"To improve understanding of islandwide trends, CRED scientists have determined benthic cover around Guam at the functional level-corals, algae (fleshy macroalgae and turf algae combined), and crustose coralline red algae-through analyses of digital image...
Reef Fish Surveys for Fagatele Bay, American Samoa, 2007 (NODC Accession 0068717)
Fish surveys were conducted in November 2007 using visual census techniques at Fagatele Bay under the guidance of Dr. Alison Green, the Nature Conservancy. This data set was collected at Transect 2, Fagatele Bay, in collaboration with surveys of NODC Acc...
Benthic data for corals, macroalgae, invertebrates, and non-living bottom types from Fagatele Bay, Pago Pago, and Fagasa, American Samoa, 2004-2008. (NODC Accession 0066319)
This data set was derived from surveys in Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Pago Pago (Rainmaker and Aua), and Fagasa (Sita Bay and Cape Larsen) conducted in 2004 and 2007-2008. Parameters include coral, algal, or invertebrate species, coral colony...
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)
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 is...
Measuring the value of research data: A citation analysis of oceanographic data sets
"Evaluation of scientific research is becoming increasingly reliant on publication-based bibliometric indicators, which may result in the devaluation of other scientific activities - such as data curation - that do not necessarily result in the production...
Phaeopigments, chemical, and other data from salinometer, fluorometer, and other instruments in the Coastal Waters of Hawaii as part of the Mamala Bay Study project, 1989-01-01 to 1994-12-31 (NCEI Accession 9800089)
This dataset includes effluent water quality data for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit holders in the Mamala Bay region.
Phaeopigments, chemical, and other data were collected using salinometer, fluorometer, and other instru...
Water temperature data from reef sites off the upper Florida Keys from 2003-09-18 to 2022-12-11 (NCEI Accession 0126994)
Temperature loggers were deployed at various monitoring sites off the upper Florida Keys where other ecological studies were underway, most focused on aspects of Acropora spp. status or ecology. Hobo Tidbit® or Pendant® loggers were secured to the substra...
Benthic data for corals, macroalgae, invertebrates, and non-living bottom types from 12 sites in American Samoa, 2005-2009. (NODC Accession 0068364)
Benthic transects were repeated at 12 sites around Tutuila at various depths on the reef slopes and flats. Benthic coverage categories include coral species, invertebrates, and non-living substrate type. Annual surveys took place during 2005-2009. The ...
4 km AVHRR Pathfinder v5.0 Global Day-Night Sea Surface Temperature Averages, 1985-2009 (NODC Accession 0077816)
This data set contains a set of monthly and yearly global day-night sea surface temperature averages, derived from the AVHRR Pathfinder Version 5 sea surface temperature cloudscreened data set (http://pathfinder.nodc.noaa.gov) in GeoTIFF format. The AVHRR...
Water Quality, Nutrients and Chlorophyll Data in Biscayne Bay, Government Cut and Offshore Reefs from 2021-09-21 to 2022-01-20 (NCEI Accession 0248362)
The dataset is from monthly Biscayne Bay Water Quality Sampling. Sites were selected to overlap with locations occupied by FDEP and DERM in order to increase temporal resolution of their long-term monthly datasets. To achieve this, our sampling typically ...
New data on benthic cover at Guam now available
Reef Fish Surveys for Fagatele Bay, American Samoa, 2007 (NODC Accession 0068717)
This data set contains a set of monthly and yearly global day-night sea surface temperature averages, derived from the AVHRR Pathfinder Version 5 sea surface temperature cloudscreened data set (http://pathfinder.nodc.noaa.gov) in GeoTIFF format. The AVHRR...