Datasets / Status of the Coral Reefs of the Samoan Archipelago


Status of the Coral Reefs of the Samoan Archipelago

Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

Issued más de 9 años ago

US
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Summary

Type of release
a one-off release of a single dataset

Data Licence
Not Applicable

Content Licence
Creative Commons CCZero

Verification
automatically awarded

Description

The objectives of this study are twofold: 1 To determine the current status of coral reef fishes and their habitat throughout the Samoan Archipelago. This will be based on a series of detailed, quantitative surveys of reefs on eight islands in the archipelago. The information collected in this survey will also provide a quantitative basis for the long term monitoring of these reefs. 2 To present the results of this study in a format that is useful to local managers of this important resource.