PIFSC RSS Feed- Exploring ecosystem dynamics to explain trends in Hawaiian monk seal populations November 3, 2017
- The Grander Blue Marlin: A Young Giant October 31, 2017
- Symposium on West Hawaii's Marine Ecosystem: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Management October 30, 2017
- Imaged from the Depths: 2017 Main Hawaiian Islands BFISH Bottomfish Survey October 20, 2017
- Pilot Whale Stranding on Kauai October 19, 2017
Tag Archives: conductivity
Reef monitoring at Wake Island: preliminary results from fish surveys
By Dione Swanson After departing Honolulu on March 5, the NOAA Ship Hi’ialakai arrived at Wake Island on March 14. It was the first stop for PIFSC cruise HA-14-01, a Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) expedition that … Continue reading
Posted in coral reef ecosystem
Tagged Adel Heenan, and Napoleon wrasse, and sea-surface temperature buoy, ARMS, autonomous reef monitoring structure, benthic survey, bioerosion monitoring unit, BMU, Bolbometopon muricatum, bumphead parrotfish, calcification accretion unit. CAU, Cheilinus undulatus, climate station, conductivity, coral cover, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, CRCP, CRED, CTD cast, depth, detritivore, Dione Swanson, dissolved inorganic carbon, DR-14-007, fish biomass, fish monitoring brief, HA-14-01, herbivore, Hi`ialakai, invertebrate, microbial communities, National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan, NCRMP, omnivore, Pacific RAMP, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program, Pacific Remote Island Areas, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, preliminary results, primary consumer, Rapid Ecological Assessment, REA, REA site, reef fish survey, secondary consumer, SST, stationary point count, STR, subsurface temperature recorder, temperature, transect, visual census, Wake Island, water sample
The final count: cruise for monitoring of effects of ocean and climate change in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands completed
By Chip Young Scientists from the PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) recently completed a 17-day expedition to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, where they conducted coral reef monitoring surveys at Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Lisianski Island, and French Frigate Shoals. These … Continue reading
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Tagged ARMS, autonomous reef monitoring structures, bioerosion monitoring unit, biogeochemical cycle, BMU, calcification accretion unit, calcification rate, calcium carbonate, CAU, chemical analysis, chemical composition, Chip Young, climate change, conductivity, coral bleaching, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, corals, CRED, cruise, crustose coralline algae, cryptic biota, CTD, CTD cast, depth, fleshy algae, food web, French Frigate Shoals, HA-13-05, Hi`ialakai, Kure Atoll, Lisianski Island, monitoring, National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan, NCRMP, NOAA Ship, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, ocean acidification, ocean change, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Pearl and Hermes Atoll, percent cover, pH, recruitment rate, species diversity, temperature, temperature sensors, triennial, water sample, World Heritage Site
Mission at Kure Atoll focused on study of effects of climate change and ocean acidification
By Chip Young To be working in Honolulu one day and then be scuba diving to conduct coral reef research in one of the world’s most remote atolls by the next morning is a surreal experience. Such a swift change … Continue reading
Posted in coral reef ecosystem, Protected Species
Tagged and depth casts, biodiversity, biological installations, calcification, calcification accretion unit, calcification rate, Caranx ignobilis, carbonate chemistry, Chip Young, chlorophyll-a, climate change, conductivity, Coral Reef Conservation Program, CRED, cruise, cryptobiota, CTD cast, dissolved inorganic carbon, giant trevally, Hawaii, health, Honolulu, instruments, Jamison Gove, Kerry Reardon, Kure Atoll, Laysan Island, Midway Atoll, monitoring, National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan, Noah Pomeroy, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, oceanographic, Oscar Elton Sette, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Pearl and Hermes Atoll, PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Protected Species, salinity, SE-13-05, STR, subsurface temperature recorder, temperature, total alkalinity, ulua, water chemistry, water temperature, World Heritage Site
