CRED REA Coral Population Parameters at Ta'u Island, American Samoa in 2008
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Publication_Date: 20010322
- Title:
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CRED REA Coral Population Parameters at Ta'u Island, American Samoa in 2008
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet
- Online_Linkage:
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https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/ecosystems/coral-reefs-pacific
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- Abstract:
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Belt transects along 2 consecutively-placed, 25m transect lines were surveyed as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 9 sites around Ta'u Island in American Samoa from 28 February to 05 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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Part of a long-term monitoring program at biennial intervals in which corals, algae, fish, and other macroinvertebrates are co-sampled along the same set of transect lines.
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Maximum depth was 16 meters.
Corals observed:
Island Species TaxonName Genus Class
TAU ACAS Acanthastrea sp Acanthastrea Scleractinia
TAU ACRA Acropora craterformis Acropora Scleractinia
TAU ACSP Acropora sp Acropora Scleractinia
TAU ASSP Astreopora sp Astreopora Scleractinia
TAU CLSP Cladiella sp Cladiella Octocoral
TAU COSP Coscinaraea sp Coscinaraea Scleractinia
TAU CYPS Cyphastrea sp Cyphastrea Scleractinia
TAU ECHL Echinophyllia sp Echinophyllia Scleractinia
TAU ECHP Echinopora sp Echinopora Scleractinia
TAU FASP Favia sp Favia Scleractinia
TAU FAVS Favites sp Favites Scleractinia
TAU FSTE Favia stelligera Favia Scleractinia
TAU FUSP Fungia sp Fungia Scleractinia
TAU GASP Galaxea sp Galaxea Scleractinia
TAU GONS Goniastrea sp Goniastrea Scleractinia
TAU GOSP Goniopora sp Goniopora Scleractinia
TAU HMIC Hydnophora microconnos Hydnophora Scleractinia
TAU HYSP Hydnophora sp Hydnophora Scleractinia
TAU LEPS Leptoria sp Leptoria Scleractinia
TAU LEPT Leptastrea sp Leptastrea Scleractinia
TAU LOBP Lobophytum sp Lobophytum Scleractinia
TAU LOBS Lobophyllia sp Lobophyllia Scleractinia
TAU MESP Merulina sp Merulina Scleractinia
TAU MFOV Montipora foveolata Montipora Scleractinia
TAU MISP Millepora sp Millepora Hydrozoan
TAU MONS Montastrea sp Montastrea Scleractinia
TAU MOSP Montipora sp Montipora Scleractinia
TAU MOVR Montipora verrucosa Montipora Scleractinia
TAU PASP Palythoa sp. Palythoa Other Anthozoan
TAU PDUE Pavona duerdeni Pavona Scleractinia
TAU PEYD Pocillopora eydouxi Pocillopora Scleractinia
TAU PLSP Platygyra sp Platygyra Scleractinia
TAU POCS Pocillopora sp Pocillopora Scleractinia
TAU POSP Porites sp Porites Scleractinia
TAU PRUS Porites rus Porites Scleractinia
TAU PSSP Psammocora sp Psammocora Scleractinia
TAU PSTE Psammocora stellata Psammocora Scleractinia
TAU PVAR Pavona varians Pavona Scleractinia
TAU SARS Sarcophyton sp Sarcophyton Octocoral
TAU SASP Sandalolitha sp Sandalolitha Scleractinia
TAU SYSP Symphyllia sp Symphyllia Scleractinia
TAU TBIP To be identified by picture To be identified by picture Scleractinia
TAU TREN Turbinaria reniformis Turbinaria Scleractinia
TAU ZOSP Zoanthus sp Zoanthus Other Anthozoan
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- Beginning_Date: 20080228
- Ending_Date: 20080305
- Currentness_Reference: Ground condition
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: asNeeded
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -169.5237152
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -169.4077949
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.20247804
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.28884564
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CRCP Project
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Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP): Biennial monitoring for the U.S. Pacific Islands and Atolls
- Theme_Keyword: 1221
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: Marine Ecosystem
- Theme_Keyword: Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP)
- Theme_Keyword: Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA)
- Theme_Keyword: Coral Reef
- Theme_Keyword: Corals
- Theme_Keyword: American Samoa
- Theme_Keyword: Ta'u Island
- Theme_Keyword: HI0802
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- Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets > Biology
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EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Biodiversity
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EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Photic zone corals
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EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Coral cover
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword: biota
- Theme_Keyword: 002
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Place_Keyword: Ta'u Island
- Place_Keyword: American Samoa
- Place_Keyword: South Pacific
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus
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OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Ta'u Island (14S169W0012)
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COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Ta'u Island (14S169W0012)
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OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000)
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COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000)
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Region
