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Online Tool Visualizes Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Fishponds ...
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The west coast of the island of Hawaii has several anchialine pools—inland fish ponds with underground connections to the ocean—that support ...
Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative (HCRI) - NCCOS - National Centers for ...
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The Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative (HCRI) research cooperative includes county, state, and federal agencies; community-based organizations; and the ...
Marine Biogeographic Assessment of the Main Hawaiian Islands
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The state of Hawaii is working to develop local renewable energy sources to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels. Most of the state’s potential ...
Seaweed ‘Super Sucker’ Helps Restore Hawaii’s Kaneohe Bay
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From 1998 to 2014, NCCOS supported the Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative (HCRI) to fund research on Hawaii’s coral reefs, including invasive algae and ...
Protecting Local Species with Better Detection Methods for Invasive ...
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Invasive species, such as snowflake coral and hookweed, threaten the local organisms in the deeper waters around the NWHI. At greatest risk of being ...
Sea-Level Rise Modeling as a Catalyst for Effective Coastal Management ...
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The west coast of Hawaii supports groundwater-fed anchialine pools (landlocked bodies of water with a subterranean connection to the ocean), wetlands ...
NCCOS Assessment Supports Effective Management of Hawaii's Nearshore ...
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At least 30 percent of Hawaii’s nearshore reefs must remain healthy to sustain similar amounts of productivity in the future. In response, the State ...
Comparing Reef Fish Habitat Use Patterns In and Out of Hawaiian Marine ...
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The fishes of Hawaii play critically important economic and cultural roles, and their protection is a high priority among the people of Hawaii. What ...
NOAA Publishes Findings from Socioeconomic Monitoring of Hawaii’s Coral ...
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A blunt slipper lobster (Scyllarides squammosus) patrols a busy reef of massive Porites and encrusting Monitpora corals off the coast of Molokai in ...
A Marine Biogeographic Assessment of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
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There are approximately 80 types of coral in the monument, nearly half of which are found only in Hawaii. Fifteen whale species were observed within ...
Investigating Mesophotic Coral Reefs in Hawaii - NCCOS - National ...
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A unique source of coral and algal diversity in Hawaii – The Au‘au Channel consists of the most expansive examples of mesophotic coral ecosystems ...
Monitoring Hawaii’s Marine Protected Areas: Examining Spatial and ...
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Hawaii’s coastal marine resources have declined dramatically over the past 100 years due to multiple anthropogenic stressors including overfishing ...
State of Hawaii Office of Planning GIS Data Downloads
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GIS data, maps, tools, applications, and resources can be downloaded here. Data on transportation, agriculture, parks, recreation, water supply ...
Fish Habitat Utilization Patterns and Evaluation of the Efficacy of ...
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Over the past four decades, the state of Hawaii has developed a system of eleven Marine Life Conservation Districts (MLCDs) to conserve and replenish ...
A 2024 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, and Contaminants of ...
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Alaska and Hawaii have historically represented more pristine coastlines, and, as such, are important to include in the the Mussel Watch dataset as a ...
Four New Algal Species Discovered in Hawai’i’s Mesophotic Waters
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NOAA-funded scientists at the University of Hawai’i have discovered and described four new algal species in Hawai’i’s mesophotic coral ecosystems. The ...
Defining reef fish habitat utilization patterns in Hawaii: comparisons ...
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Over the past 4 decades, Hawaii has developed a system of Marine Life Conservation Districts (MLCDs) to conserve and replenish marine resources. These ...
Benthic Habitat Mapping of Main Hawaiian Islands
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Aerial Photo Database for Hawaii, U.S. Virgins Islands and Puerto Rico (1999 and older) Benthic surveys for ground truthing of coastal benthic mapping ...
Ecophysiology of mesophotic reef-building corals in Hawai'i is ...
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Investigating Mesophotic Coral Reefs in Hawaii; Description. Mesophotic reef corals remain largely unexplored in terms of the genetic adaptations and ...
Light Shed on Hawaiian Reef Fish Food Sources and Trophic Positions
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NOAA-funded scientists studying the diets of 22 species of Hawaiian coral reef fish living at both shallow (0-30 meters) and mesophotic (30-150 ...