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OAS accession Detail for 9800197
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| accessions_id: | 9800197 | archive |
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| Title: | Algal species and other data collected using photographs in the southern coast of the island of Ofu from 1992-09-08 to 1992-09-11 (NCEI Accession 9800197) |
| Abstract: | The US Congress has authorized the Department of the Interior to enter into a lease agreement with the Governor of American Samoa to establish the National Park of American Samoa. This park would include a nearshore reef along the southern coast of the island of Ofu. This fringing reef on Ofu provides a natural lagoon habitat which is uncommon in American Samoa. This area supports a local subsistence fishery and provides excellent opportunities for diving and snorkeling. A survey of the nearshore reefs in the area of the proposed national park at Ofu was conducted between 7-12 September, 1992. The goals of the survey were to: 1) collect baseline data on the current status of the reefs and reef resources in the area, 2) to establish long-term monitoring stations to enable documentation of the health of the reef communities through time, and 3) to contribute information to a comprehensive coastal resource survey of Tutuila and the Manua Islands. The overall purpose of the work was to design and implement the biotic component of a reef monitoring program for the areas within and adjacent to the proposed national park site. |
| Date received: | 19990727 |
| Start date: | 19920908 |
| End date: | 19920911 |
| Seanames: | South Pacific Ocean |
| West boundary: | -169.7 |
| East boundary: | -169.7 |
| North boundary: | -14.2 |
| South boundary: | -14.2 |
| Observation types: | biological, survey - coral reef |
| Instrument types: | photograph, swimmer/diver |
| Datatypes: | CORAL, CORAL - CENSUS, CORAL - SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, INVERTEBRATE SPECIES, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION |
| Submitter: | Friedlander, Dr. Alan |
| Submitting institution: | Oceanic Institute |
| Collecting institutions: | Oceanic Institute |
| Contributing projects: | |
| Platforms: | UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED STATES (3199) |
| Number of observations: | |
| Supplementary information: | Note: Metadata for this accession were extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). Principal Investigator (PI) and organization contact information accurately represents all available information from the legacy database at the time that this description was created. However, proper attribution of a PI to a specific institution or the role (submitting or collecting) taken by an institution may not be correct due to inexact mapping between fields in the legacy database and the CSDGM. Due to this uncertainty, the contact information was initially recorded in the Supplemental Information element of the CSDGM description. To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Points of contact for this data set include: Contact info: Agency: THE OCEANIC INSTITUTE PI: Friedlander, Dr. Alan Address: address: 41-202 KALANIANAOLE HIGHWAY, MAKAPUU POINT city: WAIMANALO state: HI postal: 96795 country: USA |
| Availability date: | 19990727 |
| Metadata version: | 6 |
| Keydate: | 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00 |
| Editdate: | 2024-02-18 19:13:34+00 |