Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Reports

During Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (Pacific RAMP) expeditions to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Mariana Archipelago, American Samoa, and Pacific Remote Island Areas, PIFSC scientists and partner organizations collected extensive information on coral reef biological communities and habitats and the oceanographic and water-quality parameters influencing them. The survey methods and results are described in the reports below.

• April 4, 2012

  

  Coral reef ecosystem monitoring report of the Mariana Archipelago: a 2003 - 2007

  Brainard RE, Asher J, Blyth-Skyrme V, Coccagna EF, Dennis K, Donovan MK, Gove JM, Kenyon J, Looney EE, Miller JE, Timmers MA, Vargas-Angel B, Vroom PS, Vetter O, Zgliczynski B, Acoba T, DesRochers A, Dunlap MJ, Franklin EC, Fisher-Pool PI, Braun CL, Richards BL, Schopmeyer SA, Schroeder RE, Toperoff A, Weijerman M, Williams I, Withall RD
  [2012] Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC Special Publication, SP-12-01, 1019 p

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  • Cover, Authors, and Front Matter (5.1 MB)
  • Acknowledgements (0.2 MB)
  • Table of Contents (1.1 MB)
  • List of Abbreviations (0.2 MB)
  • Executive Summary (14.0 MB)
  • Chapter 1: Introduction (3.0 MB)
  • Chapter 2: Methods and Operational Background (35.0 MB)
  • Chapter 3: Archipelagic Comparisons (18.0 MB) *As Revised 5/10/2012
  • Chapter 4: Guam and Adjacent Reefs (60.0 MB) *As Revised 5/10/2012
  • Chapter 5: Rota (14.0 MB)
  • Chapter 6: Aguijan (8.2 MB)
  • Chapter 7: Tinian and Tatsumi Reef (20.0 MB)
  • Chapter 8: Saipan (56.0 MB)
  • Chapter 9: Anatahan (8.4 MB)
  • Chapter 10: Sarigan (11.0 MB)
  • Chapter 11: Guguan (9.9 MB)
  • Chapter 12: Alamagan (13.0 MB)
  • Chapter 13: Pagan (20.0 MB)
  • Chapter 14: Agrihan (22.0 MB)
  • Chapter 15: Asuncion (12.0 MB)
  • Chapter 16: Maug (28.0 MB)
  • Chapter 17: Farallon de Pajaros (11.0 MB)
  • Chapter 18: Reefs and Banks of the CNMI (8.4 MB)
  • References (0.3 MB)
  • Appendices (0.5 MB)
  • Errata (0.1 MB) *Last Updated 5/10/2012
  • Download Full Report (319.0 MB) *As Revised 5/10/2012
• March 25, 2012

  

  Coral reef ecosystems of American Samoa: a 2002 - 2010 overview

  Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
  [2011] Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC Special Publication, SP-11-002, 46 p

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• November 10, 2010

  

  Coral reef ecosystems of the Mariana Archipelago: a 2003 - 2007 overview

  Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
  [2010] Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC Special Publication, SP-10-002, 38 p

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• January 01, 2008

  

  Coral reef ecosystem monitoring report for American Samoa: 2002-2006

  Brainard R, Asher J, Gove J, Helyer J, Kenyon J, Mancini F, Miller J, Myhre S, Nadon M, Rooney J, Schroeder R, Smith E, Vargas-Angel B, Vogt S, Vroom P, Balwani S, Craig P, DesRochers A, Ferguson S, Hoeke R, Lammers M, Lundblad E, Maragos J, Moffitt R, Timmers M, Vetter O
  [2008] U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 472 p. + appendices.

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  • Cover, Authors and Front Matter (0.8 MB PDF)
  • Acknowledgements (0.2 MB PDF)
  • Table of Contents (0.2 MB PDF)
  • Executive Summary (0.2 MB PDF)
  • Chapter 1. Introduction (7.7 MB PDF)
  • Chapter 2. Methods (15.0 MB PDF)
  • Chapter 3. Tutuila and Aunu'u Islands (74.0 MB PDF)
  • Chapter 4. Ofu and Olosega Islands (49.0 MB PDF)
  • Chapter 5. Taʻu Island (52.0 MB PDF)
  • Chapter 6. Rose Atoll (60.0 MB PDF)
  • Chapter 7. Swains Island (58.0 MB PDF)
  • Chapter 8. Archipelagic Comparisons (13.0 MB PDF)
  • Appendices (0.7 MB PDF)
  • Download Full Report (325.0 MB PDF)
• October 23, 2006

  

  The state of coral reef ecosystems of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

  Friedlander AM, Aeby GS, Brainard RB, Clark A, DeMartini EE, Godwin S, Kenyon JC, Kosaki R, Maragos J, Vroom PS
  [2005] In: Waddell JE (ed.). The state of coral reef ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2005, p. 270-311. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 11. NOAA/NCCOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment's Biogeography Team. 522 p.

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• October 23, 2006

  

  The state of coral reef ecosystems of the Pacific Remote Island Areas

  Brainard RB, Maragos J, Schroeder R, Kenyon JC, Vroom PS, Godwin S, Hoeke RK, Aeby GS, Moffitt R, Lammers M, Gove J, Timmers M, Holzwarth SR, Kolinski S
  [2005] In: Waddell JE (ed.). The state of coral reef ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2005, p. 338-372. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 11. NOAA/NCCOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment's Biogeography Team. 522 p.

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