Tag Archives: coral reef ecosystem

The invisible crowd: update on reef monitoring cruise in main Hawaiian Islands

Posted on August 23, 2013 by pifsccred

By Emma George In addition to surveys of reef fishes and benthic invertebrates in the main Hawaiian Islands, studies of microbial communities were part of the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) cruise aboard the NOAA Ship Hi`ialakai … Continue reading →

Posted in coral reef ecosystem | Tagged benthic invertebrate, benthic sample, climate change, coral disease, coral reef, coral reef ecosystem, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, CRED, cruise, dissolved organic carbon, DNA, fishing, fluorescent stain, Forest Rohwer Laboratory, HA-13-04, Hi`ialakai, human activities, invisible crowd, main Hawaiian islands, metagenomics, microbe, microbial community, monitoring, nutrient, Pacific RAMP, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program, particulate organic matter, reef fish, San Diego State University, stress, threat, virus, water sample | 1 Comment

Update from Timor-Leste: scientists complete live-aboard mission to survey reef fishes and benthos, assess ocean acidification

Posted on July 8, 2013 by pifsccred

By Andrew Gray Scientists from the PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem (CRED) recently finished a 2-week live-aboard expedition to survey reef fish and benthic communities, collect water samples, and record data on seafloor depths along the northern coast of Timor-Leste. This … Continue reading →

Posted in coral reef ecosystem | Tagged Andrew Gray, Atuaro Island, baseline, bathymetry, benthic, benthos, Bobonaro, Brett Schumacher, Caimeo Beach, catamaran, Compass Charters, Conservation International, coral reef ecosystem, Coral Triangle Support Partnership, CRED, CTSP, depth, depth soundings, Dili Harbor, dissolved inorganic carbon, fishermen, GPS, Ian Brown, Indonesia, Jaco Island, Kaylyn McCoy, Kevin Lino, Kim Hamilton, Kym Miller, Lautem, Liquica, live-aboard, Manatutu, mapping, Max Sudnovsky, NGO, ocean acidification, Oecussi, outreach, Paula Ayotte, Peter Herdew, reef fish, Rui Pinto, satellite-derived, stationary point count, Sundancer NT, Timor-Leste, U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, water sample, WorldView 2 | 2 Comments

Update from Timor-Leste: team completes 50 surveys of reef fish and benthic communities in first week

Posted on June 19, 2013 by pifsccred

By Paula Ayotte PIFSC scientists have been assessing and monitoring the coral reef ecosystems at islands and atolls in the central and western Pacific since 2000. The PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem (CRED) now is establishing baselines and initiating capacity building … Continue reading →

Posted in coral reef ecosystem | Tagged algae, Atauro Island, Baucau, Black Rock, Black Rock Resort, Bobonaro, bream, Brett Schumacher, Caimeo Beach, calcifying algae, Compass Charters, coral reef ecosystem, Coral Triangle Support Partnership, CRED, CTSP, cylinder, damselfish, Dili, grouper, hard corals, Hi`ialakai, jack, Kevin Lino, Lancet, Lautem, Liquica, macroalgae, MAF, Manatuto, mapping, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Oecussi, Oscar Elton Sette, Pacific RAMP, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program, Paula Ayotte, rabbitfish, reef fish, Rob Crean, rocks and boulders, sand, Secretary of State for Fisheries, shark, small boat, snapper, soft corals, SPC, stationary point count, STR, subsurface temperature recorder, Sundancer, Timor-Leste, transect, turf algae, water sample | 2 Comments

Oceanographic study defines climatological ranges and anomalies for Pacific coral reef ecosystems

Posted on May 3, 2013 by pifsccred

Jamison Gove and Oliver Vetter of the oceanography team of the PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) and partners at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California San Diego, NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch, and the University of … Continue reading →

Posted in coral reef ecosystem | Tagged chlorophyll-a, chlorophyll-a concentration, climate change, climatology, coral reef ecosystem, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Coral Reef Watch, coral reefs, CRED, environmental forcing, environmental stress, irradiance, Jamison Gove, oceanography, Oliver Vetter, Pacific, Pacific RAMP, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program, PLoS ONE, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, sea-surface temperature, University of California San Diego, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, wave energy | Comments Off

Tag Archives: coral reef ecosystem

The invisible crowd: update on reef monitoring cruise in main Hawaiian Islands

Update from Timor-Leste: scientists complete live-aboard mission to survey reef fishes and benthos, assess ocean acidification

Update from Timor-Leste: team completes 50 surveys of reef fish and benthic communities in first week

Oceanographic study defines climatological ranges and anomalies for Pacific coral reef ecosystems

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