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Status Coral Reefs: Micronesia, American Samoa. ...
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Coral – The coral reefs are currently recovering from a series of natural disturbances over the past two decades: a crown-of-thorns starfish invasion (1979), three hurricanes (1986, 1990, 1991), and a period of warm water temperatures that caused mas...
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Status Coral Reefs: Micronesia, American Samoa. ...
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The diverse Samoan reefs provide food, infrastructure, and shoreline protection. Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) outbreaks, hurricanes, and mass coral bleaching episodes have caused declines in hard coral cover, but coral reefs now show good recovery...
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Status Coral Reefs: Micronesia, American Samoa. ...
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Extensive studies by the Carnegie Institute of Washington between 1917 and 1920 provide excellent baseline data to determine coral reef changes in Pago Pago Harbor. Re-surveys of the 1917 transect show the trends at the reef at Aua over 83 years, the...
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Status Coral Reefs: Eastern Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda. ...
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Antigua:There are extensive shallow-reef systems on Antigua with some areas remote from the land between Long Island and Bird Island, where navigation is particularly difficult. Recent monitoring was a collaborative operation between the local dive o...
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Status Coral Reefs: Micronesia, American Samoa. ...
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Extensive studies by the Carnegie Institute of Washington D.C. between 1917 and 1920 (3861Mayor, 19241) provide excellent baseline data from which to determine changes over time for coral reefs in Pago Pago Harbor. Re-surveys of the 1917 transect hav...
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Status Coral Reefs: Micronesia, American Samoa. ...
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In summary, hard corals have declined significantly in Pago Pago harbor, particularly in recent years. Outside the harbor, hard corals have been impacted by a series of major events, including a crown-of-thorns outbreak, several cyclones, and several...
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Status Coral Reefs: Eastern Caribbean, Anguilla. ...
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We have not reported previously on the reefs of Anguilla; the only previous study was by the Bellairs Institute of Barbados in 1990; since 2004 new data have been collected by the Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources. Prior to 1980, the reefs...
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Status Coral Reefs: Eastern Caribbean, Anguilla. ...
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Anguilla sat in the 2005 ‘hot spot’ from June to October, however, the extent of coral bleaching is unknown. Local dive operators reported bleaching but monitoring in 2007 was too late to identify specific bleaching impacts. Baseline data collected i...
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Status Coral Reefs: Eastern Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda. ...
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Corals on Antigua have been recently damaged by local and regional disturbances, but there are still healthy corals and the species richness is high. These reefs will recover provided surviving parent corals that can provide larvae are protected and ...
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Status Coral Reefs: Micronesia, American Samoa. ...
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The coral reef biota of American Samoa is diverse. Data from initial taxonomic surveys are summarized in Table 10.1 and indicate a total of about 2,705 marine species. Fish are the best studied group, with algae, mollusks and corals following. The to...
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Status Coral Reefs: Micronesia, American Samoa. ...
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DMWR’s Territorial Monitoring Program This program monitors eleven sites annually: ten on the reef slope around Tutuila and one on Aunuu. Data collection began in 2005. At each non-reef flat site, four 50-m tapes are laid along the 8-10 m depth con...
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Status Coral Reefs: Micronesia, American Samoa. ...
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Coral Reef Biological Criteria Monitoring of the American Samoa Environmental Protection AgencyThis study monitors sites on Tutuila annually, beginning in 2003 with six sites. In 2005 two of those sites were repeated and six additional sites surveyed...
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Status Coral Reefs: Micronesia, American Samoa. ...
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Long-Term Monitoring Program of the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary This program surveys benthic communities in Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary in a 30 m long transect on a depth contour, with substrate cover recorded on a point each ...
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Status Coral Reefs: Micronesia, American Samoa. ...
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Reef Flat Surveys Surveyed in 2003 as part of a master’s thesis by 27932Andrews (2004)1. Five 25-m tapes were laid and benthic cover recorded with the point intercept technique at each of 11 sites. In another study, reef flats/pools were surveyed a...
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Status Coral Reefs: Micronesia, American Samoa. ...
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Benthic communities are in relatively good condition, with a dominance of coralline algae, almost no brown macroalgae, and better average coral cover than most reefs in the region. They appear to be relatively resilient, having recovered at least par...
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