This assessment represents the continuation of ongoing partnerships between NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch and the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) and Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP). The Biogeography Branch has applied a biogeographical approach to inform the management of marine resources within both coral reefs and National Marine Sanctuaries since 1998. To date, nine ONMS sites and most of the coral reef ecosystems in the US states and territories have had some level of biogeographic characterization or mapping completed through these partnerships.

More on this project can be found at: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/samoan_archipelago/

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