Coral Reef Surveys at 21 Sites in American Samoa during 2002 (NODC Accession 0000735)

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Publication_Date: Unpublished material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:

Online_Linkage: https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/735

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: UnknownS ensor_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 0000735

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: -170.788966
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -169.444866
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: Numeric Data Sets > Biology

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword:

EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Habitats

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates
Theme_Keyword:

EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Transect monitoring

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: biota
Theme_Keyword: 002
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: 014

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_Keyword:

OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Tutuila Island > Fagatele Bay (14S170W0002)

Place_Keyword:

COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > Tutuila Island > Fagatele Bay (14S170W0002)

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 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 Step.
Completeness_Report: none
Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: C. E. Birkeland
Originator: R.H. Randall
Originator: R.C. Wass
Originator: B.Smith
Originator: S.Wilkins
Publication_Date: 1997
Title:

Biological Resource Assesment of the Fagtele Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Series_Information:

Series_Name: NOAA Techncial Memorandum Series
Issue_Identification: NOS/MEMD 3. 232 pp

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: Birkeland and others, 1987
Source_Contribution: Biological Resource Assesment

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, American Samoa

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: Change in Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary

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 Randall, 1997.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Green and others, 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. NOAA and NODC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system.

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Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ASCII

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/735

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Coral Reef Surveys at 21 Sites in American Samoa during 2002 (NODC Accession 0000735)

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