Baseline levels of coral disease in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
"There has been a worldwide increase in the reports of diseases affecting marine organisms. In the Caribbean, mass mortalities among organisms in reef ecosystems have resulted in major shifts in community structure. However, our ability to fully understan...
Dynamics of debris densities and removal at the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands coral reefs
"Previous marine debris studies in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) have focused on the density, type, and tonnage of debris in various reef and island habitats. Cleanup efforts have grown from a single ship working for a small amount of time to m...
Predation, endemism, and related processess structuring shallow reef fish assemblages in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
"Data on distribution, abundance, and related patterns, reflecting key ecological processes such as predation, are herein summarized for the shallow-water (< 18-m) reef fishes of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). This summary is based on the re...
Some Reefs and Corals of Roatan (Honduras), Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman
"The topography, zonation, and coral communities of small sections of the reefs which surround three western Caribbean islands were studied for comparison with well - studied Caribbean reefs of northwestern Roatan (Honduras), an Brac , and northwestern Li...
Ten years of shipboard ADCP measurements along the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
"Ten years of shipboard acoustic Doppler current profiler data, resulting in 105 transects along the Hawaiian Ridge, have been analyzed to describe the spatial and temporal variability of the mean currents and vertical shear structure in the vicinity of t...
The role of oceanographic conditions and reef morphology in the 2002 coral bleaching event in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
"Researchers on two research cruises to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) in September 2002 recorded widespread massive coral bleaching, particularly at Kure, Midway, and Pearl and Hermes atolls at the northern end of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Whil...
Sharks and jacks in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands from towed diver surveys 2000-2003
"Sharks (Carcharhinidae) and jacks (Carangidae) were surveyed using towed divers at the atolls and banks of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) during annual surveys from 2000 to 2003. We compared numerical and biomass densities of these predators am...
Second recorded episode of mass coral bleaching in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
"Mass coral bleaching involves multiple species over large areas. A second known episode of mass bleaching was documented in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) during September/October 2004. Bleaching was observed in 10 species of the three dominant...
Historical and present status of the pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera, at Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
"Populations of the black-lipped pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera, at Pearl and Hermes Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands were first reported in 1928 and heavily harvested over the next 2 years. Approximately 150,000 pearl oysters were either ...
Community structure of hermatypic corals at Kure Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Stemming the shifting baseline
"The distribution and abundance of scleractinian corals at Kure Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands was determined by georeferenced towed-diver surveys that covered close to 27,000 m2 of benthic habitat and site-specific surveys at 21 sites during ...
Baseline levels of coral disease in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands