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Description:
Title:
Status and Trends Assessment for Land-based Sources of Pollution Impacts on Benthic Reef Communities in Faga‘alu Bay, American Samoa
Author(s):
Vargas-Ángel, Bernardo
Huntington, Brittany
United States. National Marine Fisheries Service.
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
Corporate Name:
United States. National Marine Fisheries Service.
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
Dates of Publication:
2020
Abstract:
This report provides a summary of key findings for work completed between 2012 and 2020 to assess the effectiveness of management actions conducted at the Samoa Maritime quarry in Faga‘alu, American Samoa. Collectively, these data offer a contrast between the 2012/2013 pre-intervention and 2015–2020 post-intervention status, and examine how benthic and coral community response variables differed across factors of year (2012/2013, 2015, 2020) and reef stratum (backreef north, backreef south, forereef north, and forereef south).
Keywords:
Coral communities
Effect of habitat modification on
Evaluation
Marine benthic ecology
Place Keywords:
American Samoa
Local Corporate Name:
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Type of Resource:
Technical Memorandum
Genre:
NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-PIFSC ; 109
Note:
This report provides a summary of key findings for work completed between 2012 and 2020 to assess the effectiveness of management actions conducted at the Samoa Maritime quarry in Faga‘alu, American Samoa. Collectively, these data offer a contrast between the 2012/2013 pre-intervention and 2015–2020 post-intervention status, and examine how benthic and coral community response variables differed across factors of year (2012/2013, 2015, 2020) and reef stratum (backreef north, backreef south, forereef north, and forereef south).
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