"Objectives: To survey habitats and communities of mesophotic coral reef ecosystems around the Manu'a Islands in American Samoa with an optical camera system."
Comparing mesophotic and shallow reef assemblages in the 'Au'au Channel: fish size, feeding guild composition, species richness, and endemism
Mesophotic (30–150 m) reef fish assemblages in the 'Au'au Channel, between the Hawaiian Islands of Maui and Lanai, were compared visually with neighboring shallow (<30 m depth) reef fish assemblages for differences in structure. Between 2007 and 2011, app...
Reef Core Data from the Hawaiian Islands for Analysis of El Nino control of Holocene Reef Accretion, 2000-2002 (NODC Accession 0000901)
Reef core samples from select sites on Kauai, Oahu, and Molokai were taken to study reef accretion. Most field work occurred between 1995-2002. Parameters derived include Substrate Description, Calibrated Core Age, and Calibrated Age Range.
Coral Reef Conservation Program mapping achievements and unmet needs
This report distinguishes between the primary data (PD) that needs to be collected in order to provide a range of derivative products (DP). Primary data include satellite imagery from sensors such as IKONOS or WorldView; bathymetric (depth) and backscatte...
Cruise report, vessel Oscar Elton Sette, Cruise SE-10-02 (SE-78), 11 February-14 March 2010, Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI: Rota, Farallon de Medinilla and Saipan)
Personnel from the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) and Fisheries Monitoring and Socioeconomics Division (FMSD) and Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFS...
Acoustic characterization of mesophotic coral reef ecosystems of West Hawai'i
Coral reef habitats in Hawai'i are common in shallow waters and extend into mesophotic depths (30-150 m). However, habitat monitoring efforts have been concentrated in depths constrained by safe dive limits of 0-30 m. Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs), l...
Nearshore bathymetry mapping around the island of Maui and TOAD optical data collection in the vicinity of Kaanapali-Kahekili, Maui
The NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center's Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Benthic Habitat Mapping Team conducted an 18-day mission to acousticaly and optically survey the seafloor around the island of Maui aboard the R/V AHI in support of ...
The implementation of rare events logistic regression to predict the distribution of mesophotic hard corals across the main Hawaiian Islands
Predictive habitat suitability models are powerful tools for cost-effective, statistically robust assessment of the environmental drivers of species distributions. The aim of this study was to develop predictive habitat suitability models for two genera o...
Mesophotic coral ecosystems : potential candidates as essential fish habitat and habitat areas of particular concern
Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) are light-dependent communities of corals, algae, sponges, and other organisms that exist at depths between approximately 30 m to 150 m. Little known until recently and understudied relative to shallower reefs, MCEs may ...
PIFSC Small Boat Mission Report SB-12-16
Reef Core Data from the Hawaiian Islands for Analysis of El Nino control of Holocene Reef Accretion, 2000-2002 (NODC Accession 0000901)