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Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) Standard Deviation of Long-term Mean, 2003-2018 - American Samoa
Solar irradiance is one of the most important factors influencing coral reefs. As a majority of their nutrients are obtained from symbiotic photosynthesizing organisms,... -
Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) Long-term Mean, 2003-2018 - American Samoa
Solar irradiance is one of the most important factors influencing coral reefs. As a majority of their nutrients are obtained from symbiotic photosynthesizing organisms,... -
Wave Power Long-term Mean, 2002-2012 - American Samoa
Wave power is a major environmental forcing mechanism that influences a number of marine ecosystem processes including coral reef community development, structure, and... -
Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Standard Deviation of Long-term Mean, 1985-2018 - American Samoa
Sea surface temperature (SST) plays an important role in a number of ecological processes and can vary over a wide range of time scales, from daily to decadal changes. SST... -
Coastal Habitat Modification - American Samoa
Coastal habitats are utilized and altered for a suite of human uses. Habitat modification is here defined as the alteration or removal of geomorphic structure as a result of... -
Coral Favorability: Non-Managed Conditions: Present - American Samoa
Many aspects of the environment are outside the control of local or regional resource managers. These conditions may require concerted global action to affect change (e.g.,... -
Chlorophyll-a Average Annual Maximum Anomaly, 1998-2018 - American Samoa
Chlorophyll-a, is a widely used proxy for phytoplankton biomass and an indicator for changes in phytoplankton production. As an essential source of energy in the marine... -
Chlorophyll-a Maximum Monthly Climatological Mean, 1998-2018 - American Samoa
Chlorophyll-a, is a widely used proxy for phytoplankton biomass and an indicator for changes in phytoplankton production. As an essential source of energy in the marine... -
Turbidity (Kd490) Average Annual Maximum Anomaly, 1998-2018 - American Samoa
Spectrally resolved water-leaving radiances (ocean color) and inferred chlorophyll concentration are key to studying phytoplankton dynamics at seasonal and inter-annual scales,... -
Coral Favorability: Overall Environmental Conditions: Present - American Samoa
The overall condition of the environment is a combination of managed and non-managed factors. While it is difficult for managers to prevent coral bleaching events, reefs... -
Coral Favorability: Non-Managed Conditions: Intermediate Emissions - American Samoa
Many aspects of the environment are outside the control of local or regional resource managers. These conditions may require concerted global action to affect change (e.g.,... -
Chlorophyll-a Average Annual Frequency of Anomalies, 1998-2018 - American Samoa
Chlorophyll-a, is a widely used proxy for phytoplankton biomass and an indicator for changes in phytoplankton production. As an essential source of energy in the marine... -
Turbidity (Kd490) Standard Deviation of Long-term Mean, 1998-2018 - American Samoa
Spectrally resolved water-leaving radiances (ocean color) and inferred chlorophyll concentration are key to studying phytoplankton dynamics at seasonal and inter-annual scales,... -
Coral Favorability: Overall Environmental Conditions: Intermediate Emissions - American Samoa
The overall condition of the environment is a combination of managed and non-managed factors. While it is difficult for managers to prevent coral bleaching events, reefs... -
Coral Favorability: Overall Environmental Conditions: Worst Case Emissions - American Samoa
The overall condition of the environment is a combination of managed and non-managed factors. While it is difficult for managers to prevent coral bleaching events, reefs... -
Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Average Annual Frequency of Anomalies, 1985-2018 - American Samoa
Sea surface temperature (SST) plays an important role in a number of ecological processes and can vary over a wide range of time scales, from daily to decadal changes. SST... -
Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Maximum Monthly Climatological Mean, 1985-2018 - American Samoa
Sea surface temperature (SST) plays an important role in a number of ecological processes and can vary over a wide range of time scales, from daily to decadal changes. SST... -
Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Long-term Mean, 1985-2018 - American Samoa
Sea surface temperature (SST) plays an important role in a number of ecological processes and can vary over a wide range of time scales, from daily to decadal changes. SST... -
Coral Favorability: Managed Conditions - American Samoa
Managers have some ability to support healthy environmental conditions through strategic action at a local and regional scale, such as water quality. This layer synthesized... -
Coral Favorability: Non-Managed Conditions: Worst Case Emissions - American Samoa
Many aspects of the environment are outside the control of local or regional resource managers. These conditions may require concerted global action to affect change (e.g.,...
