corals and invertebrates doing quite well prior to removal of grounded ships
a baseline survey for the future FBNMS of algae, CCA, corals, inverts, and fishes,, permenant transects are estalished
suevey of corals and fishes of FBNMS and also the coast of Tutuila
survey of corals, fishes, inverts, algae, CCA, and diseases in FBNMS and the coast of Tutuila
statistical analyses and descriptions of all previous surveys on reefsof tutuila and FBNMS
surveys of coral, fishes, inverts, algae, including CoTS, and including Swains, Rose, and the Manua Islands
survey from 21 January to 25 March, 2002, includes CoTS, corals, fishes, algae, inversts from Manua, Swains, Rose
an exhaustive report (501 pages) that covers coral, fishes, inverts, algae, CCA, for 3 surveys 2002, 2004, 2006
contains an overall review of biology and ecology of corals and their vulnerabilities and threats as well as for the individual species
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Ofu was colonized at least 2700 years ago
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outdoor shading experiments on Ofu and on Tutuila demonstrated that shading can meliorate some effects of increased water temperature
effects of various nutrients and particulate matter on benthic cora-reef communities
Ta'u Island hosts 84 Porites colonies > 10 m diameter, 393 6 - 10 m, 498 2 - 5 m, largest 22.4 m diameter