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

Name Format Description Link
33 American_Samoa_CRED_monitoring_interactive_map.pdf https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/coris/data/NOAA/nmfs/pifsc/cred/american_samoa_map/American_Samoa_CRED_monitoring_interactive_map.pdf
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/25467.pdf
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/25467
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/25467
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/25467.pdf
33 American_Samoa_CRED_monitoring_interactive_map.pdf https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/coris/data/NOAA/nmfs/pifsc/cred/american_samoa_map/American_Samoa_CRED_monitoring_interactive_map.pdf
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. 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 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords

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  • manu'a
  • coral cover
  • water column habitat
  • ofu island (14s169w0013)
  • swains
  • random swimming
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc
  • united states of america
  • american samoa (14s170w0000)
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • aquatic habitat
  • coral reef
  • marine ecosystem
  • corals
  • 20763
  • benthic habitat
  • surgeonfish
  • legacy data set
  • biosphere
  • rose
  • tutuila island (14s170w0016)
  • oceans
  • algae
  • reef fish
  • parrotfish
  • american samoa
  • hard coral cover
  • grouper
  • tutuila
  • macroalgal cover
  • calcareous macroalgae
  • porites
  • noaa
  • 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)
  • pacific islands fisheries science center
  • manu'a group
  • olosega island (14s169w0014)
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • hi0802
  • earth science
  • large fish
  • benthic biology
  • national marine fisheries service
  • 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
  • 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

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