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., water temperatures) or cannot be controlled at all (e.g., wave power). This layer synthesized spatial information for several non-managed conditions to create a relative score for how favorable a given location is for coral growth and survival. Present-day environmental conditions contributing to this layer included: marine calcite concentration (a proxy for ocean acidification), irradiance (photosynthetically available radiation, or PAR), thermal stress (Degree Heating Weeks), and wave power (per meter of wave front). Covariation in these conditions was accounted for using principal component analysis (PCA) to form composite variables of conditions that have strong relationships with one another. The resulting principal components were averaged and scaled from 0 (worst) to 1 (best) to produce the coral favorability score for non-managed conditions. These data are provided as a raster with a resolution of 500 m for American Samoa, including Tutuila and the Manua Islands (Ofu, Olosega, and Tau).
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Distributor | USGS Western Geographic Science Center (WGSC) |
Point of Contact |
Monica M. Moritsch USGS Western Geographic Science Center (WGSC) mmoritsch@usgs.gov Online Resource |
Originator |
Monica M. Moritsch USGS Western Geographic Science Center (WGSC) mmoritsch@usgs.gov Online Resource |
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Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) info@pacioos.org Online Resource |
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Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) info@pacioos.org |
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Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
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2021-11-03
issued: 2021-11-03 revision: 2021-11-03 creation: 2021-11-03 issued: 2021-11-03 revision: 2021-11-03 creation: 2021-11-03 issued: 2021-11-03 revision: 2021-11-03 creation: 2021-11-03 issued: 2021-11-03 revision: 2021-11-03 |
Purpose | These data can be used to visualize patterns of environmental favorability for coral growth and survival, highlighting similarities and dissimilarities in geographic patters across climate scenarios. These data were generated as part of a partnership between USGS and the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) to fill ocean data gaps identified by the Regional Ocean Data Sharing Initiative. The data can be used with geographic information systems (GIS) software for research purposes. |
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The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
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Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates | N: -14.069198961940414° S: -14.453366742431175° E: -169.3331265244227° W: -170.92996850357105° |
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The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
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Lineage Statement | 2021-11-03T00:00:00Z OGC web services (WMS and WFS) enabled by PacIOOS via GeoServer. Original data from source provider may have been reformatted, reprojected, or adjusted in other ways to optimize these capabilities. |
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