Year 2002 status of coral reefs on the main volcanic islands of American Samoa: a resurvey of long term monitoring sites including benthic communities, fish communities, and key micro invertebrates (NCEI Accession 0001976)

0001976 FISH - CORAL REEF MACROINVERTEBRATE CENSUS SUBSTRATUM PERCENT COVER visual estimate SWIMMER/DIVER Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Southwest Pacific Ocean (limit-147 E to 140 W) oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce American Samoa Coral Ecosystem Assessment EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES Coastal studies coral reef fish species list mean adult biomass of each of the 12 most abundant fish families mean adult density of each of the 12 most abundant fish families mean adult species richness of each of the 12 most abundant fish families mean density of crown of thorns starfish mean density of most abundant juvenile fishes mean density of the most abundant species of butterflyfish observations of coral bleaching on the reef slope substratum cover (percent) by category SWIMMER/DIVER (ICES code: 33DV) OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN American Samoa Aunu'u, Aunu'u Ofu, Asaga Ofu, Hurricane House Ofu, Hurricane House, lagoon Ofu, Ofu Village Ofu, Vaoto Lodge, lagoon Olosega, Olosega Village Olosega, Sili Rose Atoll South Pacific Swains Island Ta'u, Afuli Ta'u, Faga Ta'u, Fagamalo Ta'u, Lepula Tutuila, Amanave Tutuila, Aoa Tutuila, Aua Tutuila, Faga'alu Tutuila, Fagafue Tutuila, Fagaitua Tutuila, Fagamalo Tutuila, Fagasa Tutuila, Fagatele Tutuila, Fatumafuti Tutuila, Leloaloa Tutuila, Leone Tutuila, Masefau Tutuila, Nu'uuli Tutuila, Onesosopo Tutuila, Utulei Tutuila, Vatia Upolu, Ewa Upolu, Fagaloa Upolu, Faleasi'u Upolu, Lefaga Upolu, Poutari Upolu, Sa'anapu Upolu, Vaitele Western Samoa