Identifying coral reef resilience potential in Tutuila, American Samoa based on NOAA coral reef monitoring data from 2010 to 2016

Description

Declines in the health of coral reef ecosystems lead scientists to search for factors that support reef resilience: the ability of reefs to resist environmental stress and recover when they have been impacted, and to maintain key ecosystem functions throughout. Scientists have identified eleven measurable factors that affect the resilience of coral reefs. Reef resilience factors include characteristics of the coral assemblage, populations of fish that live on the reef, land-based influences, and sea surface temperature variability. NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) used these factors to quantitatively assess the resilience potential of reefs around Tutuila and Aunu‘u Islands in American Samoa. Locations of monitoring surveys conducted by ESD from 2010 to 2016 were used to designate study zones. The monitoring surveys provided data to evaluate biological/ecological resilience factors, and external data sources were used to inform physical and environmental factors not directly measured by ESD. Data for each metric was compiled, normalized, and averaged to produce a composite resilience score for each of zone. The primary resilience analysis includes all 11 metrics for 10 study zones around Tutuila and Aunu'u, excluding Taema Bank. The secondary resilience analysis includes the 8 metrics available for 11 study zones around Tutuila and Aunu'u, including Taema Bank. The information provided with this analysis includes the individual datasets for the 11 metrics used in the analysis (data tables), the survey sites and study zones (data tables), and the resilience scores resulting from the analysis (data tables and maps).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/50521
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
0 NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) website. http://www.coris.noaa.gov/monitoring/
0 NOAA PIFSC Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) website. https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/pacific_ramp.php
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/50521.pdf
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
0 The Reef Resilience data package includes data, figures and documentation compiled into a ZIP file. DATA: the original data sources used in the analysis and the final data (resilience scores) resulting from the analysis. The data are provided as a series of CSV files. Refer to the documentation for a description of each file. Figures: the final maps (3) and graphs (2) produced following the reef resilience analysis. The maps are provided as PNGs, and the graphs as JPGs. Documentation: Annotated list of metrics and associated files for the Reef Resilience analysis data package for Tutuila and Aunu'u, American Samoa. The document, in PDF format, describes each data file included in the Reef Resilience data package. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0169632

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  • crep
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc
  • precipitation
  • united states of america
  • american samoa (14s170w0000)
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • aquatic habitat
  • bacteria
  • corals
  • benthic habitat
  • coral reef ecosystem division
  • pifsc
  • ecological characterization
  • photograph analysis
  • in situ biological
  • sea surface temperature
  • biosphere
  • photographic analysis
  • national coral reef monitoring program
  • precipitation amount
  • pacific reef and assessment monitoring program (pacific ramp)
  • tutuila island (14s170w0016)
  • fagatele bay (14s170w0002)
  • black band disease
  • oceans
  • water temperature
  • algae
  • photic zone corals
  • coral reef conservation program
  • linear transect (line)
  • anomaly
  • american samoa
  • tutuila
  • atmosphere
  • global change
  • noaa
  • algal cover
  • nmfs
  • degree heating week (dhw)
  • ocean temperature
  • herbivory
  • quadrat monitoring
  • us doc
  • faga'alu (14s170w0005)
  • fish
  • pacific islands fisheries science center
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • coral biodiversity
  • national marine fisheries service
  • reef damage assessment
  • vegetation
  • fleshy macroalgae
  • 810
  • coral diseases
  • pago pago (14s170w0008)
  • reef fish census
  • ecosystem monitoring and assessment
  • marine biology
  • fish assemblages
  • cred
  • atmospheric phenomena
  • aunu'u island (14s170w0035)
  • sea surface temperature (sst)
  • fishing
  • bleaching
  • microbiota
  • benthos analysis
  • runoff
  • fagamalo (14s170w0047)
  • blue-green algae
  • transect monitoring
  • reef habitat
  • hydrosphere
  • ocean basin
  • global warming
  • ecosystem sciences division
  • stationary
  • vatia bay (14s170w0028)
  • esd
  • coastal processes
  • resilience
  • tutuila island
  • human physical
  • zoology
  • coral reefs
  • marine protected areas
  • fish census
  • pacific ocean
  • rapid assessment studies
  • ecological dynamics
  • geographic information
  • satellite (digital scans)
  • country/territory
  • algae cover
  • belt transect
  • surface water
  • reefs for the future: identifying coral reef resilience in the us pacific islands based on cred cora
  • remote sensing
  • pago pago harbor
  • south pacific ocean
  • coral reef studies
  • recovery
  • coral reef ecosystem program

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