"Despite a wealth of laboratory experiments describing seagrass growth and competitive interactions with macroalgae under varying nutrient concentrations, there is limited information available from field studies conducted in complex natural environments....

"A dearth of scientific data surrounding Micronesias coral-reef fisheries has limited their formal assessment and continues to hinder local and regional management efforts. We approach this problem by comparing catch-based datasets from market landings ac...

"During 2009-2011, the CNMI monitoring program has continued their long-term monitoring efforts by collecting standardized data at 30 forereef and 24 lagoon sites. These data reside in newly formalized databases that aim to streamline and enhance data sto...

This training manual briefly explains the importance of monitoring which enables successful conservation actions by observing and recording change to the coral reef resources around the Majuro Atoll. Survey methods and designs are succinctly described and...

"Majuro Atoll reefs were surveyed using a comprehensive quantitative method that targeted fishes, hard corals, benthos, and macroinvertebrates at 14 sites that represented environmental and human gradients. This survey serves as the start of the Majuro At...

Monitoring results of the health and population of coral and fish of four states (Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk, and Yap) in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) are summarized in this progress report.

"The survey results of coral habitat, coral disease, fish (introduced, aquarium and food fishes), and invertebrates at various monitoring sites in Hawaii are summarized."