CREIOS: NOAA's Coral Reef Ecosystem Integrated Observing System
Coral reefs are complex ecosystems with high biodiversity and significant economic importance. Unfortunately, global assessments have revealed rapid declines in coral reef health around the world. With U.S. coral reef resources stretching across 13 time z...
Long-term effects of a ship-grounding on coral reef fish assemblages at Rose Atoll, American Samoa
Rose Atoll is a small, remote coral atoll in the central South Pacific that was impacted by a major ship grounding and associated contaminant spill in October 1993. Coral reef fish assemblages were quantitatively surveyed at the impacted site and compared...
Characterization of Pacific Island benthic habitats - Putting the pieces together
The NOAA Fisheries Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) is building capacity, in concert with partner agencies, to map benthic habitats to depths of ~600 m in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands.
Satellite Sea Surface Temperature (SST) research at NOAA/NESDIS
This was a presentatataion given at the 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology held in 2004.
Global trade and consumer choices: Coral reefs in crisis
"Coral reefs around the world are in crisis. Over 25% have already died or are severely damaged, and another 30% are seriously threatened and may die -- from global warming, overfishing, destructive fishing practices, and unsound coastal development. [1] ...
CREIOS: NOAA's Coral Reef Ecosystem Integrated Observing System