Biodiversity Exploration of Vailulu’u, an Underwater Volcano in American Samoan Waters, with Environmental DNA
Annette Govindarajan1, Valerie Brown2, Santiago Herrera3, Larry A Mayer4, Chris Roman5, Val Eugene Schmidt6, Nina Yang1, Dana Yoerger7, Kaiah Callahan1, Luke McCartin8, Meagan Putts9 and Milan Sengthep8, (1)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology, Woods Hole, United States, (2)National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa, Pago Pago, American Samoa, (3)Lehigh University, Department of Biological Sciences, Bethlehem, United States, (4)University of New Hampshire, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Durham, United States, (5)University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, United States, (6)Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping Joint Hydrographic Center, Durham, United States, (7)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole, United States, (8)Lehigh University, Bethlehem, United States, (9)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, United States