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Description:
Title:
Climate impacts to the nearshore marine environment and coastal communities : American Samoa and Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Author(s):
Cheng, Brian
Gaskin, Emily
United States, National Ocean Service., Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
National Marine Protected Areas Center (U.S.)
Corporate Name:
United States, National Ocean Service., Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
National Marine Protected Areas Center (U.S.)
Dates of Publication:
2011
Abstract:
Global and regional changes to the marine environment associated with climate change may have significant consequences for coral reef ecosystems, coastal communities, and maritime heritage resources relevant to the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary (FBNMS). Regional physical changes to the marine environment include climate variability, sea level rise, ocean circulation patterns, and ocean acidification. These changes combined with anthropogenic stressors may produce cumulative impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem health including changes in physiology, phenology, and population connectivity, and species range shift. This paper identifies and synthesizes potential climate change impacts in American Samoa and the region over the next fifty years. This information will help inform priority management actions for the Sanctuary to take to respond to the impacts of climate change on natural systems and human activities within American Samoa.
Keywords:
Climatic changes
Climatic factors
Coral reef ecology
Coral reefs and islands
Marine ecology
Marine parks and reserves
Place Keywords:
American Samoa
Local Corporate Name:
NOS (National Ocean Service)
ONMS (Office of National Marine Sanctuaries)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
MPA (Marine Protected Areas)
Type of Resource:
Miscellaneous
Genre:
Marine sanctuaries conservation series ; ONMS-11-05
Note:
Global and regional changes to the marine environment associated with climate change may have significant consequences for coral reef ecosystems, coastal communities, and maritime heritage resources relevant to the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary (FBNMS). Regional physical changes to the marine environment include climate variability, sea level rise, ocean circulation patterns, and ocean acidification. These changes combined with anthropogenic stressors may produce cumulative impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem health including changes in physiology, phenology, and population connectivity, and species range shift. This paper identifies and synthesizes potential climate change impacts in American Samoa and the region over the next fifty years. This information will help inform priority management actions for the Sanctuary to take to respond to the impacts of climate change on natural systems and human activities within American Samoa.
2011
NOS (National Ocean Service)
ONMS (Office of National Marine Sanctuaries)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
MPA (Marine Protected Areas)
Library
Public Domain
1936
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