- Place_Keyword: AmSam
- Access_Constraints: Data are available two years following data collection date
- Use_Constraints:
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Please cite CRED when using the data. Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization:
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: NOAA IRC
- Address: NMFS/PIFSC/CRED
- Address: 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176
- City: Honolulu
- State_or_Province: HI
- Postal_Code: 96818
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808 725-5360
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808 725-5429
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov
- Contact_Instructions: e-mail preferred
- Data_Set_Credit:
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Jason Helyer, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
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- Native_Data_Set_Environment: Oracle
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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Observations were made by a single diver who is an expert in coral biology. The population parameter survey is conducted one time per site per survey year; it is not replicated.
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
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With the exception of the non-quantitative survey along the backreef, the same methods of data collection were used at each of the sites surveyed at this location, and were conducted by the same scientists.
- Completeness_Report:
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The survey sites were selected to be representative of the dominant habitats at this reef system. Efforts were made to include broad spatial coverage of the reef area, but weather conditions or other environmental constraints may have precluded the team from surveying windward or exposed sites.
- Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: GPS unit
- Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 1
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Instrument parameters
- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Dive computer and SCUBA depth gauge
- Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
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- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 0.3
- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Instrument parameters
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- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description:
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A diver swam along the length of one or two 25m transect lines that had been laid out along an isobath. The diver identified all corals whose center fell within .5m on either side of the transect to the species/genus level and assigned each colony a size class based on estimates of the maximum diameter of the colony ( 5 cm; 5-10 cm; 10-20 cm; 20-40cm; 40-80 cm; 80-160 cm; or greater than 160 cm).
- Process_Date: Unknown
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- Geographic:
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- Latitude_Resolution: 0.0001
- Longitude_Resolution: 0.0001
- Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84)
- Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 (GRS80)
- Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.2572236
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- Depth_System_Definition:
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- Depth_Datum_Name: Local surface
- Depth_Resolution: 1
- Depth_Distance_Units: meters
- Depth_Encoding_Method: Explicit Depth Coordinate Included with Horizontal Coordinates
- Distribution_Information:
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- Distributor:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization:
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Contact_Person: CRED Data Management Team
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: NOAA IRC
- Address: NMFS/PIFSC/CRED
- Address: 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176
- City: Honolulu
- State_or_Province: HI
- Postal_Code: 96818
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808 725-5360
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808 725-5429
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov
- Contact_Instructions: e-mail preferred
- Resource_Description: Offline Data
- Distribution_Liability:
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While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitutes such a warranty.
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- Technical_Prerequisites: Contact CRED data management team for information
- Metadata_Reference_Information:
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- Metadata_Date: 20190605
- Metadata_Review_Date: 20081126
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: NOAA IRC
- Address: NMFS/PIFSC/CRED
- Address: 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176
- City: Honolulu
- State_or_Province: HI
- Postal_Code: 96818
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808 725-5360
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808 725-5429
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov
- Contact_Instructions: e-mail preferred
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- CoRIS_ID: 20081126041342
- CoRIS_Children: None
- CoRIS_Beginning_Date: 20080228
- CoRIS_Ending_Date: 20080305
- CoRIS_Metadata_Link:
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https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/cred_rea_corals_tau_2008.html
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