Coral Reef Surveys at 21 Sites in American Samoa during 2002 (NODC Accession 0000622)
Description
Transects of the coral colonies at 21 sites in American Samoa were surveyed by Dr. Charles Birkeland during an underwater swim in March 2002. Data for each coral species include abundance and size distribution of the colonies. The living coral cover can be estimated from the size distribution data.
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Tags
- ofu island (14s169w0013)
- united states of america
- coastal studies
- coral reef
- benthic
- observational report
- amsam
- oceans
- coral species abundance
- american samoa
- numeric data sets
- documents
- fagatele bay
- manu'a group
- earth science
- coral reef monitoring and assessment
- size distribution of colonies
- ofu island
- ocean basin
- coral
- numeric data sets - biology
- numeric data sets - benthic
- coastal processes
- tutuila island
- coral reefs
- coris_metadata
- pacific ocean
- country/territory
- numeric data sets - oceanographic