1995 Quantitative Survey of the Corals of American Samoa (NODC Accession 0001972)

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Dr. Craig Mundy

Publication_Date: Unpublished material

Title:

1995 Quantitative Survey of the Corals of American Samoa (NODC Accession 0001972)

Online_Linkage: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov

Description:

Abstract:

A survey of coral communities was carried out in the American Samoa Archipelago to assess the current status of coral reefs and provide a rigorous quantitative baseline dataset for future monitoring of these reefs. Five replicate belt transects were used to estimate the size structure, density and percent cover of corals at 29 locations around Tutuila and Manu'a Islands during October and November, 1995.

Purpose:

Provide a status of the reefs for scientific and managerial purposes.

Supplemental_Information:

NOAA Supplemental: Entry_ID: Unknown Sensor_Name: SCUBA Source_Name: manual Project_Campaign: American Samoa Coral Ecosystem Assessment Originating_Center: Dept Marine & Wildlife Resources, American Samoa Storage_Medium: PDF, Quattro Pro, MS Word and Excel Online_size: 11520 kbytes

Resource Description: NODC Accession Number 0001972

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 199510

Ending_Date: 199511

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -170.7896

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -169.4449

North_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.1618

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.3662

Keywords:

Theme:

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Theme_Keyword: CoRIS_Metadata

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Coastal studies

Theme_Keyword: coral reef

Theme_Keyword: coral population size structure

Theme_Keyword: coral colony density

Theme_Keyword: coral percent cover

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

Theme_Keyword:

EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census > Belt Transect

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: South Pacific

Place_Keyword: American Samoa

Place_Keyword: Tutuila Island

Place_Keyword: Manu'a Islands

Place_Keyword: Ta'u Island

Place_Keyword: Ofu Island

Place_Keyword: Olosega Island

Place_Keyword: Nu'uuli

Place_Keyword: Fatumafuti

Place_Keyword: Leone

Place_Keyword: Fagatele

Place_Keyword: Fagafue

Place_Keyword: Fagasa

Place_Keyword: Vatia

Place_Keyword: Afuli

Place_Keyword: Fagamalo Cove

Place_Keyword: Faga

Place_Keyword: Lepula

Place_Keyword: Olesega Elementary School

Place_Keyword: Ofu Village

Place_Keyword: Sili

Place_Keyword: Asaga

Place_Keyword: Onesosopo

Place_Keyword: Aua

Place_Keyword: Faga'alu

Place_Keyword: Leloaloa

Place_Keyword: Utelei

Place_Keyword: Aunu'u Island

Place_Keyword: Fagaitua

Place_Keyword: Amanave

Place_Keyword: Masefau

Place_Keyword: Faga'alu

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus

Place_Keyword:

OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000)

Place_Keyword:

COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000)

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_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Dr. Craig Mundy

Contact_Organization: University of Tasmania

Contact_Position: Biologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: Private Bag 49

City: Hobart

State_or_Province: Tasmania

Postal_Code: 0000

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (03)6227-7232

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Craig.Mundy@utas.edu.au

Data_Set_Credit: Dept Marine & Wildlife Resources, American Samoa

Native_Data_Set_Environment: PDF, Quattro Pro, MS Word and Excel

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: see lineage, process step

Completeness_Report: none

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: A. L. Green

Publication_Date: 2002

Title: Status of the coral reefs of the Samoan Archipelago

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: PO Box 3730, Pago Pago, American Samoa. 96799

Publisher: Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources

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, 2002

Source_Contribution: Status of the coral reefs of the Samoan Archipelago

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: A. L. Green

Publication_Date: 1996

Title:

Status of the coral reefs of the Samoan Archipelago: Report to the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Pago Pago, American Samoa

Publisher:

Report to the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, PO Box 3730, Pago Pago, American Samoa. 96799

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, 1996

Source_Contribution: Status of the coral reefs

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: C. N. Mundy

Publication_Date: 1991

Title:

A critical evaluation of the Line Intercept Transect methodology for surveying sessile coral reef benthos

Other_Citation_Details: Msc Thesis. James Cook University of North Queensland. 127pp.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1991

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Mundy, 1991

Source_Contribution: critical evaluation

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: C. N. Mundy

Publication_Date: 1996

Title:

