CRED REA Coral Population Parameters at Ofu and Olosega Island, American Samoa in 2008
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- Citation:
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service
- Publication_Date: 20010322
- Title:
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CRED REA Coral Population Parameters at Ofu and Olosega Island, American Samoa in 2008
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/coral.php>
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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Belt transects along 2 consecutively-placed, 25m transect lines were surveyed as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 10 sites around Ofu and Olosega Island in American Samoa from 28 February to 05 March 2008 aboard the NOAA ship Hi'ialakai during the Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise HI0802. Raw survey data included species presence and relative abundance, colony counts and size classes by genus, and determination of benthic cover using the line-intercept method. Depending on colony density, 1 m on each side of the transect lines was included in the belt (for a total of 25-50m2 per site).
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Part of a long-term monitoring program at biennial intervals in which corals, algae, fish, and other macroinvertebrates are co-sampled along the same set of transect lines.
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Maximum depth was 16 meters.
Corals observed:
Island Species TaxonName Genus Class
OFU AABR Acropora abrotanoides Acropora Scleractinia
OFU ACAS Acanthastrea sp Acanthastrea Scleractinia
OFU ACRA Acropora craterformis Acropora Scleractinia
OFU ACSP Acropora sp Acropora Scleractinia
OFU ALSP Alveopora sp Alveopora Scleractinia
OFU ASSP Astreopora sp Astreopora Scleractinia
OFU CLSP Cladiella sp Cladiella Octocoral
OFU COSP Coscinaraea sp Coscinaraea Scleractinia
OFU CYPS Cyphastrea sp Cyphastrea Scleractinia
OFU DISP Diploastrea heliopora Diploastrea Scleractinia
OFU ECHL Echinophyllia sp Echinophyllia Scleractinia
OFU ECHP Echinopora sp Echinopora Scleractinia
OFU ELAM Echinopra lamelosa Echinopora Scleractinia
OFU FASP Favia sp Favia Scleractinia
OFU FAVS Favites sp Favites Scleractinia
OFU FSTE Favia stelligera Favia Scleractinia
OFU FUSP Fungia sp Fungia Scleractinia
OFU GARS Gardineroseris sp Gardineroseris Scleractinia
OFU GASP Galaxea sp Galaxea Scleractinia
OFU GONS Goniastrea sp Goniastrea Scleractinia
OFU GOSP Goniopora sp Goniopora Scleractinia
OFU HASP Halomitra sp Halomitra Scleractinia
OFU HERS Herpolitha sp Herpolitha Scleractinia
OFU HESP Heliopora sp Heliopora Scleractinia
OFU HMIC Hydnophora microconnos Hydnophora Scleractinia
OFU HYSP Hydnophora sp Hydnophora Scleractinia
OFU LEPS Leptoria sp Leptoria Scleractinia
OFU LEPT Leptastrea sp Leptastrea Scleractinia
OFU LMYC Leptoseris myceteroides Leptoseris Scleractinia
OFU LOBP Lobophytum sp Lobophytum Scleractinia
OFU LSCA Leptoseris scabra Leptoseris Scleractinia
OFU MESP Merulina sp Merulina Scleractinia
OFU MISP Millepora sp Millepora Hydrozoan
OFU MONS Montastrea sp Montastrea Scleractinia
OFU MOSP Montipora sp Montipora Scleractinia
OFU MOVR Montipora verrucosa Montipora Scleractinia
OFU MYSP Mycedium sp Mycedium Scleractinia
OFU PASP Palythoa sp. Palythoa Other Anthozoan
OFU PDUE Pavona duerdeni Pavona Scleractinia
OFU PEYD Pocillopora eydouxi Pocillopora Scleractinia
OFU PLSP Platygyra sp Platygyra Scleractinia
OFU POCS Pocillopora sp Pocillopora Scleractinia
OFU POSP Porites sp Porites Scleractinia
OFU PRSP Protopalythoa sp Protopalythoa Other Anthozoan
OFU PRUS Porites rus Porites Scleractinia
OFU PSSP Psammocora sp Psammocora Scleractinia
OFU PSTE Psammocora stellata Psammocora Scleractinia
OFU PVAR Pavona varians Pavona Scleractinia
OFU SARS Sarcophyton sp Sarcophyton Octocoral
OFU SASP Sandalolitha sp Sandalolitha Scleractinia
OFU SISP Sinularia sp Soft Coral Octocoral
OFU SPIS Stylophora pistillata Stylophora Scleractinia
OFU STSP Stylocoeniella sp Stylocoeniella Scleractinia
OFU SYSP Symphyllia sp Symphyllia Scleractinia
OFU TREN Turbinaria reniformis Turbinaria Scleractinia
OFU TURS Turbinaria Turbinaria Scleractinia
OFU XESP Xenia Octocoral
OFU ZOSP Zoanthus sp Zoanthus Other Anthozoan
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- Beginning_Date: 20080228
- Ending_Date: 20080305
- Currentness_Reference: Ground condition
- Status:
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Biennial
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -169.696867
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -169.589923
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.144999
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.212963
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: Marine Ecosystem
- Theme_Keyword: Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP)
- Theme_Keyword: Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA)
- Theme_Keyword: Coral Reef
- Theme_Keyword: Corals
- Theme_Keyword: American Samoa
- Theme_Keyword: Ofu and Olosega Island
- Theme_Keyword: HI0802
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
- Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets > Biology
- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
- Theme_Keyword:
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EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > BioDiversity
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EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Photic zone corals
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EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Coral cover
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword: biota
- Theme_Keyword: 002
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Place_Keyword: Ofu and Olosega Island
- Place_Keyword: American Samoa
- Place_Keyword: South Pacific
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus
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OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Ofu Island (14S169W0013)
