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Federal
Benthic percent cover derived from image analysis for selected locations in the Pacific Ocean
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The data products described herein are part of the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) funded projects aimed at documenting the status and trends for benthic... -
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... -
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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... -
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National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Water Temperature Data from Subsurface Temperature Recorders (STRs) deployed at coral reef sites in American Samoa from 2012 to 2023
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Water temperature time series data provided in this data set are from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) deployed at permanent coral reef sites across American... -
Federal
Benthic Cover from Automated Annotation of Benthic Images Collected at Coral Reef Sites in the Pacific Remote Island Areas and American Samoa in 2018
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The coral reef benthic community data described here result from the automated annotation (classification) of benthic images collected during photoquadrat surveys... -
Federal
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Complexity and Urchin Abundance at Climate Stations in American Samoa from 2015 to 2018
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Benthic complexity and urchin abundance data were collected as part of NOAA's ongoing National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). These data were gathered around... -
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... -
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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... -
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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
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... -
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
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
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 —
This data has been combined into a US Pacific-wide InPort record: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/77771. The data described here result from benthic photo-... -
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
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
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Cover Derived from Analysis of Benthic Images Collected for Climate Stations across American Samoa since 2015
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This data has been combined into a US Pacific-wide InPort record: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/78600. The coral reef benthic community data described... -
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
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: Stratified random surveys (StRS) of reef fish, including benthic estimate data of American Samoa
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The reef fish survey data provided in this collection are gathered as part of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Coral Reef Ecosystem Program... -
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,...