Mesophotic communities of the insular shelf at Tutuila, American Samoa
"An investigation into the insular shelf and submerged banks surrounding Tutuila, American Samoa, was conducted using a towed camera system. Surveys confirmed the presence of zooxanthellate scleractinian coral communities at mesophotic depths (30-110 m). ...
A comparison of the 1998 and 2002 coral bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef: Spatial correlation, patterns, and predictions
"Detailed mapping of coral bleaching events provides an opportunity to examine spatial patterns in bleaching over scales of 10 s to 1,000 s of km and the spatial correlation between sea surface temperature (SST) and bleaching. We present data for two larg...
American Samoas island of giants: Massive Porites colonies at Tau Island
"The article offers information on the massive Porites coral colonies at Ta'u island in the Manu'a group of American Samoa. It cites that the colony, which has a hemi-ellipsoidal shape, sits atop a pedestal of dead skeletons and is located in 17 meters (m...
El Nino related coral bleaching in Palau, Western Caroline Islands
"Mass coral bleaching is currently viewed as a major threat to the long-term health of coral reef communities. Here we quantify coral bleaching in Palau coincident with the 1997/1998 El Nino Southern Oscillation event and with local sea surface temperatur...
Applying a ridge-to-reef framework to support watershed, water quality, and community-based fisheries management in American Samoa
"Water quality and fisheries exploitation are localized, chronic stressors that impact coral reef condition and resilience. Yet, quantifying the relative contribution of individual stressors and evaluating the degree of human impact to any particular reef...
Where have all the carbonates gone? A model comparison of calcium carbonate budgets before and after the 1982-1983 El Nino at Uva Island in the eastern Pacific
"El Nino related coral mortality and a subsequent increase in crustose coralline algae and sea urchins have resulted in profound changes to the coral reef ecosystem at Uva Island, Panama (Pacific coast). New data and a model are presented that analyze the...
The 2014-2017 global-scale coral bleaching event: insights and impacts
"2014-2017 was an unprecedented period of successive record-breaking hot years, which coincided with the most severe, widespread, and longest-lasting global-scale coral bleaching event ever recorded. The 2014-2017 global-scale coral bleaching event (GCBE)...
Satellite observation of Keppel Islands (Great Barrier Reef) 2002 Coral Bleaching Using IKONOS Data
"An examination of IKONOS satellite imagery of the Keppel Islands (Great Barrier Reef) acquired before and during a coral bleaching event indicates that severe bleaching of reefs can be detected as an increase in brightness in the band 1 (blue) and band 2...
Species richness of motile cryptofauna across a gradient of reef framework erosion
"Abstract Coral reef ecosystems contain exceptionally high concentrations of marine biodiversity, potentially encompassing millions of species. Similar to tropical rainforests and their insects, the majority of reef animal species are small and cryptic, l...
First record of mass coral bleaching in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands