Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2010
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
82 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
38927
Legacy PEIN ID:
78948
General Notes
Report prepared for the Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation - International Pty Ltd, Australia by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)|Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Marine environment conservation - Samoa
Environment - Protection - Samoa
Marine environment - Fagaloa - Samoa
Marine environment - Uafato- Samoa
Abstract
The Asian Development Bank through its contractor, the Snowy Mountain Engineering.Corporation were tasked with exploring the potential of augmenting the capacity of the Afulilo Reservoir to power a third turbine at the Taelafaga Hydro-power Station. To assist in this augmentation assessment, SMEC arranged with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program to oversight a consortium of partners to conduct a 11 month monitoring program with the purpose of assessing the status of the marine environment, particularly the coral reefs, as well as water quality in the Fagaloa and Uafato Bays. The data from the 2009-1010 marine monitoring program implies that several sites in Fagaloa Bay are exhibiting signs of various impacts from various inputs into the marine environment, which are most notable at sites 1, 2, and 14. These sites are closest to the apex of Fagaloa Bay where the Taelefaga Creek discharges into. Impacts for these sites include low or no coral cover and recruitment, growth in algal cover, lower salinity levels, higher rates of sedimentation and turbidity, as well as high nutrient inputs. Fish biomass at site 14 was also the lowest (sites 1 and 2 were not surveyed due to poor visibility). Other specific results across all sites include a reduction in live coral cover, a general shift to more hardier coral species, and low fish bio-mass when compared with other sites in Samoa.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2010
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
82 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
38927
Legacy PEIN ID:
78948
General Notes
Report prepared for the Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation - International Pty Ltd, Australia by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)|Available online
Record Created: 05-Apr-2013
Record Modified: 23-Feb-2021