THIS RECORD IS A TEST EXAMPLE RECORD. Benthic Surveys in Aua, American Samoa: benthic images collected during belt transect surveys from 09-12-2022 to 09-22-2022 (NCEI Accession 0270551)

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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.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center) ; NOS (National Ocean Service) ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
• 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:
  THIS RECORD IS A TEST EXAMPLE RECORD. Submission Package ID: N8TM6A. CRCP Project: Linking watershed management actions to reef health in American Samoa.
• 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:
  Pago Pago Harbor ; Central Pacific Ocean
• 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
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/48849/noaa_48849_DS1.bin
• File Type:
  [BIN ]