gov.noaa.nodc:0302885 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-06-08T13:20:08Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) NCCOS Assessment: Chemical contaminants data from the Faga’alu Bay and Watershed, American Samoa before and after best management practices from 2014-01-18 to 2022-04-06 (NCEI Accession 0302885) 2025-04-16 publication 2025-03-25 creation International DOI Foundation (IDF) 10.25921/csft-xr58 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0302885 NCEI Archive Management System 0302885 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Dave Whitall NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) dave.whitall@noaa.gov https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Susie Holst NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) Susie.holst@noaa.gov https://coast.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Dave Whitall NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) dave.whitall@noaa.gov https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information pointOfContact NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) NCCOS Data Manager nccos.data@noaa.gov https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information pointOfContact Sabrina Woofter American Samoa Coral Reef Advisory Group collaborator Motusaga Vaeoso American Samoa Coral Reef Advisory Group collaborator Hideyo Hattori NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) https://coralreef.noaa.gov HTTPS NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) website Institution web page information collaborator Lt. Charlene Felkey National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS) https://americansamoa.noaa.gov/ HTTPS National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS) website Institution web page information collaborator Whitall, Dave NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science dave.whitall@noaa.gov https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information author Holst, Susie NOAA Office for Coastal Management Susie.holst@noaa.gov https://coast.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) website Institution web page information author NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information contributor NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) https://coralreef.noaa.gov HTTPS NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) website Institution web page information contributor NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) https://coast.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) website Institution web page information contributor National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS) https://americansamoa.noaa.gov/ HTTPS National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS) website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital This dataset represents a “before and after” sediment sampling effort from Faga’alu Bay and watershed, American Samoa, to evaluate the effectiveness of best management practices at a quarry site. A suite of organic and inorganic parameters was quantified at twelve randomly selected and one targeted marine sites and four targeted stream site in 2014, including: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), trace elements, carbon, Clostridium perfringens abundance, and sediment grain size. Five of these sites were re-sampled in 2022 and analyzed for trace elements. American Samoa's reefs are considered to be among the most pristine in the United States. These reefs host approximately 950 species of fish, 240 species of algae, 330 species of coral and many other species of invertebrates. Faga’alu Bay is located on the south shore of the island of Tutuila, the largest and most populous island of the U.S. territory of American Samoa. The Bay contains significant coral reefs, vital habitat for juvenile fish has been a Watershed Priority Initiative site for the US Coral Reef Task Force since 2012. There have been local concerns about the impacts of land based sources of pollution and water quality of the Bay and its ecosystems, including from an aggregate quarry in the watershed. Best management practices to reduce runoff from the quarry were implemented in fall of 2014. Organic and inorganic chemical contaminants have a wide range of potential negative impacts on the marine environment. Environmental data, such as the dataset presented here, serve as a baseline of current conditions, which are needed determine the efficacy of management efforts, i.e. measuring change over time. The data presented here can be utilized by coastal managers to best prioritize management strategies in a way to maximize success in decreasing stressors on coral reef ecosystems. Partners included: American Samoa’s Coral Reef Advisory Group, ASEPA, and American Samoa Community College. Funding Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Funding Agency: CRCP project 917: Comprehensive baseline assessment and pilot test of outcome performance measures in Faga'alu Bay, American Samoa Funding Agency: NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program Funding Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0302885 Preview graphic PNG 0302885 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2025-03-05 publication bacteria CARBON ORGANIC CHEMICALS Pesticides POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAH) SEDIMENT - GRAIN SIZE TOTAL CARBON TRACE METALS theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS mass spectrometer spectrophotometer swimmer/diver instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS in situ laboratory analyses manual sample collection theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NOAA Office for Coastal Management dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) CORAL REEF STUDIES project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS South Pacific Ocean place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication American Samoa Coral Reef Advisory Group National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa dataCentre Contributing Data Centers DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office of Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Tutuila Island (14S170W0016) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > Tutuila Island > Fagatele Bay (14S170W0002) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > Tutuila Island (14S170W0016) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Tutuila Island > Fagatele Bay (14S170W0002) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian NCCOS Research Locations > Region > Pacific Ocean NCCOS Research Locations > U.S. States and Territories > American Samoa place NCCOS Location Keywords Coastal Ocean Faga'alu Tutuila place Provider Place Names 8D5XFU Send2NCEI Submission Package ID accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Whitall, Dave; Holst, Susie (2025). NCCOS Assessment: Chemical contaminants data from the Faga’alu Bay and Watershed, American Samoa before and after best management practices from 2014-01-18 to 2022-04-06 (NCEI Accession 0302885). