Watershed Restoration As A Tool For Improving Coral Reef Resilience Against Climate Change And Other Human Impacts
Environmental stressors in coastal areas threaten the sustainability of marine resources and reduce their resilience to climate change impacts. Accelerated land erosion is a major stressor that leads to increased turbidity and sedimentation on downstream ...
Bomb-produced radiocarbon in the western tropical Pacific Ocean: Guam coral reveals operation-specific signals from the Pacific Proving Grounds
High-resolution radiocarbon (14C) analyses on a coral core extracted from Guam, a western tropical Pacific island, revealed a series of early bomb-produced14C spikes. The typical marine bomb14C sig- nal—phase lagged and attenuated relative to atmospheric r...
Decadal changes in parrotfish assemblages around reefs of Guam, Micronesia
Modern coral reefs face substantial threats that endanger their capacity to function and provide resources for human populations. Chronic human pressure through exploitation and land-based pollution has led to reef degradation and lower productivity. More...
Divers' willingness to pay for improved coral reef conditions in Guam: An untapped source of funding for management and conservation?
Coral reefs are increasingly threatened despite being essential to coastal and island economies, particularly in the Pacific. The diving industry relies on healthy reefs and can be positively and/or negatively impacted by ecological change. Quantifying di...
Small tropical islands as hotspots of crustose calcifying red algal diversity and endemism
In the tropics, crustose calcifying red algae (Corallinophycidae and Peyssonneliales; CCRA) are dominant and important reef builders that serve a suite of ecological functions affecting reef health. However, CCRA taxa have historically been overlooked in ...
Application of a SWAT Model for Supporting a Ridge-to-Reef Framework in the Pago Watershed in Guam
This study implemented experimental and numerical approaches for supporting the Pago Bay ridge-to-reef management program. Water quality tests for turbidity and inorganic dissolved nitrogen (IDN) were performed using water samples collected from four site...
Predicting Coral Reef Carbonate Chemistry Through Statistical Modeling: Constraining Nearshore Residence Time Around Guam
To accurately predict the impacts of ocean acidification on shallow-water ecosystems, we must account for the biogeochemical impact of local benthic communities, as well as the connectivity between offshore and onshore water masses. Estimation of residenc...
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Socioeconomic Monitoring Component: Summary Findings for Guam, 2023
This report presents primary data collected for the second socioeconomic monitoring cycle in Guam (the first monitoring cycle was completed in 2016). The survey was conducted in person with household residents from January to April 2023.
Studies on the biology of the reef fishes of Guam / by Steven S. Amesbury ; submitted to Bureau of Planning, Coastal Zone Management Agency, Government of Guam.
Coral reefs [videorecording] : their health, our wealth.
Describes general coral reef structures, coral reef biology, and coral reefs in Guam. Emphasizes coral reefs' benefits as sources of food, protection, and recreation . Describes ways in which coral reefs are affected adversely by human and meteorological ...
Assessment of the shoalwater environments in the vicinity of the proposed OTEC development at Cabras Island, Guam / edited by Richard H. Randall and Lucius G. Eldredge ; participating authors Bruce R. Best ... [et al.].
The economic value of Guam's coral reefs / Pieter van Beukering (ed.) ; Wolfgang Haider, Margo Longland, Herman Cesar, Joel Sablan, Sonia Shjegstad, Ben Beardmore, Yi Liu, Grace Omega Garces.
Coral reef researchers : Pacific / compiled and edited by L. C. Eldredge, in cooperation with PSA [Pacific Science Association], SPREP [South Pacific Regional Environment Programme], UOG [University of Guam].
"To improve understanding of islandwide trends, CRED scientists have determined benthic cover around Guam at the functional level-corals, algae (fleshy macroalgae and turf algae combined), and crustose coralline red algae-through analyses of digital image...
Data management plan: Macro-invertebrate observations
"Guam community members will gather macro-invertebrate data within a 2-meter wide belt along a 25-meter transect. Members will identify invertebrates to the lowest taxonomic level possible. Members will quantify the number of macro-invertebrates within th...
Design and implementation of watershed restoration projects in the Manell and Geus Watersheds in southern Guam
"The primary objective of this project was to assess the Manell and Geus Watersheds and design demonstration projects to stabilize stream bank and create riparian buffers in the Manell and Geus Watersheds in Southern Guam. The project objective was to dem...
Watershed Restoration As A Tool For Improving Coral Reef Resilience Against Climate Change And Other Human Impacts