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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
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
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
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
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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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
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
CRED Acoustic Backscatter Manua Islands, American Samoa 2004; Imagery Extracted from Gridded Bathymetry of the Surrounding Banktop and Slope Environments
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Backscatter extracted from gridded bathymetry of the banktops and slope of Ofu and Olosega Islands of the Manu'a Island group, American Samoa. This survey provides... -
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 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: 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
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
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
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 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 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: 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
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
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 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...