Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Oceanic Institute (OI) Publication_Date: 19990727 Title: Algal species and other data collected using photographs in the southern coast of the island of Ofu from 08 September 1992 to 11 September 1992 (NODC Accession 9800197) Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Silver Spring, Maryland, USA Publisher: US National Oceanographic Data Center Online_Linkage: https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/9800197 Description: Abstract: The US Congress has authorized the Department of the Interior to enter into a lease agreement with the Governor of American Samoa to establish the National Park of American Samoa. This park would include a nearshore reef along the southern coast of the island of Ofu. This fringing reef on Ofu provides a natural lagoon habitat which is uncommon in American Samoa. This area supports a local subsistence fishery and provides excellent opportunities for diving and snorkeling. A survey of the nearshore reefs in the area of the proposed national park at Ofu was conducted between 7-12 September, 1992. The goals of the survey were to: 1) collect baseline data on the current status of the reefs and reef resources in the area, 2) to establish long-term monitoring stations to enable documentation of the health of the reef communities through time, and 3) to contribute information to a comprehensive coastal resource survey of Tutuila and the Manua Islands. The overall purpose of the work was to design and implement the biotic component of a reef monitoring program for the areas within and adjacent to the proposed national park site. Purpose: BASIC RESEARCH Supplemental_Information: Note: Metadata for this accession were extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). Principal Investigator (PI) and organization contact information accurately represents all available information from the legacy database at the time that this description was created. However, proper attribution of a PI to a specific institution or the role (submitting or collecting) taken by an institution may not be correct due to inexact mapping between fields in the legacy database and the CSDGM. Due to this uncertainty, the contact information was initially recorded in the Supplemental Information element of the CSDGM description. To develop more accurate metadata, the NODC reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Points of contact for this data set include: Contact info: Agency: THE OCEANIC INSTITUTE PI: Friedlander, Dr. Alan Address: address: 41-202 KALANIANAOLE HIGHWAY, MAKAPUU POINT city: WAIMANALO state: HI postal: 96795 country: USA Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19920908 Ending_Date: 19920911 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -169.7 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -169.7 North_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.2 South_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.2 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NCEI Geoportal Filter Theme_Keyword: CoRIS_Metadata Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS Theme_Keyword: CORAL Theme_Keyword: CORAL - CENSUS Theme_Keyword: CORAL - SPECIES IDENTIFICATION Theme_Keyword: INVERTEBRATE SPECIES Theme_Keyword: SPECIES IDENTIFICATION Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Theme_Keyword: coral reef surveys Theme_Keyword: photograph Theme_Keyword: swimmer/diver Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS Theme_Keyword: biological Theme_Keyword: survey - coral reef Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Theme_Keyword: 3199 - UNKNOWN Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Theme_Keyword: UNKNOWN Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Theme_Keyword: Oceanic Institute (OI) Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: 014 Theme_Keyword: biota Theme_Keyword: 002 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets > Biology Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NODC REFERENCE NUMBER THESAURUS Theme_Keyword: 871417 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Theme_Keyword: Oceanic Institute (OI) Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NODC ACCESSION Theme_Keyword: 9800197 Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Place_Keyword: South Pacific Ocean Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Ofu (14S169W0002) Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > Ofu Island > Ofu (14S169W0002) 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. 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Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20230830 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: US National Oceanographic Data Center Contact_Position: Data Officer Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: SSMC3 FOURTH FLOOR; 1315 EAST WEST HWY City: SILVER SPRING State_or_Province: MD Postal_Code: 20910-3282 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-3272 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-713-3302 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: NODC.DataOfficer@noaa.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Access_Constraints: None. Metadata_Use_Constraints: None. CoRIS: CoRIS_Metadata_Link: https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/document_9600197.html CoRIS_Tracking_ID: 6905