Status of the coral reefs in Micronesia and American Samoa

Abstract

This report on the status of Micronesian coral reef ecosystems has been summarised from more detailed reports in ‘The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2004’, which will be available at www.nccos.nos.noaa.gov in February 2005. Previous summary details are also contained in ‘Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2002’ on www.reefbase.org.