Coral reef ecosystem monitoring report for the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa: 2018

Vargas-Ángel, Bernardo; Ayotte, Paula; Barkley, Hannah; Couch, Courtney; Halperin, Ariel; Kindinger, Tye; Winston, Morgan

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Coral reef ecosystem monitoring report for the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa: 2018

2019
By Vargas-Ángel, Bernardo ; Ayotte, Paula ; Barkley, Hannah ; ...
Series: PIFSC Data Report DR-19-040

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Personal Author:

Vargas-Ángel, Bernardo ; Ayotte, Paula ; Barkley, Hannah ; Couch, Courtney ; Halperin, Ariel ; Kindinger, Tye ; Winston, Morgan
Corporate Authors:

Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center) ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Description:

This report provides an overview of key findings and the current status of coral reefs surveyed by the NOAA Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) in the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS) and surrounding territorial waters between June and July 2018, as well as a temporal comparison to similar surveys conducted during the 2015 RAMP research cruise. These surveys are a component of the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP)—a long-term, integrated, ecosystem-scale study led by NOAA’s Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD), at about 40 U.S.-affiliated Pacific islands.
Keywords:

Analysis Benthos Coral Reef Animals Coral Reef Conservation Coral Reef Ecology Effect Of Global Warming On Effect Of Human Beings On Effect Of Water Pollution On Monitoring Research Coral Reef Animals Coral Reef Conservation Coral Reef Ecology Effect Of Global Warming On Effect Of Human Beings On Effect Of Water Pollution On
Series:

PIFSC Data Report DR-19-040
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25923/1sk7-vp89
Document Type:

Technical Report
Place as Subject:

Pacific Ocean ; United States ; American Samoa
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Public Domain
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