For the Ninth Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas December 2013, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) commissioned an assessment of the status of biodiversity and conservation in Oceania. This report assesses the overall state of conservation in America Samoa using 16 indicators.
*this report wasn't published but was sent to country for checking (2013)* - to be used for the Regional SOE initiative 2019
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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
a complete review of American Samoan coral-reef systems
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very nice guide to both terrestrial and marine life on American Samoa
Over 80 species of corals in tide pools on Ofu are tolerant of extreme temperature changes each day
spectacular decline in common reef fishes between 1980 and 1994
fish and giant clams in both modern, historic, and prehistoric times
on fisheries and sea turtles
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