National Status and Trends: Faga'alu, American Samoa Sediment Contaminants Data
Worldwide coral reefs are being threatened by a range of human activities. Sedimentation, overfishing, global climate change, ship groundings, pathogens and pollution are some of the major human-related stressors impacting coral reefs. Land based sources of pollution can include both organic (e.g. PAHs, PCBs, …