A Quantitative Survey of the Corals of American Samoa: Report to the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Pago Pago, American Samoa

Publisher:

Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, PO Box 3730, Pago Pago, American Samoa. 96799

Other_Citation_Details: 33pp

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1996

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Mundy, 1996

Source_Contribution: Quantitative Survey

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Field Surveys: Quantitative surveys of hard corals were carried out at 29 sites around Tutuila and the Manu'a Islands during October and November 1995. These surveys were designed to complement reef fish surveys currently underway in the American Samoa Archipelago (Green, in prep). At each site five replicate 20m x 0.5m belt transects were surveyed on the reef slope at 10m depth, except at Fagaitua where only three transects were surveyed. All transects were located randomly within sites as it has been shown that random transects within fixed sites are as effective and more efficient for long-term monitoring of corals than fixed transects (Mundy 1991; see also Green 1989). In addition to reef slope surveys, coral communities were surveyed at two sites on the reef flat at Manu'a Islands (Olosega and Ofu) and at two sites on the reef flat at Tutuila (Fatumafuti and Nu'uuli). A single lagoon site was surveyed on Tutuila at Faga'alu at approximately 4m depth. Detailed descriptions of all sites and transect locations can be found in Green (in prep). Each transect was surveyed by laying a 20m fibre tape close to the substratum parallel to the reef edge. A coral was considered to be within the transect if the centre of the colony lay within 25cm of either side of the tape. All corals within the belt were identified to species where possible, and the maximum diameter of each colony was measured and placed in one of seven size classes as shown in Table 1. Table 1. Size categories and corresponding colony size used to record size of colonies in belt transects. Size class Colony size 1 <= 5cm2 > 5 cm and <= 10 cm3 > 10 cm and <= 20 cm4 > 20 cm and <= 40 cm5 > 40 cm and <= 80 cm6 > 80 cm and <= 160 cm7 > 160 cm. Data analysis: Transect data were used to estimate colony density, population size structure, and percent cover for each species at each site. The midpoint of each size class was used to calculate the approximate area of each colony. Percent cover was calculated by expressing the sum of the areas for each species as a proportion of total transect area (10m2). Multivariate analyses were used to identify patterns in coral community structure around the islands of American Samoa. Cluster analysis (flexible UPGMA) and Multi-dimensional scaling (non-metric) (MDS) were used to test for effects of habitat (reef flat vs. lagoon vs. reef slope) and exposure (NW, NE, SW, SE, Manu'a; on coral community structure. Cluster analyses and MDS were based on Bray-Curtis similarity matrices using species densities (mean number of colonies per site) and the average percent cover of each species at each site. Green, A.L. 2002 Status of the coral reefs of the Samoan Archipelago: Report to the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, PO Box 3730, Pago Pago, American Samoa. 96799, 85pp. Green, A.L. 1996 Status of the coral reefs of the Samoan Archipelago: Report to the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, PO Box 3730, Pago Pago, American Samoa. 96799, 120pp. Mundy, C.N. 1991. A critical evaluation of the Line Intercept Transect methodology for surveying sessile coral reef benthos. Msc Thesis. James Cook University of North Queensland. 127pp.Mundy, C.N. 1996. A Quantitative Survey of the Corals of American Samoa: Report to the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, PO Box 3730, Pago Pago, American Samoa. 96799, 33pp.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Green, 2002

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Green, 1996

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Mundy, 1991

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Mundy, 1996

Process_Date: Unknown

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Dr. Craig Mundy

Contact_Organization: University of Tasmania

Contact_Position: Biologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: Private Bag 49

City: Hobart

State_or_Province: Tasmania

Postal_Code: 0000

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (03)6227-7232

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Craig.Mundy@utas.edu.au

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files are found in directory ../../dataFILENAME FORMAT HISTORY CONTENT App_raw1.wb1 Quattro Pro Original Raw Data App_raw1.xls MS Excel Copy sameApp_raw1.csv ASCII CSV Copy sameSamoa201995.pdf PDF Original ReportSamoa201995.doc MS DOC Copy sameSamoa201995.txt ASCII Text Copy sameSite_Locations.xls MS Excel Original LocationsSite_Locations.csv ASCII CSV Copy sameNote, the Site_Locations.xls was acquired from the dataset(A.Green, 1996).

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CoRIS_Children: None

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