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Coral demographics data (adult and juvenile corals) from belt transect surveys in Fagaʻalu, American Samoa from 2013-04-01 to 2013-04-10 and from 2015-10-29 to 2015-11-11 (NCEI Accession 0169727)
The data described here were collected in Fagaʻalu, American Samoa in 2013 and 2015 via belt transect surveys of coral demography (adult and juvenile corals) by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) according to protocols established by the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). These data include:
1) an assessment of coral colony density and size-class distribution for the selected monitoring sites;
2) an assessment of coral recruitment at the monitoring sites; and
3) an evaluation of coral colony condition, including mortality, disease, bleaching, and evidence of sediment stress.
These data can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive. Additionally, coral demographic surveys were conducted in 2012 using the nearly similar pre-NCRMP belt-transect method, photoquadrat benthic images were collected in 2012 and 2015, and the 2015 images were analyzed for benthic cover composition (all documented and archived separately).
Complete Metadata
| describedByType | application/octet-steam |
|---|---|
| identifier | gov.noaa.nodc:0169727 |
| issued | 2018-01-10T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| landingPage | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact |
| language | [] |
| references |
[ "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5bk19c3", "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/25369" ] |
| rights | otherRestrictions |
| spatial | -170.673,-14.2952,-170.681,-14.287 |
| temporal | 2013-04-01T00:00:00+00:00/2015-11-11T00:00:00+00:00 |
