CRED REA Coral Population Parameters at Swains Island, American Samoa in 2008
Description
Belt transects along 2 consecutively-placed, 25m transect lines were surveyed as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 8 sites around Swains Island in American Samoa from 16-18 March 2008 aboard the NOAA ship Hi'ialakai during the Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise HI0802. Raw survey data included species presence and relative abundance, colony counts and size classes by genus, and determination of benthic cover using the line-intercept method. Depending on colony density, 1 m on each side of the transect lines was included in the belt (for a total of 25-50m2 per site).
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Tags
- coral cover
- united states of america
- american samoa (14s170w0000)
- coral reef
- marine ecosystem
- corals
- biosphere
- biodiversity
- amsam
- oceans
- photic zone corals
- american samoa
- swains atoll
- pacific reef assessment and monitoring program (pacific ramp): biennial monitoring for the u.s. paci
- numeric data sets
- biology
- swains atoll (11s171w0001)
- hi0802
- earth science
- rapid ecological assessments (rea)
- south pacific
- swains island
- coral reef ecology
- ocean basin
- reef assessment and monitoring program (ramp)
- coastal processes
- 1221
- zoology
- coral reefs
- coris_metadata
- pacific ocean
- country/territory