ResourceTrapping of fine sediment in a semi-enclosed bay, Palau, Micronesia
Airai Bay, Palau, is a small (3km super(2)), semi-enclosed, mangrove-fringed, meso-tidal, coral lagoon on the southeast coast of Palau. It drains a small catchment area (26km super(2)) of highly erodible soils in an area with high annual rainfall (3.7m). ...
ResourceStatus of the Coral Reefs of Guam
This is part of the biennial report on the condition of coral reefs in the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States. It is the scientific baseline for subsequent reports on the health of U.S. coral reef ecosystems that are to be used by NOAA and...
ResourceFine sediment trapping in two mangrove-fringed estuaries exposed to contrasting land use intensity in Palau, Micronesia
Airai Bay, Palau, is a small, semi enclosed, mangrove-fringed, meso-tidal, coral lagoon on the southeast coast of Palau. It drains a small catchment area of highly erodible soils in an area with high annual rainfall. River floods are short-lived and the s...
ResourceAn ecohydrological model of the Great Barrier Reef
This model predicts the health of coral reefs from Whitsunday Islands to Lizard Island. Hydrology, oceanography, meteorology, and ecology is studied.
ResourceWater and fine sediment dynamics in transient river plumes in a small, reef-fringed bay, Guam
Fouha Bay is a 400-m-long funnel-shaped, 10-m-deep, coral-fringed embayment on the southwest coast of Guam. It drains a small catchment area (5km super(2)) of steeply sloping, highly erodible lateritic soils. River floods are short-lived and the sediment ...
ResourceEddies around Guam, an Island in the Mariana Islands Group
"Near-surface currents around Guam, a 35 km long, slab-shaped island in the Mariana Islands group, were estimated from current meters, satellite-derived surface topography, and a numerical model. A dominant northwestward-flowing North Equatorial Current p...
ResourceMud, marine snow, and coral reefs
The survival of coral reefs requires integrated watershed-based management activities and marine conservation.
ResourceEcohydrology as a new tool for sustainable management of estuaries and coastal waters
"Throughout the world, estuaries and coastal waters have experienced degradation. Present proposed remedial measures based on engineering and technological fix are not likely to restore the ecological processes of a healthy, robust estuary and, as such, w...
ResourceA model of the effects of land-based human activities on the health of coral reefs in the Great Barrier Reef and in Fouha Bay, Guam, Micronesia
"A model is proposed to explain coral and algal abundance on coastal coral reefs as a function of spike-like natural disturbances from tropical cyclones and turbid river floods, followed by long recovery periods where the rate of reef recovery depends on ...