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General Information

File Identifier:	gov.noaa.nodc:0264809
Metadata Date Stamp:	2022-10
Organization:	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Organization Role:	custodian

Identification Information

Title:

Benthic Surveys in Vatia, American Samoa: benthic cover derived from analysis of benthic images collected during belt transect surveys of coral demography from 2020-01-23 to 2020-01-29 (NCEI Accession 0264809)

Abstract:

The benthic cover data described here were generated from the quantitative analysis of photoquadrat benthic images using CoralNet image analysis software, whereby random points are projected on each image and the benthic elements falling directly underneath each point are identified. The images were collected at 18 stratified randomly selected sites in Vatia Bay in 2015 during belt transect surveys of coral demography by the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC). The benthic cover data can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive. The benthic images and coral demography data are described and archived separately.

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Data Theme

Theme Topics:

Environment and Conservation, Oceans and Estuaries, Biology and Ecology

Spatial Domain

West Bounding Longitude:	-170.674412
South Bounding Latitude:	-14.249853
East Bounding Longitude:	-170.667963
North Bounding Latitude:	-14.24367

Data Quality Information

Scope (quality information applies to):

Dataset

Contact Information

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Metadata Reference Information

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