Geologic setting and ecological functioning of coral reefs in American Samoa
"American Samoa is rich in coral reefs and all islands are more or less fringed by coral reefs. Although structurally not part of the Samoan chain, political American Samoa includes Rose Atoll, a true atoll, and Swains Island. The coral reefs of American ...
US coral reefs in the Line and Phoenix Islands, Central Pacific Ocean: Status, threats and significance
"This is the second of two chapters on the coral reefs of the five US Line and Phoenix Islands, consisting of Baker, Howland and Jarvis Islands, Kingman Reef, ; and Palmyra Atoll. The previous chapter (Chapter 15, Maragos et al.) covers the history, geolo...
Geology and geomorphology of coral reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
"The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) comprise a portion of the middle of the 6,126 km long Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain, considered to be the longest mountain chain in the world Grigg. Located in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean, the Hawaiian...
US coral reefs in the Line and Phoenix Islands, Central Pacific Ocean: History, geology, oceanography, and biology
"Pacific remote island areas (PRIA) are sovereign United States unincorporated and unorganized territories not falling within the jurisdiction of any other US territory or State (GAO 1997; US DOI 2003). There are eight PRIA and all are under the jurisdict...