Description
A survey of coral communities was carried out in the American Samoa Archipelago to assess the current status of coral reefs and provide a rigorous quantitative baseline dataset for future monitoring of these reefs. Five replicate belt transects were used to estimate the size structure, density and percent cover of corals at 29 locations around Tutuila and Manu'a Islands during October and November, 1995.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
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| Web Resource | Unknown | Open resource |
Tags
- afuli
- amanave
- american samoa
- american samoa (14s170w0000)
- amsam
- asaga
- aua
- aunu'u island
- belt transect
- benthic
- biology
- biosphere
- coastal processes
- coastal studies
- coral colony density
- coral percent cover
- coral population size structure
- coral reef
- coral reefs
- corals
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- earth science
- faga
- faga'alu
- fagafue
- fagaitua
- fagamalo cove
- fagasa
- fagatele
- fatumafuti
- leloaloa
- leone
- lepula
- manu'a islands
- masefau
- numeric data sets
- nu'uuli
- ocean basin
- oceans
- ofu island
- ofu village
- olesega elementary school
- olosega island
- onesosopo
- pacific ocean
- reef fish census
- reef monitoring and assessment
- sili
- south pacific
- ta'u island
- tutuila island
- united states of america
- utelei
- vatia
- zoology