Download or read book American Samoa Coral Reef Monitoring Program written by Mareike Sudek and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 2005 the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) initiated a comprehensive long-term monitoring program for the reefs in American Samoa, the American Samoa Coral Reef Monitoring Program (ASCRMP). Funding was provided through the Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Ocean Services (NOS). Although there have been previous monitoring surveys in American Samoa covering a variety of spatial and temporal scales, the ASCRMP represents the first attempt to annually monitor representative reefs in American Samoa, starting initially around Tutuila and eventually in the Manu'a islands and the two atolls, Rose and Swains. The program has been set up with long-term government funding, and is therefore capable of accumulating long-term data sets annually over a larger geographic scale. The primary objectives of the American Samoa Coral Reef Monitoring Program are to: (1) Monitor the status and trends in the distribution and abundance of reef biota on reefs in American Samoa, and (2) Provide environmental managers, as well as other decision makers, with information that is pertinent to managing coral reefs in the territory. As a monitoring program, ASCRMP's goal is to document change - i.e. where, how much, and what kind of changes take place at the various monitoring sites. The ideal is to resolve change at scales which will allow judgments to be made as to which changes are within normal, natural variability, and which are outside it"--Page 2.
Download or read book NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 2005 the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) initiated a comprehensive long-term monitoring program for the reefs in American Samoa, the American Samoa Coral Reef Monitoring Program (ASCRMP). Funding was provided through the Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Ocean Services (NOS). Although there have been previous monitoring surveys in American Samoa covering a variety of spatial and temporal scales, the ASCRMP represents the first attempt to annually monitor representative reefs in American Samoa, starting initially around Tutuila and eventually in the Manua islands and the two atolls, Rose and Swains. The program has been set up with long-term government funding, and is therefore capable of accumulating long-term data sets annually over a larger geographic scale. The primary objectives of the American Samoa Coral Reef Monitoring Program are to: (1) Monitor the status and trends in the distribution and abundance of reef biota on reefs in American Samoa, and (2) Provide environmental managers, as well as other decision makers, with information that is pertinent to managing coral reefs in the territory. As a monitoring program, ASCRMP's goal is to document change - i.e. where, how much, and what kind of changes take place at the various monitoring sites. The ideal is to resolve change at scales which will allow judgments to be made as to which changes are within normal, natural variability, and which are outside it. The project is coordinated by two staff members that are funded by the program; during FY2011 and FY2012 the Coral Reef Monitoring Benthic Ecologist position was filled by Dr. Doug Fenner and the Coral Reef Monitoring Fish Ecologist position was filled by Ben Carroll. During the last quarter of FY2012. Mr. Benjamin Carroll’s contract was not renewed by the then director Ufagafa Ray Tulafono. The DMWR’s Chief Fisheries Biologist filled in Mr. Carroll's duties, where possible up until the end of January 2013 when the position was filled part time by DMWR fisheries supervisor Alice Lawrence and part-time by DMWR fisheries technician Saolotoga Tofaeono. The position was filled full-time by Alice Lawrence from the end of January 2014 until the present time. The program utilizes the DMWR Boston Whaler vessel to access survey sites around Tutuila, however the boat was out of action between January 2012 and October 2012 and between January 2013 and October 2013, and again between January 2014 and November 2014. There were attempts to utilize local fishing boats to conduct surveys with varying success, due to problems with late payments, safety issues and logistics related to the smaller and slower engines used by the local fishing boats"--Project Background.
Download or read book National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Socioeconomics Monitoring Component written by Arielle Sarah Levine and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report outlines human dimensions information relevant to coral reef resources in American Samoa. The findings here are derived from a combination of data gathered through household surveys conducted in February 2014, and additional secondary sources of socioeconomic information for the jurisdiction. Surveys demonstrated that participation in recreational coral reef related activities such as SCUBA diving and snorkeling is relatively uncommon in American Samoa, with the exception of swimming and beach recreation. However, over half of residents participate in fishing or gathering of marine resources. Residents of urban areas perceived coral reef ecosystem health to be in worse condition than residents of rural areas. Additionally, surveys revealed that American Samoans generally support current marine management policies and regulations, regardless of their reliance on marine resources, and are generally trusting of the government as a source of information"--Executive summary. [doi:10.7289/V5FB50Z1 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5FB50Z1)]
Download or read book Coral Reef Ecosystems of American Samoa written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This booklet provides an overview of key findings and temporal trends from the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) research surveys conducted in American Samoa in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010 by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) with financial support from NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program. This summary report builds on the comprehensive analyses of research surveys from 2002-2006 published in the Coral reef ecosystem monitoring report for American Samoa 2002-2006--P. [1].
Download or read book Report of 2005 American Samoa Coral Reef Monitoring Program ASCRMP Expanded Edition written by Leslie Whaylen and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The primary intent of the ASCRMP is to collect data on a yearly basis by on-island staff in order to detect change and trends in the measured parameters over a period of years. The ASCRM was not designed primarily to compare sites to each other based on geographic distribution, reef type, exposure, or impacts. However, when patterns appear in the data, such patterns will be explored, keeping in mind that the sites were not randomly chosen, nor chosen to represent all habitats, exposures, impacts, etc. Comparison with the results of other studies can help determine whether the observed patterns are real or spurious. Nor does the ASCRMP attempt to survey and describe all of the island's reefs. Rather, the purpose of ASCRMP is to collect data from the monitoring sites in order to provide long-term trend information about marine resources. Change over time is the most important objective and should be kept in mind when reading and reviewing the ASCRMP reports. As 2005 is the first year in the data collections for this long-term monitoring plan, this represents one data point. In following years of data collection for the ASCRMP, additional data points data will be added and can then be compared and analyzed within each site in order to look for trends in coral reef health"--Review of ASCRMP Objectives.
