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Corporate Authors:
United States. National Marine Fisheries Service ; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ; United States. National Ocean Service ; Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
United States. National Marine Fisheries Service ; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ; United States. National Ocean Service ; Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.) Less -
NOAA Program & Office:
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center) ; NOS (National Ocean Service) ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center) ; NOS (National Ocean Service) ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System) Less -
Description:
This accession describes the imagery collected in 2022 of Aua Reef, American Samoa by the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) of NOAA, funded by the Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), to study effects of land-based source pollution by establishing biological, physical, and chemical baselines.
Content Notes:
Submission Package ID: N8TM6A

CRCP Project: Linking watershed management actions to reef health in American Samoa


Keywords:
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In Situ
Oceanography
Photoquadrat Images
Baseline Studies
Benthic Biology
Biosphere
Coastal Processes
Coral
Coral Communities
Coral Reef Ecology
Coral Reefs
Coral Reef Studies
Corals
Earth Science
Habitats
In Situ Biological
Marine Biology
Oceans
Photoquadrat Images (Measured)
Reef Monitoring And Assessment
Spectral/Engineering
Visible Imagery
Visible Wavelengths
Visual Images
Zoology

Source:
Instrument ; camera ;
Series:
NCEI Accession Number 0270551
Dataset Download URL:
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0270551
Identifier:
gov.noaa.nodc:0270551
Format:
CSV
Publisher:
National Centers for Environmental Information
CoRIS Project ID:
CRCP Project ; ID 31303
Document Type:
Dataset
Funding:
Related Funding Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; Coral Reef Conservation Program
Temporal:
2022-09-12 to 2022-09-22
Place as Subject:
South Pacific Ocean ; Tutuila Island ; Aua ; Pacific Ocean ; Pago Pago Harbor ; ... More +
South Pacific Ocean ; Tutuila Island ; Aua ; Pacific Ocean ; Pago Pago Harbor ; Central Pacific Ocean Less -
Media Type:
image/jpeg
Is Part Of:
Ecosystem Sciences Division
Dataset:
Ecosystem Sciences Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (2023). Benthic Surveys in Aua, American Samoa: benthic images collected during belt transect surveys from 09-12-2022 to 09-22-2022 (NCEI Accession 0270551). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0270551. Accessed [date].
Context:
Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Type:
HTTPS ; FTP ;
Described By Type:
ISO 19115-2 Metadata
License:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Rights Information:
CC0 Public Domain
Rights Statement:
This imagery is analyzed to produce benthic cover estimates which are archived and documented separately. This baseline assessment for land-based sources of pollution on Aua reef is part of a larger Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) funded project ID 31303: ""Linking watershed management activities to reef health in American Samoa"", and builds upon prior baseline and status and trends assessments conducted in 2012, 2015, and 2020 in Faga'alu Bay (U.S. Task Force watershed priority site) and Vatia (Territorial priority watershed) to address National and Jurisdictional goals to reduce land-based sources of pollution impacts in coral reef ecosystems. Data was generated from benthic surveys of Aua reef to establish a comprehensive biological baseline, for land-based sources of pollution impacts on benthic composition and coral demographics. These efforts feed into the higher-level CRCP objectives by establishing an in-situ tracking system to assess the effects of management and mitigation strategies and activities in the target watersheds to reduce land-based sources of pollution impacts on coral reefs. Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) profiles as well as water samples were also collected as part of this baseline assessment for the analysis of particulate and dissolved nutrients, total suspended solids, chlorophyll-a, and seawater pH and Alkalinity. These data are documented and archived separately. ; accessLevel: Public ; Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives. ;
Described By:
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0270551;view=iso
Compliance:
Submitted
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
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Supporting Files

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  	Machine Readable Version (XML)	txt

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