Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Dr. Charles Birkeland Originator: U.S. Department of the Interior Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Originator: Hawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Center Originator: University of Hawaii at Manoa Publication_Date: Unpublished material Title: Coral Reef Surveys at 21 Sites in American Samoa during 2002 (NODC Accession 0000622) Online_Linkage: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov Description: Abstract: Transects of the coral colonies at 21 sites in American Samoa were surveyed by Dr. Charles Birkeland during an underwater swim in March 2002. Data for each coral species include abundance and size distribution of the colonies. The living coral cover can be estimated from the size distribution data. Purpose: To check the status of the coral reef communities in American Samoa. Supplemental_Information: NOAA Supplemental: Entry_ID: Unknown Sensor_Name: SCUBA, visual census Source_Name: manual Project_Campaign: Marine Resource Survey of the American Samoa Archipelago Originating_Center: Hawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Center University of Hawaii at Manoa Storage_Medium: Excel, ASCII Online_size: 2.662 megabytes Resource Description: NODC Accession Number 0000622 Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20020306 Beginning_Time: 0600 Ending_Date: 20020321 Ending_Time: 1700 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: In Work Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -170.78896 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -169.44486 North_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.161783 South_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.366233 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NCEI Geoportal Filter Theme_Keyword: CoRIS_Metadata Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: Coastal studies Theme_Keyword: Coral reef monitoring and assessment Theme_Keyword: Coral Theme_Keyword: Coral reef Theme_Keyword: Coral species abundance Theme_Keyword: Size distribution of colonies Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets - oceanographic Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets - benthic Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets - biology Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: Documents > Observational Report Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: biota Theme_Keyword: 002 Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: 014 Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean Place_Keyword: American Samoa Place_Keyword: Fagatele Bay Place_Keyword: Tutuila Island Place_Keyword: Ofu Island Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Ofu Island (14S169W0013) Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Ofu Island (14S169W0013) Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Region Place_Keyword: AmSam Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Stratum_Keyword: Benthic Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: NOAA and NODC would appreciate recognition as the resource from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these data. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: NOAA/National Oceanographic Data Center Contact_Position: NODC User Services Group Leader Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and physical address Address: SSMC3 Fourth Floor Address: 1315 East West Highway City: Silver Spring State_or_Province: Maryland Postal_Code: 20910-3282 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-3277 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-713-3302 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: services@nodc.noaa.gov Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday Contact_Instructions: Phone/FAX/e-mail Data_Set_Credit: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Native_Data_Set_Environment: Excel. 2.662 Mbytes. Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: See Lineage - Process Description. Completeness_Report: none Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Birkeland, C. E. Originator: R.H. Randall Originator: R.C. Wass Originator: B. Smith Originator: S. Wilkins Publication_Date: 1987 Title: Biological Resource Assesment of the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document Other_Citation_Details: NOAA Tech. Mem. Ser. NOS/MEMD 3. 232 pp. Type_of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1987 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Birkeland and others, 1987 Source_Contribution: marine sanctuary assessment Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: A. L. Green Originator: C. E. Birkeland Originator: R.H. Randall Publication_Date: 1997 Title: 78 Years of Coral Reef Degradation in Pago Pago Harbor: A Quantitative Record Series_Information: Series_name: Proceedings, 8th International Coral Reef Symposium,Panama Issue_Identification: 2: 1883-1888 Type_of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: Unknown Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Green and others, 1997 Source_Contribution: Coral Reef Degradation Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: A. L. Green Originator: C. E. Birkeland Originator: R.H. Randall Publication_Date: 1999 Title: Twenty Years of Disturbance and Change in Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary Series_Information: Series_name: Pacific Science Issue_Identification: Vol. 53, no. 4, pp 376-400 Type_of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: Unknown Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Green and others, 1999 Source_Contribution: Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary study Process_Step: Process_Description: The surveys were 10-m transects and were focused on measuring the diameter of coral colonies that were either all in or more in than out of the line 25 cm from the transect. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Birkeland and others, 1987 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Green and others, 1997 Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Birkeland and Randall, 1999 Process_Date: Unknown Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Dr. Charles Birkeland Contact_Organization: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Hawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa Contact_Position: Marine Biologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: physical Address: Edmonton 164, University of Hawaii at Manoa City: Honolulu State_or_Province: Hawaii Postal_Code: 96822 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (808)956-8350 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: charlesb@hawaii.edu Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: NOAA/NESDIS/National Oceanographic Data Center Contact_Person: Data Access Group, User Services Team Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: SSMC-3 Fourth Floor Address: 1315 East West Highway City: Silver Spring State_or_Province: MD Postal_Code: 20910-3282 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-3277 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-713-3302 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: services@nodc.noaa.gov Hours_of_Service: 8am-5pm, Monday through Friday Resource_Description: Downloadable Data Distribution_Liability: NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. 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Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20200329 Metadata_Review_Date: 20081015 Metadata_Future_Review_Date: 20060801 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Mr. Patrick C. Caldwell Contact_Organization: NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC Contact_Position: Hawaii/US Pacific Liaison Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing Address: 1000 Pope Road, MSB 316 Address: Dept. of Oceanography Address: University of Hawaii at Manoa City: Honolulu State_or_Province: Hawaii Postal_Code: 96822 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (808)-956-4105 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (808) 956-2352 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: caldwell@hawaii.edu Hours_of_Service: 8 AM to 5 PM weekdays Contact_Instructions: check services@nodc.noaa.gov if not available Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 CoRIS: CoRIS_ID: 20081015074415 CoRIS_Children: None CoRIS_Beginning_Date: 20020306 CoRIS_Ending_Date: 20020321 CoRIS_Metadata_Link: https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/nodc_0000622.html CoRIS_Tracking_ID: 2313