Marine water quality in National Park of American Samoa: Summary report 2009-2014
Raikow DF, Farahi A, McCutcheon AL, Fuiava B, Kichman S. 2017. Marine water quality in National Park of American Samoa: Summary report 2009-2014. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/PACN/NRDS—2017/1121. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
This Natural Resource Data Series Report presents data collected from the marine portion of National Park of American Samoa in Tutuila and Ofu, American Samoa, USA. This is a summary or “data report” as described in the Water Quality Vital Signs Monitoring Protocol for the Pacific Island Network Version 1.0, Natural Resource Report NPS/PACN/NRR-2011/418. This report is restricted to data presentation and a limited description. The data presented in this report will be analyzed and interpreted for the establishment of expected parameter value ranges and long-term trends in future reports published in the National Park Service Natural Resource Report series. The purpose of collecting data on Vital Signs is to provide park managers information on current conditions and temporal trends in ecosystem health. Surface and bottom waters displayed similar conditions across all parameters. Sampling methods employed here were not designed to match methods used to evaluate territory water quality criteria, and were therefore not directly comparable.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Raikow, David; Farahi, Anne; McCutcheon, Amanda; Fuiava, Bert; Kichman, Scott
- Date of Issue
- 2017-10
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- NPSA , NRSS , PACN
- Keywords
- Chlorophyll, Dissolved Oxygen, Marine Water Quality Monitoring Report, Monitoring, nitrate + nitrite, NO3 + NO2, Optical Dissolved Oxygen, pH, Salinity, Specific Conductivity, TDN, TDP, Temperature, total dissolved nitrogen, total dissolved phosphorous, Turbidity, Water Quality, Water Quality Monitoring Report
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Water Chemistry , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Nutrient Dynamics