Substratum stability and coral reef resilience: insights from 90 years of disturbances on a reef in American Samoa
n 1917, Alfred Mayor recorded rich coral communities in distinct zones on the reef flat along a permanent transect at Aua village in Pago Pago Harbor, American Samoa. In the 1950s-1980s, this area was seriously degraded by chronic pollution from two tuna canneries and fuel spills in the inner harbo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Guam Press
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Micronesica |
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| Online Access: | http://www.uog.edu/up/micronesica/dynamicdata/assetmanager/images/2013/2013-06%20birkeland%20et%20al%20aua%20transects%20screen%20res.pdf |