Benthic surveys along a water quality gradient in Aua, American Samoa: benthic images collected during belt transect surveys in 2022
This metadata record describes the imagery collected in 2022 of Aua Reef, American Samoa by the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) of NOAA, funded by the Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP),  to study effects of land-based source pollution by establishing biological, physical, and chemical baselines.  

In September …