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World’s longest coral survey: century of change at Aua reef

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Mirage News

Publication Date
2021-10-19

Historical photographs are increasingly used by conservation scientists to assess how places have changed over time, and the degree of human and environmental impact. Such is the case with black and white pahotographs taken in 1917 of the lush reefs, shore and villages surrounding Pago Pago Harbor in American Samoa. Remarkably, a robust quantitative survey came with them, for they were taken by pioneering marine biologist and zoologist Alfred Mayor (1868 – 1922).

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https://www.miragenews.com/worlds-longest-coral-survey-century-of-change-654887/