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COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Ofu Island (14S169W0013)
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OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Olosega Island (14S169W0014)
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COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Olosega Island (14S169W0014)
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OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000)
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COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000)
- Access_Constraints: Data are available two years following data collection date
- Use_Constraints:
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Please cite CRED when using the data. Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization:
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
- Contact_Person: Dr. Jean Kenyon or Dr. Bernardo Vargas-Angel
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical
- Address: 1125B Ala Moana Blvd.
- City: Honolulu
- State_or_Province: HI
- Postal_Code: 96814
- Country: U.S.A.
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808-983-3723
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808-983-3730
- Data_Set_Credit:
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Jason Helyer, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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Observations were made by a single diver who is an expert in coral biology. The population parameter survey is conducted one time per site per survey year; it is not replicated.
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
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With the exception of the non-quantitative survey along the backreef, the same methods of data collection were used at each of the sites surveyed at this location, and were conducted by the same scientists.
- Completeness_Report:
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The survey sites were selected to be representative of the dominant habitats at this reef system. Efforts were made to include broad spatial coverage of the reef area, but weather conditions or other environmental constraints may have precluded the team from surveying windward or exposed sites.
- Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: GPS unit
- Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 1
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Instrument parameters
- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Dive computer and SCUBA depth gauge
- Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
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- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 0.3
- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Instrument parameters
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- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description:
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A diver swam along the length of one or two 25m transect lines that had been laid out along an isobath. The diver identified all corals whose center fell within .5m on either side of the transect to the species/genus level and assigned each colony a size class based on estimates of the maximum diameter of the colony ( 5 cm; 5-10 cm; 10-20 cm; 20-40cm; 40-80 cm; 80-160 cm; or greater than 160 cm).
- Process_Date: Unknown
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- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Geographic:
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- Latitude_Resolution: 0.0001
- Longitude_Resolution: 0.0001
- Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Degrees and Decimal Minutes
- Geodetic_Model:
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84)
- Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 (GRS80)
- Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.2572236
- Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Depth_System_Definition:
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- Depth_Datum_Name: Local surface
- Depth_Resolution: 1
- Depth_Distance_Units: meters
- Depth_Encoding_Method: Explicit Depth Coordinate Included with Horizontal Coordinates
- Distribution_Information:
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- Distributor:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization:
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences
Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
- Contact_Person: Michael Parke
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical
- Address: 1125B Ala Moana Blvd.
- City: Honolulu
- State_or_Province: HI
- Postal_Code: 96814
- Country: U.S.A.
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808-983-3725
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808-983-3730
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Michael.Parke@noaa.gov
- Distribution_Liability:
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While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor dies the fact of distribution constitutes such a warranty.
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- Technical_Prerequisites: Contact CRED data management team for information
- Metadata_Reference_Information:
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- Metadata_Date: 20081126
- Metadata_Review_Date: 20081126
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization:
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Island Fisheries Sciences Center, National Marine Fisheries Service
- Contact_Person: Haiying Wang
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical
- Address: 1125B Ala Moana Blvd.
- City: Honolulu
- State_or_Province: HI
- Postal_Code: 96814
- Country: U.S.A.
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808-983-3742
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808-983-3730
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