Coral Reef Surveys at 21 Sites in American Samoa during 2002 (NODC Accession 0000735)
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
- reef monitoring and assessment
- coastal studies
- coral reef
- corals
- benthic
- biosphere
- amsam
- fagatele bay (14s170w0002)
- oceans
- coral species abundance
- marine invertebrates
- american samoa
- numeric data sets
- biology
- habitats
- fagatele bay
- manu'a group
- earth science
- coral reef monitoring and assessment
- marine biology
- benthos analysis
- size distribution of colonies
- transect monitoring
- ofu island
- coral reef ecology
- ocean basin
- coral
- numeric data sets - biology
- numeric data sets - benthic
- coastal processes
- tutuila island
- zoology
- coral reefs
- coris_metadata
- pacific ocean
- country/territory
- numeric data sets - oceanographic