrat surveys. These surveys were conducted along transects... -
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: Calcification rates of crustose coralline algae derived from calcification accretion units (CAUs) deployed across American Samoa
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The calcification rate data in this collection are from Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) that have been retrieved and replaced at existing, long-term monitoring... -
Federal
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Erosion data from bioerosion monitoring units (BMUs) deployed at select coral reef sites in the Pacific Ocean
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The erosion rates provided in this collection were gathered from bioerosion monitoring units (BMUs) retrieved at existing long-term monitoring sites at Wake Island...