Description
This interactive map displays American Samoa data collected by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) during the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) cruises. The information presented is a combination of standard CRED monitoring summary data and more specific layers generated by request from resource managers and scientists in American Samoa. The fish and benthos data were collected either by rapid ecological assessment (REA) surveys conducted during 2010, or by towed-diver surveys conducted during 2008 and 2010. The map is accompanied by the summary data used to generate the data layers (as excel attachments) and is available in the form of an interactive pdf with layers to make it usable by those without GIS access.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| PDF File | American_Samoa_CRED_monitoring_interactive_map.pdf | Open resource |
Tags
- 20763
- algae
- algal cover
- american samoa
- american samoa (14s170w0000)
- aquatic habitat
- as231 assessment of key ecosystem components to inform marine protected area design around tutuila
- bathymetry/seafloor topography
- benthic biology
- benthic habitat
- benthic substrate
- biology
- biosphere
- calcareous macroalgae
- coastal processes
- coral
- coral cover
- coralline algae
- coralline algal cover
- coral reef
- coral reef ecology
- coral reefs
- corals
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- crustose coralline algae
- dominance
- earth science
- ecological dynamics
- encrusting macroalgae
- fish
- fish assemblages
- fish biomass
- fish census
- fish species richness
- fleshy macroalgae
- geographic information
- grouper
- ha1001
- habitats
- hard coral cover
- hard seafloor substrate
- hi0802
- indicator species
- large coral colony
- large fish
- macroalgal cover
- manu'a
- manu'a group
- manu'a islands (14s170w0038)
- marine biology
- marine ecosystem
- marine protected areas
- ocean basin
- oceans
- octocoral cover
- ofu
- ofu island (14s169w0013)
- olosega
- olosega island (14s169w0014)
- pacific ocean
- parrotfish
- porites
- random swimming
- rapid assessment studies
- rapid ecological assessment (rea)
- reef assessment and monitoring program (ramp)
- reef fish
- reef fish census
- reef habitat
- reef monitoring and assessment
- rose
- rose atoll (14s168w0001)
- shark
- south bank
- south bank (14s170w0067)
- species richness
- stationary
- stationary point count (spc) survey
- surgeonfish
- swains
- swains atoll (11s171w0001)
- tau
- ta'u island (14s169w0012)
- towed diver survey
- turf algae
- tutuila
- tutuila island (14s170w0016)
- united states of america
- vegetation
- water column habitat
- zoology