agreen_fgdc_0001976 eng; USA utf8 dataset Mr. Patrick C. Caldwell NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC Hawaii/US Pacific Liaison (808)-956-4105 (808) 956-2352 1000 Pope Road, MSB 316 Dept. of Oceanography University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu Hawaii 96822 USA caldwell@hawaii.edu 8 AM to 5 PM weekdays check NODC.Services@noaa.gov if not available pointOfContact 2024-12-15 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) 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) publication Dr. Alison Green originator US National Oceanographic Data Center Silver Spring Maryland, USA publisher None None 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 reefs of American Samoa. One benefit of this study is that it provides an overview of the condition of the reefs on all the main volcanic islands simultaneously. It also provides a broad scale perspective for understanding the results of the site dedicated monitoring programs in Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Pago Pago Harbour (Aua transect: see below), which provide a much longer term perspective on the reefs of Tutuila (85 and 25 years respectively). This dataset includes the status report (PDF and MS Word) and raw survey data (MS Excel) made in 1996 and 2002. Survey sites inlcude all islands of American Samoa, although remote atolls of Swains and Rose were not made in 2002. Surveys were also made in the country of Western Samoa. Provide a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the coral ecosystems in 2002. Dept Marine & Wildlife Resources, American Samoa completed Dr. Alison Green Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Biologist (+61-7) 4729-8490 PO Box 1379 Townsville Queensland 4810 Australia agreen@tnc.org pointOfContact unknown CoRIS_Metadata theme NCEI Geoportal Filter Coastal studies coral reef fish species list mean adult species richness of each of the 12 most abundant fish families mean adult density of each of the 12 most abundant fish families mean adult biomass of each of the 12 most abundant fish families mean density of most abundant juvenile fishes substratum cover (percent) by category mean density of crown of thorns starfish mean density of the most abundant species of butterflyfish observations of coral bleaching on the reef slope theme None Numeric Data Sets > Biology theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Predation > Coral Predation > Crown-of-thorns Starfish EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Coral Diseases > Bleaching EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Coral Cover theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus South Pacific, American Samoa, Western Samoa, Ofu,Ofu Village, Ofu,Asaga, Ofu,Hurricane House, Ofu,Hurricane House,lagoon, Ofu,Vaoto Lodge,lagoon, Olosega,Olosega Village, Olosega,Sili, Ta'u,Faga, Ta'u,Lepula, Ta'u,Afuli, Ta'u,Fagamalo, Aunu'u,Aunu'u, Tutuila,Fagaitua, Tutuila,Fatumafuti, Tutuila,Nu'uuli, Tutuila,Fagatele, Tutuila,Leone, Tutuila,Amanave, Tutuila,Faga'alu, Tutuila,Onesosopo, Tutuila,Aua, Tutuila,Utulei, Tutuila,Leloaloa, Tutuila,Aoa, Tutuila,Masefau, Tutuila,Vatia, Tutuila,Fagasa , Tutuila,Fagafue , Tutuila,Fagamalo, Swains Island, Rose Atoll, Upolu, Lefaga, Upolu, Sa'anapu, Upolu, Ewa, Upolu, Fagaloa, Upolu, Faleasi'u, Upolu, Lefaga, Upolu, Poutari, Upolu, Vaitele, place None COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Western Samoa > Western Samoa (13S172W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Western Samoa Reefs > Western Samoa (13S172W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Ofu (14S169W0002) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Olosega (14S169W0016) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > Ofu Island > Ofu (14S169W0002) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > Olosega Island > Olosega (14S169W0016) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Rose Atoll (14S168W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Ta'u Island (14S169W0012) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Tutuila Island (14S170W0016) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Ta'u Island (14S169W0012) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > 'Upolu Island > 'Upolu Island (13S171W0002) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Western Samoa > 'Upolu Island > 'Upolu Island (13S171W0002) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > Rose Atoll (14S168W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Swains Atoll (11S171W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > Swains Atoll (11S171W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > Tutuila Island (14S170W0016) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus Benthic stratum None NOAA and NODC make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NODC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data. otherRestrictions Use Constraints: Dataset credit required otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None eng; USA biota Native Dataset Environment: MS Word and Excel Technical Prerequisites: Standard Internet browser -172.90 -168.1333 -14.3662 -11.03 1994-10-01 2002-12-31 NOAASupplemental: Entry_ID: Unknown Sensor_Name: SCUBA Source_Name: manual Project_Campaign: American Samoa Coral Ecosystem Assessment Originating_Center: Dept Marine & Wildlife Resources, American Samoa Storage_Medium: MS Word and Excel