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/csft-xr58. Accessed [date]. 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Lauenstein (Editors). 2006. Major and Trace Element Analytical Methods of the National Status and Trends Program: 2000-2006. Silver Spring, MD. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 29, 19 pp. 2007-03 publication NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS 29 https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/17784 HTTPS https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/17784 NOAA Technical Memorandum information KL Kimbrough US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science author GG Lauenstein US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science author documentDigital NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS 29 crossReference userGuide Whitall, D. R., & Rice, S. H. (1 C.E.). Pollution in surface sediments in Faga’alu Bay, Tutuila, American Samoa. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/tm-nos-nccos-201 7289 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/tm-nos-nccos-201 https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/tm-nos-nccos-201 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/tm-nos-nccos-201 NOAA Technical Memorandum information Whitall, David R. author Rice, Susanna Holst author U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service publisher documentDigital U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service crossReference userGuide Mason, Andrew; Whitall, Dave (2020). NCCOS Assessment: Baseline Chemical Contaminants Data from the Nuuuli Pala Lagoon, American Samoa from 2017-07-11 to 2017-07-14 (NCEI Accession 0208106). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/d4gh-p564. 2020-11-14 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.25921/d4gh-p564 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0208106 https://doi.org/10.25921/d4gh-p564 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.25921/d4gh-p564 Related NCEI data accession information Mason, Andrew author Whitall, Dave author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) publisher tableDigital crossReference collection Land Based Sources of Pollution in Faga'alu Bay, Tutuila, American Samoa 2017 publication https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/land-based-pollution-fagaalu-american-samoa/ HTTPS https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/land-based-pollution-fagaalu-american-samoa/ National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) project page information NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information publisher documentDigital crossReference project eng; USA utf8 environment oceans biota -170.693 -170.6779 -14.2932 -14.281 2014-01-18 2022-04-06 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information +1-301-713-3277 ncei.info@noaa.gov pointOfContact In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. 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You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). download dataset NCEI Accession 0302885 v1.1 was published. 2025-04-16T12:29:39Z NCEI Accession 0302885 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0302885/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0302885 v1.1 published 2025-04-16T12:29:39Z download dataset Parameter or Variable: ORGANIC CHEMICALS (measured); Units: ng/g; Observation Category: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: none; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Organic chemicals analyzed include: Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH); Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB); Organochlorine pesticides; Pesticides: Multiresidue pesticides (MRES); and Trace elements. For a complete description of the methods and analyses see Mason and Whitall (2019).; Data Quality Method: All laboratory data contained blanks, spikes and percent recoveries. Data were QA/QC’d using National Status and Trends protocols. For a complete description of the methods and analyses see Whitall and Holst (2015). Parameter or Variable: CARBON (measured); Units: mg C; Observation Category: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: none; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Carbon analyzed includes: Total Carbon (TC); Total Inorganic Carbon (TIC), and Total Organic Carbon (TOC). For a complete description of the methods and analyses see Mason and Whitall (2019).; Data Quality Method: All laboratory data contained blanks, spikes and percent recoveries. Data were QA/QC’d using National Status and Trends protocols. For a complete description of the methods and analyses see Mason and Whitall (2019). Parameter or Variable: bacteria (measured); Units: colony forming units (cfu); Observation Category: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: none; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Bacteria analyzed as Clostridium perfringens abundance. For a complete description of the methods and analyses see Mason and Whitall (2019).; Data Quality Method: All laboratory data contained blanks, spikes and percent recoveries. Data were QA/QC��d using National Status and Trends protocols. For a complete description of the methods and analyses see Whitall and Holst (2015). Parameter or Variable: SEDIMENT - GRAIN SIZE (measured); Units: percent; Observation Category: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: none; Sampling and Analyzing Method: For a complete description of the methods and analyses see Mason and Whitall (2019).; Data Quality Method: All laboratory data contained blanks, spikes and percent recoveries. Data were QA/QC’d using National Status and Trends protocols. For a complete description of the methods and analyses see Whitall and Holst (2015). asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian mass spectrometer mass spectrometer Instrument that measure the massess and relative concentrations of atoms and molecules spectrophotometer spectrophotometer spectrophotometer, optical spectrometer, spectrograph or spectroscope An optical spectrometer (spectrophotometer, spectrograph or spectroscope) is an instrument used to measure properties of light over a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, typically used in spectroscopic analysis to identify materials. Butler, L. R. P.; Laqua, K. (1995). "Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-IX. Instrumentation for the spectral dispersion and isolation of optical radiation (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)". Pure Appl. Chem. IUPAC. 67 (10): 1725–1744. doi:10.1351/pac199567101725. A spectrometer is the general term for describing a combination of spectral apparatus with one or more detectors to measure the intensity of one or more spectral bands." swimmer/diver swimmer/diver not an instrument - use as observation type