ResourceFinal Report: A Cooperative Agreement for Developing Sustainable Funding Strategies to Protect Coral Reefs in Hawai'i
"The specific threats and corresponding management interventions for coral reef ecosystems vary across the globe. One common challenge is the difficulty of securing sustainable funding to support the long-term management needed to protect, restore, and ma...
ResourceHawaii Institute of Marine Biology National Marine Sanctuary Program memorandum of agreement : semi-annual progress report IX, summer/fall 2008 / submitted by Robert Toonen, Jo-Ann Leong and Carlie Wiener.
Downloadable DataNational Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, pH and other variables collected from surface discrete measurements using Coulometer, alkalinity titrator and other instruments from the Pacific Remote Island Areas from 2015-01-26 to 2015-04-28 (NCEI Accession 0159169)
Metadata Thumbnail This NCEI Accession contains the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program carbonate chemistry data from the Pacific Remote Island Areas National Marine Monument from 2015-01-26 to 2015-04-28 (NCEI Accession 0159169). The project monitors changes to coral re...
ResourceNOAA grant funding, fiscal year 2003
"This is the final report on the expenditure of the grant funds that the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) provided to the Division of Fish and Wildlife Protection (DFWP), Palau."
Downloadable DataNational Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Calcification Rates of Crustose Coralline Algae Derived from Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) Deployed across the Mariana Archipelago in 2011 and Retrieved in 2014 (NCEI Accession 0157758)
Metadata Thumbnail Calcification accretion units, or CAUs, are used to assess the current effects of changes in seawater carbonate chemistry on calcification and accretion rates of calcareous and fleshy algae in the Hawaiian and Mariana Archipelagos, American Samoa, and the...
ResourceDivers' 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...
ResourceMarine Heatwave Hotspots in Coral Reef Environments: Physical Drivers, Ecophysiological Outcomes, and Impact Upon Structural Complexity
A changing climate is driving increasingly common and prolonged marine heatwaves (MHWs) and these extreme events have now been widely documented to severely impact marine ecosystems globally. However MHWs have rarely recently been considered when examinin...
ResourceFunding options to support sustainable development and conservation in Pacific Island countries : a report prepared for the South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme / by P.H.C. Lucas.
ResourceCocos Island Guam Passive Water Sampler Study
In 2015, NCCOS scientists characterized chemical contaminants in fish tissues and sediments in Cocos Lagoon, Guam. Very low levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were detected in sediments. Fish caught around Cocos Island at the southern end of Cocos...
ResourceHawaiian Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping and Classification
A cooperative agreement was established on 1 October 2004 between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Defense Center for Excellence for Research in Ocean Sciences (CEROS), an agency of the State of Hawaii, for suppo...