Summer 2004 Coral Bleaching Event on Tutuila, American Samoa (NODC Accession 0001955)

American Samoa's coral reefs have been impacted by a variety of major events, including periodic severe hurricanes, the most recent of which was Hurricane Heta, which was closest on Jan 6, 2004. Other events have included a Crown-of-Thorns seastar outbreak in 1974 and night scuba spearfishing from 1994-2002. Mass coral bleaching occurred in 1994 and then again in the summers of 2002 and 2003, and the bleaching was severe enough to kill some corals. Bi-weekly surveys were made of the reefs at Airport Lagoon. During the peak of the summer bleaching, surveys were made at five other locations. The data given with this data set refer to the percent corals bleached within the survey area.

Data and Resources

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identifier Summer 2004 Coral Bleaching Event on Tutuila, American Samoa (NODC Accession 0001955)
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temporal 2003-12-10T00:00:00/2004-12-05T00:00:00
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  • National Provider
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metadata_created 2025-11-21T23:52:13.586568
metadata_modified 2025-11-21T23:52:13.586572
notes American Samoa's coral reefs have been impacted by a variety of major events, including periodic severe hurricanes, the most recent of which was Hurricane Heta, which was closest on Jan 6, 2004. Other events have included a Crown-of-Thorns seastar outbreak in 1974 and night scuba spearfishing from 1994-2002. Mass coral bleaching occurred in 1994 and then again in the summers of 2002 and 2003, and the bleaching was severe enough to kill some corals. Bi-weekly surveys were made of the reefs at Airport Lagoon. During the peak of the summer bleaching, surveys were made at five other locations. The data given with this data set refer to the percent corals bleached within the survey area.
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title Summer 2004 Coral Bleaching Event on Tutuila, American Samoa (NODC Accession 0001955)