Download or read book Linking Local and National Data to Improve Marine Managed Area Monitoring and Data Quality in Tutuila American Samoa written by Adel Heenan and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Marine resource governance in the United States is geopolitically separated, with different authorities responsible for the management of Federal vs. State or Territorial waters. In 2000, the Coral Reef Conservation Act (CRCA) authorized the long-term monitoring of U.S. coral reef ecosystems, and several ad hoc monitoring efforts were established, including NOAA's Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP). Pacific RAMP is a part of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP), and executed by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP). The CREP is federally funded to survey coral reefs in US-affiliated waters in the Pacific (0--200-nm offshore), but most of the authority to manage the near-shore (within 3 nm) lies with jurisdictional agencies. As such, federal and jurisdictional monitoring programs often are designed for different purposes, work at different spatial scales and operate independently from one another"--Introduction. [doi:10.7289/V5/WP-PIFSC-17-001 (http://doi.org/10.7289/V5/WP-PIFSC-17-001)]
Download or read book NOAA Coral Reef Initiative written by United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Workshop Report written by Peter Houk and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A workshop was conducted to improve the analytical expertise within resource monitoring and management programs in American Samoa. Key topics covered were database development, data querying, univariate and multivariate visualization, statistical power assessments, and assessments of overall monitoring program designs. The workshop represented a logical progression of previous analytical themes that Dr. Peter Houk (instructor) has introduced to local programs during 2008. The previous workshop provided an introduction to database designs, data querying, and basic visualization of data queries using exemplary data from coral-reef monitoring programs outside of American Samoa. The present workshop utilized two modern sets of data that were made available to resource managers and of direct relevance to their reef ecosystems: 1) decadal datasets pertaining to coral, benthic substrate, and fish assemblages collected by Dr. Houk in partnership with American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) since 2003, and 2) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) fish datasets collected from Tutuila in both 2010 and 2012 graciously provided by NOAA-CRED scientists. The workshop began with a review of previous concepts, and then advanced several key topics: localized database querying for user-defined needs, assessments of statistical power and sampling designs, building of compelling and professional graphics to display data, and multivariate approaches towards data assessments (Appendix 1). The format of the workshop began with hands on presentations and exercises conducted simultaneously by both Dr. Houk and participants. However, each day also included independent and group exercises for participants to showcase their skills and present back to the group. Beyond analytical skillsets, key outcomes also included a deeper understanding of coral-reef and fish assemblage dynamics across Tutuila since 2003 developed from the perspective of two different datasets. This represented a strong foundation for current biologists to base their evolving question-based monitoring designs. Last, the workshop was presented in a generalized format with relevance to both terrestrial and marine scientists and managers, as keen interested during the workshop clearly existed across resource managers"--Workshop background and summary.
Download or read book Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program written by Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this document is to provide a brief summary of the most recent survey efforts conducted in the islands of American Samoa by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center as part of the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP). A more detailed assessment of coral populations and reef community structure in American Samoa will be summarized in a forthcoming annual report"--Summary [doi:10.7289/V5FF3QBX (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5FF3QBX)]
Download or read book Coral Reef Ecosystems of American Samoa written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this document is to outline the most recent survey efforts conducted by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center as part of the long-term monitoring program known as the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP). More detailed survey results will be available in a forthcoming status report"--Page [1]. [doi:10.7289/V5/DR-PIFSC-16-012 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5/DR-PIFSC-16-012)]
Download or read book The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of The United States and Pacific Freely Associated States 2002 written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Research Plan for Fiscal Years 2007 to 2011 written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Samoa Territorial Monitoring Program Manu a Reef Flat Baseline Surveys February 2015 written by Alice Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As part of the CRAG-DMWR American Samoa Territorial Monitoring Program, baseline coral reef monitoring surveys of reef flat sites in Ofu and Olosega were conducted between 14th – 18th February 2015 by Dr. Mareike Sudek (benthic ecologist) and Alice Lawrence (reef fish ecologist). Surveys were conducted at 12 sites around the islands of Ofu and Olosega as shown by the red lines in figures 1and 2 (GPS coordinates for each of the sites are listed in Appendix 1). The aim of these surveys was to conduct baseline surveys from which to detect temporal change if it should occur. Benthic surveys were conducted using line-point intercept survey methods to document benthic cover and coral growth forms ... Line-point intercept was conducted on four 25 meter transects at a 50 centimeter interval (50 data points per transect). Opportunistic swims were carried out at the end of each survey (about 15 mins) to photograph bleaching and diseases. At each site fish surveys were conducted using the underwater visual census (UVC) method along four 20 metertransects. All non-cryptic fish species observed within a 5 meter wide belt along the transect were recorded to species level and fish sizes (Total Length) were estimated to the nearest cm. Fish survey results are shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4 and data results are listed in Table 1"--Page [1].
Download or read book The National Action Plan to Conserve Coral Reefs written by United States Coral Reef Task Force and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Report for America Samoa 2002 2006 written by Russell Brainard and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
