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Point-count surveys at 50-cm intervals were conducted along 2 consecutively placed, 25m line transect lines, as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 8 sites around Swains Island in American Samoa from March 16 to March 18, 2008 aboard the NOAA ship Hi'ialakai during the Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise HI0802. Raw survey data consisted of counts of benthic elements, including but not limited to live coral, dead coral, carbonate pavement, sand, coral rubble, fleshy macroalgae, crustose coralline algae, turfalgae, as well as other sessile invertebrates along the two transects. All live benthic elements were identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible. These data provide the basis for computing quantitative estimates of percent live coral cover, as well as percent cover of the different benthic constituents.
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| Title | CRED REA Benthic Parameter Assessment at Swains Island, American Samoa in 2008 |
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| Description | Point-count surveys at 50-cm intervals were conducted along 2 consecutively placed, 25m line transect lines, as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 8 sites around Swains Island in American Samoa from March 16 to March 18, 2008 aboard the NOAA ship Hi'ialakai during the Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) Cruise HI0802. Raw survey data consisted of counts of benthic elements, including but not limited to live coral, dead coral, carbonate pavement, sand, coral rubble, fleshy macroalgae, crustose coralline algae, turfalgae, as well as other sessile invertebrates along the two transects. All live benthic elements were identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible. These data provide the basis for computing quantitative estimates of percent live coral cover, as well as percent cover of the different benthic constituents. |
| Modified | 2025-04-04T13:11:13.808Z |
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| Keywords | CoRIS_Metadata , Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP): Biennial monitoring for the U.S. Pacific Islands and Atolls , 1221 , Marine Ecosystem , Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (RAMP) , Rapid Ecological Assessments (REA) , Coral Reef Ecosystem , Benthic Cover , American Samoa , Swains Island , HI0802 , EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs , EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral reef ecology , EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment , EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Rapid assessment studies , Numeric Data Sets > Biology , Swains Atoll , American Samoa , South Pacific , OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > Swains Atoll (11S171W0001) , COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Swains Atoll (11S171W0001) , AmSam , biota |
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