American Samoa: coral reef monitoring interactive map and information layers primarily from 2010 surveys
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
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Description |
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American_Samoa_CRED_monitoring_interactive_map.pdf |
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nmfs/pifsc/cred/american_samoa_map/American_Samoa_CRED_monitoring_interactive_map.pdf |
Tags
- manu'a
- coral cover
- water column habitat
- ofu island (14s169w0013)
- swains
- random swimming
- united states of america
- american samoa (14s170w0000)
- reef monitoring and assessment
- aquatic habitat
- coral reef
- marine ecosystem
- corals
- 20763
- benthic habitat
- surgeonfish
- biosphere
- rose
- tutuila island (14s170w0016)
- oceans
- algae
- reef fish
- parrotfish
- american samoa
- hard coral cover
- grouper
- tutuila
- macroalgal cover
- calcareous macroalgae
- porites
- algal cover
- benthic substrate
- fish species richness
- south bank (14s170w0067)
- biology
- swains atoll (11s171w0001)
- coralline algal cover
- olosega
- stationary point count (spc) survey
- indicator species
- habitats
- fish
- rapid ecological assessment (rea)
- ta'u island (14s169w0012)
- manu'a group
- olosega island (14s169w0014)
- hi0802
- earth science
- large fish
- benthic biology
- shark
- bathymetry/seafloor topography
- coralline algae
- ofu
- vegetation
- fleshy macroalgae
- dominance
- towed diver survey
- crustose coralline algae
- manu'a islands (14s170w0038)
- reef fish census
- marine biology
- fish assemblages
- encrusting macroalgae
- south bank
- ha1001
- reef habitat
- coral reef ecology
- ocean basin
- large coral colony
- coral
- stationary
- reef assessment and monitoring program (ramp)
- coastal processes
- octocoral cover
- hard seafloor substrate
- species richness
- zoology
- coral reefs
- rose atoll (14s168w0001)
- marine protected areas
- fish census
- coris_metadata
- pacific ocean
- rapid assessment studies
- ecological dynamics
- geographic information
- tau
- country/territory
- turf algae
- fish biomass
- as231 assessment of key ecosystem components to inform marine protected area design around tutuila