Environmental impact on a Samoan coral reef: a resurvey of Mayor's 1917 transect
Dahl AL and Lamberts AE. 1977. Environmental impact on a Samoan coral reef: a resurvey of Mayor's 1917 transect. Pacific Science. 31(3):309-319
Resurveyed of coral reef sits in Pago Pago Harbor, American Samoa in 1973; some sites destroyed or damaged in the intervening century; reduction in total number of corals, a change in relative proportions of different genera, and probable reduction in average size of colonies were recorded; both human and natural impacts blamed; may be in recovery from earlier events.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Dahl, Arthur; Lamberts, Austin
- Units
- NPSA , PACN
- Keywords
- American Samoa, Animal Studies, Coastal/Marine Systems, Coral, Coral Reefs, Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)