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Assessing impacts of coral bleaching: NOAA scientists embark on a three-month survey of coral reef ecosystems in the Hawaiian Archipelago
by Drs. Bernardo Vargas-Ángel and Rusty Brainard Today, scientists from the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center’s Coral Reef Ecosystem Program boarded the NOAA Ship Hi‘ialakai to begin a 75-day Hawaiian Archipelago Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (HARAMP) research mission. … Continue reading
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Tagged ARMS, autonomous reef monitoring structures, Bernardo Vargas-Ángel, bioerosion monitoring units, Brett Schumacher, calcification assessment units, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, CRCP, CREP, Hawai`i Institute of Marine Biology, main Hawaiian islands, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program, NCRMP, NOAA, NOAA Ship Hi‘ialakai, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Pacific RAMP, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program, PIFSC, San Diego State University, State of Hawai‘i Division of Aquatic Resources, The Nature Conservancy
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From the Village to the Pacific, coordinating coral reef assessments in Tutuila, American Samoa
by Kelvin Gorospe and Adel Heenan Following the American Samoa portion of the recent Reef Fish Survey cruise, Adel and I disembarked NOAA ship Oscar Elton Sette to remain in Pago Pago, American Samoa. From May 9 to 13, we … Continue reading
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Tagged American Samoa Coral Reef Advisory Group, American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, CREP, Data, datasets, Environmental Protection Agency, monitoring, National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program, National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa, National Park Service, NCRMP, Oscar Elton Sette, Pacific RAMP, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program, Pago Pago, PIFSC, SE16-12, Tutuila
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SE16-02: American Samoa Reef Fish Survey Summary
by Adel Heenan and Marc Nadon For the past three weeks, the NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette has been the support platform for the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center’s reef fish survey project. This research project was led by the … Continue reading
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Tagged Adel Heenan, American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, Bigelow Laboratory of Ocean Sciences, biomass, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, CRCP, CREP, detritivore, dmwr, herbivore, invertivore, Marc Nadon, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program, NCRMP, NOAA, Ofu, Olosega, omnivore, Oscar Elton Sette, Pacific RAMP, PIFSC, re-breather, reef fish, reef fish survey, Rose Atoll, SCUBA, Ta`u, Tutuila
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Four Million Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine
By Kevin Lino Five million… that number has a pleasant vastness to it. Five million of anything seems overwhelming. Try to picture five million fish. Start small and keep expanding. How would that look? Would they be one compact bait … Continue reading
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Tagged American Samoa, anthias, Big Eye Jack, Caranx sexfasciatus, Chromis vanderbilti, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, CRED, Giant Manta, Jarvis Island, Kevin Lino, Kingman Reef, Line Islands, Manta birostris, Marie Ferguson, National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan, NCRMP, Pacific Reef Monitoring and Assessment Program, Palmyra Atoll, Paula Ayotte, PIFSC, RAMP, SPC, stationary point count, Tutuila
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The fastest divers you’ve ever seen: installation of a climate monitoring station at Pagan Island
Text and video by Noah Pomeroy I wish we could actually move as fast as we do in this video! In reality, this time-lapse video captures a scuba dive that took place on April 23 over about one hour in … Continue reading
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Tagged ARMS, autonomous reef monitoring structure, biodiversity, bioerosion monitoring unit, BMU, calcification accretion unit, carbonate chemistry, CAU, Charles Young, climate change, climate monitoring station, CNMI, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, CRED, habitat complexity, Jeanette Clark, Mariana Archipelago, National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan, NCRMP, Noah Pomeroy, ocean acidification, Ocean Acidification Program, ocean change, Pacific RAMP, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program, Pagan, Pagan Island, photoquadrat, rugosity, Russell Reardon, STR, subsurface temperature recorder
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Coral reef monitoring in the Mariana Archipelago: preliminary results from visual surveys of fishes and benthic habitats
By Kathryn Dennis and Bernardo Vargas-Ángel The PIFSC cruise HA-14-01 officially concluded yesterday, Monday, June 2, when the NOAA Ship Hi`ialakai arrived back at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, from Saipan. During this expedition, which began on March 5, scientists from … Continue reading
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Tagged Aguijan, Ahyi Seamount, Alamagan, ARMS, Asuncion, autonomous reef monitoring structure, Bernardo Vargas-Ángel, bioersion monitoring unit, BMU, calcification accretion units, CAU, climate monitoring station, CNMI, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, consumer group, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Coral Reef Monitoring Program, CRCP, CRED, cruise, DR-14-009, DR-14-010, Farallon de Pajaros, fish biomass, fish monitoring brief, Guam, Guguan, HA-14-01, hard coral cover, Hi`ialakai, Kathryn Dennis, Mariana Arc, Mariana Archipelago, Maug, monitoring, National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan, NCRMP, NOAA Ship, Pacific RAMP, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program, Pagan, PIFSC Data Report, Rapid Ecological Assessment, REA, Rota, Saipan, Sarigan, STR, subsurface temperature recorder, Tinian, towed-diver survey, Wake Island
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