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.
Resources
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Tags
- american samoa
- amsam
- benthic
- benthos analysis
- biology
- biosphere
- coastal processes
- coastal studies
- coral
- coral reef
- coral reef ecology
- coral reef monitoring and assessment
- coral reefs
- corals
- coral species abundance
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- earth science
- fagatele bay
- fagatele bay (14s170w0002)
- habitats
- manu'a group
- marine biology
- marine invertebrates
- numeric data sets
- numeric data sets - benthic
- numeric data sets - biology
- numeric data sets - oceanographic
- ocean basin
- oceans
- ofu island
- ofu island (14s169w0013)
- pacific ocean
- reef monitoring and assessment
- size distribution of colonies
- transect monitoring
- tutuila island
- united states of america
- zoology