Toxicological effects of the sunscreen UV filter, benzophenone-2, on planulae and in vitro cells of the coral, Stylophora pistillata
"Benzophenone-2 (BP-2) is an additive to personal-care products and commercial solutions that protects against the damaging effects of ultraviolet light. BP-2 is an emerging contaminant of concern? that is often released as a pollutant through municipal a...
A bio-oceanographic filter to larval dispersal in a reef-building coral
"Gene flow was shown to be limited between western and eastern Caribbean populations of the reef-building coral, Acropora palmata. However, some mixing was detected among populations near Puerto Rico. Our genetic analyses categorize A. palmata samples fro...
Relationships between the spatial distribution of red coral Corallium rubrum and coexisting suspension feeders at Medas Islands Marine Protected Area (Spain)
This paper addresses the spatial distribution of rocky bottom suspension feeders co-occurring in the same Mediterranean sciaphilic species assemblage, at Medas Islands Marine Protected Area (NE Spain), in which the octocoral Corallium rubrum is the most c...
4 km AVHRR Pathfinder v5.0 Global Day-Night Sea Surface Temperature Averages, 1985-2009 (NODC Accession 0077816)
This data set contains a set of monthly and yearly global day-night sea surface temperature averages, derived from the AVHRR Pathfinder Version 5 sea surface temperature cloudscreened data set (http://pathfinder.nodc.noaa.gov) in GeoTIFF format. The AVHRR...
NCRMP and related PIFSC surveys: Statistical Summary of Key Environmental Variables at Coral Reef Survey Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2000 to 2020 (NCEI Accession 0256762)
The Environmental Data Summary (EDS) tool was developed by scientists of the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC). The survey data utilized in tool development was funded by the National Coral Ree...
Fiscal year 2011 Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS) accomplishments highlights
CoRIS began development of a new data discovery tool using the ESRI Geoportal technology. The new search tool will provide enhanced ability for temporal and spatial searches. The tool will also allow users to save searches as customized GeoRSS feeds and p...
Fiscal year 2011 Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS) accomplishments highlights [electronic resource].
"CoRIS began development of a new data discovery tool using the ESRI Geoportal technology. The new search tool will provide enhanced ability for temporal and spatial searches. The tool will also allow users to save searches as customized GeoRSS feeds and ...
Chlorophyll Data from the Old Outfall Site in the South Sector of Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii February 2001 to May 2004 (NODC Accession 0002805)
Kaneohe Bay received increasing amounts of sewage from
the 1950s through 1977. Most sewage was diverted from
the bay in 1977 and early 1978. Data were collected
beginning in September 1976 and continued until June
1979. The time series was re-establish...
Biodiversity of Freshwater and Estuarine Communities in
Lower Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii with Observations on
Introduced Species: Summary from Fieldwork Conducted
in 1997-1998 (NODC Accession 0001114)
The Pearl Harbor Biodiversity Project was funded by the
Department of Defense Legacy Program, through the U. S. Navy.
The project was performed in two phases. Phase I of the study
was conducted from November 1995 through June 1997. Phase I
involved invest...
Watershed Coordination, Protection, and Restoration to Control Land Based Pollution in Culebra, Puerto Rico FY-2017
"The purpose of this project was to reduce the impact of land-based sources of pollution (LBSP) on coral resources on Culebra, a CRCP priority area and the Caribbean Habitat Focus Area in Puerto Rico. This project furthers implementation of priority resto...