Reef Observation Transects by Green, Birkeland, & Randall

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IDENTIFICATION_INFORMATION

Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Dawn Wright Oregon St. Publication_Date: 20010509 Title: Reef Observation Transects by Green, Birkeland, & Randall Edition: 1 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Tutuila, American Samoa Publisher: Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary Office Other_Citation_Details: Online_Linkage: HTTP://dusk.geo.orst.edu/djl/samoa Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Charles Birkeland, A.L. Green, R.H. Randall Publication_Date: 1999 Title: same as above Publication_Information: Publication_Place: University of Hawaii, Zoology Publisher: Pacific Science, 53(4): 376-400 Online_Linkage: none Description: Abstract: These line segments were digitized on-screen in ArcView and represent VERY rough estimates of the coral reef transects depicted in Figure 1 of the paper Green, A.L., Birkeland, C.E., and Randall, R.H., 1999. Twenty years of disturbance and change in Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary, American Samoa, Pacific Science, 53(4): 376-400. The aims of the study were to: (1) describe the coral reef communities within the sanctuary, and (2) to examine the changes that have occurred in those communities over the last 20 years, as a result of several major disturbances (crown-of-thorns starfish in 1979, major hurricanes in 1990 and 1991, unusually high water temps in 1994, illegal dynamite fishing). Attributes were taken from existing digital data provided by Charles Birkeland. Purpose: This coverage is for very rough comparison with future diving transects to be conducted in the bay, starting with the rebreather mission in May, 2001 Supplemental_Information: Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20010509 Ending_Date: 20010520 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -170.7679 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -170.7585 North_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.3678 South_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.3787 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: fish counts Theme_Keyword: scuba Theme_Keyword: underwater photography Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: SW Pacific Place_Keyword: Samoa Place_Keyword: American Samoa Place_Keyword: Tutuila Place_Keyword: island Place_Keyword: Pacific islands GIS Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary Contact_Person: Dawn Wright Contact_Position: collaborator Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 104 Wilkinson Hall, Oregon State University Geosciences City: Corvallis State_or_Province: OR Postal_Code: 97331-5506 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 541-737-1229 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 541-737-1200 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dawn@dusk.geo.orst.edu Hours_of_Service: noon to 5 (email is best) Native_Data_Set_Environment: Arc/Info coverage format c:\workspace\transects Top

DATA_QUALITY_INFORMATION

Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: provided by Charles Birkeland (pers. comm.) Logical_Consistency_Report: Completeness_Report: Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Dawn Wright Oregon St. Publication_Date: 20010509 Title: Reef Observation Transects by Green, Birkeland, & Randall Edition: 1 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Tutuila, American Samoa Publisher: Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary Office Other_Citation_Details: Online_Linkage: HTTP://dusk.geo.orst.edu/djl/samoa Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Charles Birkeland, A.L. Green, R.H. Randall Publication_Date: 1999 Title: same as above Publication_Information: Publication_Place: University of Hawaii, Zoology Publisher: Pacific Science, 53(4): 376-400 Online_Linkage: none Source_Scale_Denominator: Type_of_Source_Media: Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: Ending_Date: Source_Currentness_Reference: Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Source_Contribution: Process_Step: Process_Description: Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Process_Date: Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Organization: Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary Contact_Person: Dawn Wright Contact_Position: collaborator Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 104 Wilkinson Hall, Oregon State University Geosciences City: Corvallis State_or_Province: OR Postal_Code: 97331-5506 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 541-737-1229 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 541-737-1200 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dawn@dusk.geo.orst.edu Hours_of_Service: noon to 5 (email is best) Top

SPATIAL_DATA_ORGANIZATION_INFORMATION

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Complete Chain Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 6 Top

SPATIAL_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: Longitude_Resolution: Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: WGS84 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6,378,137 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257 Top

ENTITY_AND_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION

Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Top

DISTRIBUTION_INFORMATION

Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary Contact_Person: Dawn Wright Contact_Position: collaborator Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 104 Wilkinson Hall, Oregon State University Geosciences City: Corvallis State_or_Province: OR Postal_Code: 97331-5506 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 541-737-1229 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 541-737-1200 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dawn@dusk.geo.orst.edu Hours_of_Service: noon to 5 (email is best) Resource_Description: Distribution_Liability: Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name:ArcInfo Interchange Export (*.e00) files Digital_Transfer_Option: Offline_Option: Offline_Media: none Recording_Format: none Compatibility_Information: ArcInfo, ArcView, ArcExplorer Fees: none Ordering_Instructions: http: HTTP://dusk.geo.orst.edu/djl/samoa Top

METADATA_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

Metadata_Date: 20010509 Metadata_Review_Date: 20010509 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary Contact_Person: Dawn Wright Contact_Position: collaborator Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and physical address Address: 104 Wilkinson Hall, Oregon State University Geosciences City: Corvallis State_or_Province: OR Postal_Code: 97331-5506 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 541-737-1229 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 541-737-1200 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dawn@dusk.geo.orst.edu Hours_of_Service: noon to 5 (email is best) Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Top