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Tag Archives: Pacific RAMP
A Fish That Shapes The Reef
By Andrew E. Gray Every three years, scientists from NOAA’s Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) visit Wake Atoll to survey corals, assess the fish populations, and collect oceanographic data for a long-term monitoring effort—the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program … Continue reading
Posted in coral reef ecosystem
Tagged Andrew Gray, Bolbometopon muricatm, bumphead parrotfish, Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, coral reefs, CREP, Pacific Ocean, Pacific RAMP, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, PRIMNM, RAMP, reef fish, Wake Atoll
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
Posted in coral reef ecosystem, Uncategorized
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
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
Posted in coral reef ecosystem, Uncategorized
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
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
Posted in coral reef ecosystem
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
Coral reef monitoring surveys completed around the islands and atolls of American Samoa
By Bernardo Vargas-Ángel With work complete in the U.S. territory of American Samoa, the NOAA Ship Hi‘ialakai stopped in the port of Pago Pago Harbor for a short pause between Legs III and IV of PIFSC cruise HA-15-01. Led by … Continue reading
Posted in coral reef ecosystem
Tagged Adel Heenan, American Samoa, ASRAMP, Aunu‘u, benthic, Bernardo Vargas-Ángel, biological installations, coral, coral bleaching, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, COTS, CRED, crown-of-thorns, ecosystem surveys, fish monitoring brief, fishes, microbes, NOAA Ship Hi‘ialakai, oceanographic instruments, Ofu-Olosega, Pacific RAMP, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program, Pago Pago Harbor, PIFSC, Rapid Ecological Assessment, REA, Rose Atoll, sea stars, Swains, Ta`u, towed-diver surveys, Tutuila
Scientists complete coral reef ecosystem monitoring work around the U.S. Phoenix Islands
By Kelvin Gorospe The Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center’s (PIFSC) Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) recently completed the Phoenix Islands portion of their Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) research cruise. The areas they surveyed included: Johnston Atoll, … Continue reading
Posted in coral reef ecosystem
Tagged Acropora retusa, Acropora speciosa, Baker Island, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, CRED, Endangered Species Act, Hi`ialakai, Howland Island, Johnston Atoll, Kelvin Gorospe, National Wildlife Refuge System, NOAA, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Pacific RAMP, Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, Pavona diffluens, Phoenix Islands, PIFSC, Rapid Ecological Assessment, REA, research cruise, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS
