AKA: Ofu USGS-NPS Study
Other ID: 2022 Ofu Fieldwork
Status: Pending
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Past, Present and Future Coral Reefs (ZP00FRV)
Principal Investigator(s): Ferdinand Oberle
Affiliate Investigator(s): Eric Brown (NPS)
Information Specialist(s): Joshua Logan
Data Type(s): Sampling: Chemistry, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography), Imagery: Other Imagery, Environmental Data: Wave, Environmental Data: Tide, Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: Radon, Environmental Data: Current, Environmental Data: Conductivity, Electro-Magnetic: Resistivity
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Investigate geophysical controls on algal outbreaks over NPS coral reefs
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Ofu, American Samoa
End Port/Location: Ofu, American Samoa
Start Date: 2020-08-24
End Date: 2021-02-18
Equipment Used: sampling equipment, instrumentmooring, FLIR thermal camera, wavegauge, wave/tide gauge, radonmonitor, current meter, CT sensor, Supersting R8
Information to be Derived: Investigate geophysical controls on algal outbreaks over NPS coral reefs
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Rachel Marcuson, Cordell Johnson
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2020-601-FA
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2020-620-FA.
Location:
Ofu, American Samoa
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: -14.2 | South: -14.1 | West: -169.6 | East: -169.7 |
Platform(s):
 Kayak |
Prouty, N.G., 2025, Water and algal chemistry measurements collected from the National Park Service's National Park of American Samoa (NPS-NPSA) Ofu Island unit: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P1DVZPUV.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| sampling equipment | --- | Biology Chemistry Geology Experiments (biological) Sediment Properties | |
| instrumentmooring | --- | Geology Mooring (physical oceanography) | |
| FLIR thermal camera | --- | Other Imagery | |
| wavegauge | --- | Wave | |
| wave/tide gauge | --- | Tide Wave | |
| radonmonitor | --- | Radon | |
| current meter | --- | Current | |
| CT sensor | --- | Conductivity Temperature | |
| Supersting R8 | --- | Resistivity |
