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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
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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
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Reef monitoring cruise in the main Hawaiian Islands completed: preliminary results from fish surveys
Last Friday afternoon, Aug. 23, the NOAA Ship Hi`ialakai returned to Honolulu from a Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) cruise (HA-13-04) during which staff of the PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) and partners conducted surveys of … Continue reading
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Tagged Adel Heenan, and depth cast, ARMS, autonomous reef monitoring structures, benthic community, benthic composition, benthic sample, benthic survey, bioerosion monitoring unit, BMU, calcification accretion unit, CAU, complexity, consumer group, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, CRCP, CRED, cruise, CTD cast, deepwater CTD cast, depth strata, detritivore, detritus, dissolved inorganic carbon, EAR, ecological acoustic recorders, encrusting algae, eshy macroalgae, fish assemblage, fish biomass, fish monitoring brief, fish monitoring brief: main Hawaiian Islands 2013, functional group, HA-13-04, hard coral cover, hard corals, Hawaii, herbivore, Hi`ialakai, invertebrates, invertivores, Ivor Williams, Kaua`i, Lāna`i, main Hawaiian Island, Maui, microbial community, Moloka`i, monitoring, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program, Ni‘ihau, NOAA Ship, Oahu, omnivores, Pacific RAMP, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program, preliminary results, primary consumer, Rapid Ecological Assessments REA, REA site, reef fish, salinity, secondary consumers, shallow-water conductivity, size class, soft corals, stationary point count, STR, structure, subsurface temperature recorders, survey, temperature, TL, total alkalinity, total fish biomass, total length, transect, turf algae, visual census, water sample
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The final count: summary of mission to assess reef fish assemblages, build capacity in Timor-Leste
By Kevin Lino Researchers from the PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) recently completed a successful mission to assess coral reef fish assemblages in nearshore (<18 m), coastal waters off the northern coastlines of Timor-Leste—in conjunction with the Timor-Leste Ministry … Continue reading
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Tagged abundance, acoustic, Andrew Gray, assemblage, Atauro Island, bathymetry, Baucau, benthic composition, biodiversity, blue-spotted fantail ray, Bobonaro, capacity building, carbonate chemistry, catamaran, Compass Charters, complexity, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Coral Triangle Support Partnership, Crean, CRED, CTSP, damselfish, DIC, Dili, dissolved inorganic carbon, diversity, dry season, golden sweeper, habitat, hard-bottom, Ian Brown, Kaylyn McCoy, Kym Hamilton, Lancet, large-bodied fishes, Lautem, Liquica, live-aboard, Manatuto, mapping, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, monsoon season, obrigado, ocean acidification, Oecusse, Parapriacanthus ransonneti, Peter Herden, reef fish, Rui Da Silva Pinto, Sargocentron caudimaculatum, satellite-derived, seafloor depth, size class, species, stationary point count, stratified random sampling design, Sundancer NT, survey, Taeniura lymma, tailspot squirrelfish, the dry, Timor-Leste, total fish biomass, U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, water sample, WorldView 2
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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
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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
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Update from Timor-Leste: scientists complete live-aboard mission to survey reef fishes and benthos, assess ocean acidification
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
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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
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Scientists, students monitor effects of climate change on coral reefs of Verde Island Passage, Philippines
By Max Sudnovsky About a year ago, in March 2012, a team from the PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) in partnership with researchers at the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI) initiated an effort to monitor long-term … Continue reading
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Tagged accretion, Adel Heenan, Anilao, ARMS, autonomous reef monitoring structure, Aya Cariño, Bantay Dagat, calcification, calcification accretion unit, CAU, climate change, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, coral reefs, corals, CRED, cryptobiota, Diovanie De Jesus, dissolved inorganic carbon, Joury, Mabini, Marine Science Institute, Max Sudnovsky, ocean acidification, ocean change, pH, Philippines, Regional Development Mission Asia, Rhia Gonzales, STR, subsurface temperature recorder, temperature, Tingloy, total alkalinity, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Coral Triangle Initiative, University of the Philippines, UP-MSI, USAID, USAID Philippines, Verde Island Passage, water sample
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