Online_size: 15434 kbytes Entity and Attribute Overview: The original files were placed in ../../data/originals ASCII copies (either text or comma separated version) are in ../../data/ASCII. Filenames are descriptive (ie, the appendix number). Each file is self-descriptive. Entity and Attribute Detail Citation: none Originator's Data Format(s) US National Oceanographic Data Center User Services 301-713-3277 x148 301-713-3302 1315 East-West Hwy; SSMC3 4th Floor / OC Silver Spring MD 20910-3282 USA NODC.Services@noaa.gov distributor Contact the NODC for most recent fee structure. Access Instructions: Data may be directly downloaded through the NODC web site at: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/Archive/Search/. NODC User Services can be contacted directly for custom orders. (When requesting data from the NODC, the desired data set may be referred to by the NODC Accession Number given in the RESOURCE DESCRIPTION field of this metadata record.) Direct FTP access: Use any FTP client to begin downloading data. Username "anonymous", enter your email address as the password. Ordering Instructions: Data may be directly downloaded through the NODC web site at: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/Archive/Search/. NODC User Services can be contacted directly for custom orders. (When requesting data from the NODC, the desired data set may be referred to by the NODC Accession Number given in the RESOURCE DESCRIPTION field of this metadata record.) Custom Order Process: Contact NODC User Services via E-mail: NODC.Services@noaa.gov http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/OAS/prd/accession/download/0001976 download ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0024/0001976/ download dataset none see lineage, process step An extensive description is given in Chapter "Methods", page 23: ../../data/originals/AlisonGreens2002report.pdf (original) ../../data/originals/AlisonGreens2002report.doc (copy) ../../data/ASCII/AlisonGreens2002report.txt (copy) Briefly: Reef Fish Communities: Visual census techniques along five replicate 50mX3m transects along the reef slope (depth=10m). Benthic Communities: Point-based method for habitat description, used to estimate the percent coverage of each substratum type on each of the fish transects. Coral bleaching surveys followed a standard form developed by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Key Macroinvertebrates: A separate pass of the transects was conducted to quantify the abundance and size of the two key macroinvertebrates: giant clams and crown-of-thorns starfish. Each individual was counted, its size measured and recorded on underwater paper. Green, A.L. 2002 Status of the coral reefs of the Samoan Archipelago: Report to the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, PO Box 3730, Pago Pago, American Samoa. 96799, 85pp Green, A.L. 1996a Status of the coral reefs of the Samoan Archipelago: Report to the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, PO Box 3730, Pago Pago, American Samoa. 96799, 120pp Green, A.L. 1996b A preliminary assessment of the status of the coral reefs on Upolu Island, Western Samoa. Report to the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, PO Box 3730, Pago Pago, American Samoa. 96799, 12pp Green, A.L. 1996c Coral reefs of Swains Island, American Samoa. Report to the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, PO Box 3730, Pago Pago, American Samoa. 96799, 2pp. Green, A.L. 1996d Spatial, temporal and ontogenetic patterns of habitat use by coral reef fishes (Family Labridae) Marine Ecology Progress Series 133: 1-11 Green, A., Craig, P. 1999 Population size and structure of giant clams at Rose Atoll, an important refuge in the Samoan Archipelago. Coral Reefs 18: 205-211 Green, A., Hunter, C. 1998 A preliminary survey of the coral reef resources in the Tutuila Unit of the National Park of American Samoa. Final report to the U.S. National Park Service, Pago Pago, American Samoa, 42pp. Green, A.L., Birkeland, C.E., Randall, R.H. 1999 Twenty years of disturbance and change in Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary, American Samoa. Pacific Science 53(4): 376400. Green, A.L., Birkeland, C.E., Randall, R.H., Smith, B.D., Wilkins, S. 1997a. 78 years of coral reef degradation in Pago Pago Harbour: a quantitative record. Proc. 8th Int Coral Reef Sym 2: 1883-1888. Green, A.L., Burgett, J., Molina, M., Palawski, D., Gabrielson, P. 1997b The impact of a ship grounding and associated fuel spill at Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, American Samoa. A report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii, 60 pp. Dr. Alison Green Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Biologist (+61-7) 4729-8490 PO Box 1379 Townsville Queensland 4810 Australia agreen@tnc.org processor annually This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC CSDGM standard (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2016-01-11 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform. Translated from FGDC 2025-03-24T13:20:48.504Z Mr. Patrick C. Caldwell NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC Hawaii/US Pacific Liaison (808)-956-4105 (808) 956-2352 1000 Pope Road, MSB 316 Dept. of Oceanography University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu Hawaii 96822 USA caldwell@hawaii.edu 8 AM to 5 PM weekdays check NODC.Services@noaa.gov if not available pointOfContact