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General Information

File Identifier:	gov.noaa.nodc:0185194
Metadata Date Stamp:	2021-03
Organization:	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Organization Role:	custodian

Identification Information

Title:

National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified random surveys (StRS) of coral demography (adult and juvenile corals) across American Samoa from 2018-06-19 to 2018-07-18 (NCEI Accession 0185194)

Abstract:

The data described here result from benthic coral demographic surveys within belt transects of specified length and width for two life stages (juveniles and adults) across American Samoa--including Tutuila, Ofu, Olosega, Tau and Swains Islands, and Rose Atoll--from June 19 to July 18, 2018. The data provide information on adult coral colony counts, morphology, size, partial mortality (old and recent dead), presence and causation of disease and other compromised health conditions, including bleaching. Juvenile colony surveys include morphology and size. Taxonomic identification of adult colonies is to the species level and genus level for juveniles. A two-stage stratified random sampling (StRS) design was employed to survey the coral reef ecosystems of American Samoa in 2015, and starting in 2018 a one-stage StRS design was employed. The survey domain encompassed the majority of the mapped area of reef and hard bottom habitats in the 0–30 m depth range. The stratification scheme included island, reef zone, and depth (i.e., shallow: >0–6 m; mid-depth: >6–18 m; and deep: >18–30 m), as well as reef zone (i.e., forereef, backreef, and lagoon; backreef only at Rose Atoll and Tutuila, and lagoon only at Rose Atoll). Sampling effort allocation was determined based on strata area and sites randomly located within strata. The StRS design effectively reduces estimate variance through stratification using environmental covariates and by sampling more sites rather than more transects per site. Therefore, site-level estimates and site-to-site comparisons should proceed with caution. The data were collected as part of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) and Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD; formerly the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division) led National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) missions to American Samoa in 2015 and 2018.

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Data Theme

Theme Topics:

Environment and Conservation, Oceans and Estuaries, Biology and Ecology

Spatial Domain

West Bounding Longitude:	-171.09181813
South Bounding Latitude:	-14.554979
East Bounding Longitude:	-168.14392
North Bounding Latitude:	-11.045273

Data Quality Information

Scope (quality information applies to):

Dataset

Contact Information

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Metadata Reference Information

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