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OAS accession Detail for 0159143, meta_version: 10. Current meta_version is: 11
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| Title: | National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Complexity and Urchin Abundance at Climate Stations of American Samoa from 2015-02-15 to 2015-03-26 (NCEI Accession 0159143) |
| Abstract: | The benthic complexity and urchin abundance monitoring effort provides baselines for tracking these variables at National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) climate stations. Climate stations are 3-4 sites per island that were selected in a stratified random fashion to be roughly equally spaced around the island, along the 15 m contour, on hard bottom, and at least 1 km away from a river mouth or embayment. Once selected we assess multiple features of the coral reef environment including in-situ temperature (STR), seawater carbonate, net carbonate accretion (CAU), bioerosion (BMU), and cryptobiota diversity (ARMS). Structural complexity is known to be an important component in coral reef ecosystems. Ecosystem relationships that correlate with structural complexity include reef fish density and biomass, live and branching coral cover, urchin abundance and algal cover (Graham and Nash 2013). In many cases, the benthic complexity is an important indicator of benthic and fish communities. The data were collected around American Samoa as part of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) led mission in 2015. |
| Date received: | 20161229 |
| Start date: | 20150215 |
| End date: | 20150326 |
| Seanames: | National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa, South Pacific Ocean |
| West boundary: | -171.092 |
| East boundary: | -168.138 |
| North boundary: | -11.0457 |
| South boundary: | -14.5593 |
| Observation types: | benthic, in situ, survey, survey - biological, survey - swimmer/diver, visual estimate |
| Instrument types: | swimmer/diver |
| Datatypes: | HABITAT - BENTHIC, MACROINVERTEBRATE CENSUS |
| Submitter: | Kanemura, Troy |
| Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program |
| Collecting institutions: | US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program |
| Contributing projects: | ASRAMP, CORAL REEF STUDIES, CRCP, NCRMP, Pacific RAMP |
| Platforms: | Hi'ialakai (33HL) |
| Number of observations: | |
| Supplementary information: | Submission Package ID: AL781N |
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| Metadata version: | 10 |
| Keydate: | 2017-01-17 14:05:36+00 |
| Editdate: | 2017-01-31 19:10:53+00 |