Coral reef ecosystem marine protected area monitoring in Fagamalo, American Samoa: comprehensive assessment of coral demography (adult and juvenile corals) from belt transect surveys in 2015

Description

In 2010 the village of Fagamalo, Tutuila, American Samoa, designated a no-take Marine Protected Area that sees the protection of 2.25 square kilometers of ocean. Because little is known regarding the status of living marine communities in the area, and at the request of the American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, NOAA scientists conducted surveys to assess the status of the benthic communities and establish a baseline against which to compare temporal change. The data described here were collected via belt transect surveys of coral demography (adult and juvenile corals) by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) according to protocols established by the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). In 2015 data were collected at 18 stratified randomly selected sites. These data include: 1) an assessment of coral colony density and size-class distribution for the selected monitoring sites; 2) an assessment of coral recruitment at the monitoring sites; and 3) an evaluation of coral colony condition, including mortality, disease, and bleaching. These data can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive. Additionally, photoquadrat benthic images were also collected (documented and archived separately).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Coral demographic data of adult corals from belt transect surveys conducted by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) in Fagamalo, Tutuila, American Samoa in 2015. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0166380
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/30775
0 Link to the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program website https://coralreef.noaa.gov
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
33 Summary Report of Baseline Surveys for Benthic and Fish Communities in the Fagamalo No-Take Marine Protected Area, American Samoa, prepared by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) and submitted to the American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR). https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/coris/library/NOAA/CRCP/NMFS/PIFSC/Projects/1083/Fagamalo_summary_CREP.pdf
0 Online Resource https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/corals.php
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/30775.pdf
0 Coral demographic data of juvenile corals from belt transect surveys conducted by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) in Fagamalo, Tutuila, American Samoa in 2015. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0166380
0 Draft Coral Reef Ecosystem Program - Standard Operating Procedures: Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) Benthic Survey Data Collection - latest draft as of March 21, 2016. Refer to the Methodology - Benthic Survey sections only for the survey methodology details, as the other components are not relevant to this particular set of non-RAMP surveys. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0146680

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  • benthic missions
  • crep
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc
  • united states of america
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • corals
  • coral reef ecosystem division
  • coral - colony size
  • pifsc
  • in situ biological
  • biosphere
  • coral - species identification
  • survey - coral reef
  • oceans
  • coral reef conservation program
  • 1083
  • american samoa
  • survey - biological
  • noaa
  • numeric data sets
  • coral - census
  • nmfs
  • baseline studies
  • biology
  • us doc
  • coral reef ecosystem monitoring training and capacity building to support improved resource manageme
  • pacific islands fisheries science center
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • coral colony size and condition
  • benthic biology
  • national marine fisheries service
  • coral diseases
  • marine biology
  • coral communities
  • cred
  • benthos analysis
  • survey - swimmer/diver
  • fagamalo (14s170w0047)
  • transect monitoring
  • coral reef ecology
  • ocean basin
  • ecosystem sciences division
  • coral
  • coastal processes
  • coral mortality
  • tutuila island
  • zoology
  • coral reefs
  • pacific ocean
  • country/territory
  • belt transect
  • south pacific ocean
  • coral reef ecosystem program

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