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Local-scale projections of coral reef futures and implications of the Paris Agreement These data are netcdf files of the projected timing of the onset of thermal stress severe enough (>8 Degree Heating Weeks) to cause coral bleaching 2x per decade and 10x per decade (annual) under emissions scenarios RCP8.5 and RCP4.5. The projected timing (a year between 2006 and 2100) is the data value. Values are only shown for the ~60,000 four-km pixels where coral reefs are known to occur. Categories: Data; Types: Citation, NetCDF OPeNDAP Service; Tags: Climate change, Coral bleaching, Coral reefs, Global, Marine ecology, All tags... Model projections, Pacific Islands CASC, Resilience, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, Vulnerability, Water, Coasts and Ice, Fewer tags Decision analysis to support wastewater management in coral reef priority area A cocktail of land-based sources of pollution threatens coral reef ecosystems, and addressing these has become a key management and policy challenge in the State of Hawaii, other US territories, and globally. In West Maui, Hawai'i, nearly one quarter of all living corals were lost between 1995 and 2008. Onsite disposal systems (OSDS) for sewage leak contaminants into drinking water sources and nearshore waters. In recognition of this risk, the Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) is prioritizing areas for cesspool upgrades. Independently, we applied a decision analysis process to identify priority areas to address sewage pollution from OSDS in West Maui, with the objective of reducing nearshore coral reef exposure... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Coral Reefs, Data Visualization & Tools, Pacific Islands CASC, Science Tools For Managers, Water, Coasts and Ice Final Report: Coral Reef Resilience to Climate Change in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Reducing coral reef vulnerability to climate change requires that managers understand and support the natural resilience of coral reefs. We define coral reef resilience as: the capacity of a reef to resist and/or recover from disturbance given its probable exposure regime, and maintain provision of ecosystem goods and services. Spatial variation in exposure to disturbance and the resilience of reefs in the face of those disturbances will determine the fate of coral reefs within management jurisdictions. This project sought to: (1) undertake ecological resilience assessments in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), which is in the west Pacific near Guam, and (2) collaboratively develop a decision-support... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Climate Change, Coral Reef, Coral Reefs, Mariana Islands, Pacific Islands CASC, All tags... Resilience, Vulnerability, Water, Coasts and Ice, Fewer tags NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program NOAA’s Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP) is compiling a national database of the locations of deep-sea corals and sponges, beginning in U.S. waters. The DSCRTP will make this information accessible to resource managers, the scientific community, and the public over the World Wide Web. The database fulfills NOAA’s requirements under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) to identify and map locations of deep-sea corals and to submit this information for use by regional fishery management councils. At present, there is no comprehensive, national-scale data portal for deep-sea corals and sponges. Given the authorities outlined in MSA, NOAA’s Deep Sea Coral Research... Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, North America, All tags... Pacific Ocean, United States, benthic habitat, biodiversity, biology, coral, coral reefs, fisheries management, invertebrates, marine animals, protected species, sponge, Fewer tags Seascape models reveal places to focus coastal fisheries management Abstract: To design effective marine reserves and support fisheries, more information on fishing patterns and impacts for targeted species is needed, as well as better understanding of their key habitats. However, fishing impacts vary geographically and are difficult to disentangle from other factors that influence targeted fish distributions. We developed a set of fishing effort and habitat layers at high resolution and employed machine learning techniques to create regional‐scale seascape models and predictive maps of biomass and body length of targeted reef fishes for the main Hawaiian Islands. Spatial patterns of fishing effort were shown to be highly variable and seascape models indicated a low threshold beyond... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Coral Reefs, Data Visualization & Tools, Pacific Islands CASC, Science Tools For Managers, Water, Coasts and Ice Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) profile data in the National Park of American Samoa, Tutuila, American Samoa, 2015 Spatial surveys of water column physical properties were acquired with a conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) profiler for four days in February 2015 and one day in July 2015 off the north coast of the island of Tutuila, American Samoa in support of a study on the coastal circulation patterns within and in the vicinity of the National Park of American Samoa. Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: CMGP, CONDUCTIVITY, CORAL REEFS, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DENSITY, All tags... National Park of American Samoa, OCEAN CURRENTS, Oceans, PCMSC, PYCNOCLINE, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, SALINITY, SUSPENDED SOLIDS, Samoa Islands, THERMOCLINE, Territory of American Samoa, Tutuila Island, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, WATER TEMPERATURE, Water Column Features, geoscientificInformation, marine water quality, physical oceanography, time series datasets, Fewer tags A linked land-sea modeling framework to inform ridge-to-reef management in high oceanic islands Abstract (from PLOS One): Declining natural resources have led to a cultural renaissance across the Pacific that seeks to revive customary ridge-to-reef management approaches to protect freshwater and restore abundant coral reef fisheries. Effective ridge-to-reef management requires improved understanding of land-sea linkages and decision-support tools to simultaneously evaluate the effects of terrestrial and marine drivers on coral reefs, mediated by anthropogenic activities. Although a few applications have linked the effects of land cover to coral reefs, these are too coarse in resolution to inform watershed-scale management for Pacific Islands. To address this gap, we developed a novel linked land-sea modeling... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Coral Reefs, Data Visualization & Tools, Pacific Islands CASC, Science Tools For Managers, Water, Coasts and Ice Final Report: Mapping and environmental science to support clean reefs of West Maui, Hawaii Episodic runoff carries suspended sediment to the nearshore, where it blocks light used for photosynthesis, smothers corals, inhibits coral recruitment, and triggers increases in macroalgae. Even small rainfalls create visible plumes over a few hours. Sediment affects coastal user enjoyment by deteriorating both ecosystem quality and visibility. Sources of erosion include unimproved roads, fallow and active agricultural fields, disturbed forests, local development, and streambanks. In this project, USGS used mapping, field experiments and monitoring, and analysis of recent (July 19–20, 2014) and historic rainfall to estimate sources of land-based pollution for watersheds in West Maui, Hawaii. USGS constructed an... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Coral Reefs, Pacific Islands CASC, Rivers, Streams and Lakes, Water, Coasts and Ice BEWARE database: A Bayesian-based system to assess wave-driven flooding hazards on coral reef-lined coasts A process-based wave-resolving hydrodynamic model (XBeach Non-Hydrostatic, ‘XBNH’) was used to create a large synthetic database for use in a “Bayesian Estimator for Wave Attack in Reef Environments” (BEWARE), relating incident hydrodynamics and coral reef geomorphology to coastal flooding hazards on reef-lined coasts. Building on previous work, BEWARE improves system understanding of reef hydrodynamics by examining the intrinsic reef and extrinsic forcing factors controlling runup and flooding on reef-lined coasts. The Bayesian estimator has high predictive skill for the XBNH model outputs that are flooding indicators, and was validated for a number of available field cases. BEWARE is a potentially powerful tool... Categories: Data; Types: Citation, NetCDF OPeNDAP Service; Tags: CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Geomorphology, Geophysics, PCMSC, All tags... Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, coastal processes, coastal processes, coral reefs, flooding, geoscientificInformation, hazards, numerical modeling, oceans, reef, water column features, water level, waves, Fewer tags Vessel-mounted acoustic-doppler current profiler (ADCP) and surface-wind data from the National Park of American Samoa, Tutuila, American Samoa, 2015 Spatial surveys of water column currents and surface winds were conducted from February 17 to 20, 2015, off the north coast of the island of Tutuila, American Samoa. These data were collected using an acoustic-doppler current profiler (ADCP) and a meterological sensor in support of a study on the coastal circulation patterns within and in the vicinity of the National Park of American Samoa. Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: CMGP, CORAL REEFS, CURRENTS, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Current, All tags... PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Samoa Islands, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, WATER DEPTH, inlandWaters, marine water quality, physical oceanography, time series datasets, Fewer tags Time-series oceanographic data from the National Park of American Samoa, Tutuila, American Samoa, 2015 Time-series data of water surface elevation, wave height, and water column currents, temperature and salinity were acquired for 150 days off the north coast of the island of Tutuila, American Samoa in support of a study on the coastal circulation patterns within and in the vicinity of the National Park of American Samoa. Table of filenames and data types for each netCDF file within the archive zip files: Filename Variables Measured Depth StartDate EndDate Site M1 - AMS16M1.zip AMS15M1M01ct.nc temp, salinity, pressure 2.0 14-Feb-2015 29-May-2015 AMS15M1M21tl.nc temp 6.6 14-Feb-2015 15-Apr-2015 AMS15M1M22tl.nc temp 6.6 15-Apr-2015 14-Jun-2015 AMS15M1M31tl.nc temp 12.1 14-Feb-2015 15-Apr-2015 AMS15M1M31tl.nc... Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: CMGP, CONDUCTIVITY, CORAL REEFS, CTD, CTD measurement, All tags... CURRENT METERS, CURRENTS, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Current, PCMSC, PRESSURE SENSORS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, SALINITY, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, Samoa Islands, Shallow-water habitat, TIDAL HEIGHT, Tidal shallows, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, WATER DEPTH, WATER PRESSURE, WATER TEMPERATURE, WAVE HEIGHT, WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES, Wind waves, inlandWaters, marine water quality, ocean waves, physical oceanography, time series datasets, water level measurements, wave observations, Fewer tags Final Report: Valuing Climate Change Impacts on Coral Reef Ecosystem Services Coral reefs provide numerous ecosystem goods and services critical to human well-being (e.g., protection from storms and floods, food, income, recreation, and cultural practices), but those ecosystems are under serious threat due to growing human pressures, including overfishing, land-based pollution, and global climate change. Managers facing complex problems require decision-support tools that can guide costeffective action across the entire watershed, from ridge to reef. This project built a pilot tool for coral reef management that can map, assess, and value key goods and services from the reef environment. It provides important information to managers on the areas supplying the most value to humans, as well... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Coral Reefs, Coral Reefs, Data Visualization & Tools, Pacific Islands CASC, Science Tools For Managers, All tags... Water, Coasts and Ice, Water, Coasts and Ice, Fewer tags Lagrangian ocean surface drifter deployments off the National Park of American Samoa, Tutuila, American Samoa, 2015 Satellite-tracked, DGPS-equipped Lagrangian surface-current drifter deployments were conducted over 12 weeks between 14 April and 7 July 2015 at various locations within and offshore of the National Park of American Samoa study area to track surface currents. The drifters internally logged their location every 1 minute, and they transmitted their positions to satellites every 5 minutes. A drogue was attached to the drifters at 1 m below sea level in order to track the currents at that depth. Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: CORAL REEFS, National Park of American Samoa, OCEAN CURRENTS, Ocean Circulation, Oceans, All tags... Physical Oceanography, Samoa Islands, Territory of American Samoa, Tutuila Island, Water Column Features, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags Simulating future climate impacts on tropical fisheries: are contemporary spatial fishery management strategies sufficient? Abstract (from http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0200#.WhM1YdenGUk): We demonstrated a possible future wherein coral reefs shift to an algae-dominated state that retains low coral cover and a functional biomass of herbivorous fishes that sustains a reef fish fishery. We evaluate the effect of no-take marine protected areas (MPAs) and increased coastal nutrients under two Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change climate scenarios for years 2000–2100, which are implemented as coral bleaching events. Coral mortality from bleaching events drove a lagged increase in herbivorous fish populations via a shift from coral-dominated to algae-dominated habitats. Biomass and catch of piscivorous fish... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Coral Reefs, Pacific Islands CASC, Water, Coasts and Ice Assessing relative resilience potential of coral reefs to inform management Abstract (from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320715300926): Ecological resilience assessments are an important part of resilience-based management (RBM) and can help prioritize and target management actions. Use of such assessments has been limited due to a lack of clear guidance on the assessment process. This study builds on the latest scientific advances in RBM to provide that guidance from a resilience assessment undertaken in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). We assessed spatial variation in ecological resilience potential at 78 forereef sites near the populated islands of the CNMI: Saipan, Tinian/Aguijan, and Rota. The assessments are based on measuring indicators... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Connectivity, Coral Reefs, Coral reefs, Environmental management, Pacific Islands CASC, All tags... Spatial planning, Vulnerability, Water, Coasts and Ice, Fewer tags Coral growth parameters, Kahekili, west Maui Surface runoff and submarine groundwater discharge in particular are known vectors to the coastal ocean of elevated nutrients and contaminants leading to eutrophication, algal overgrowth, and coral disease. Freshwater discharging directly from submarine groundwater vents off of Kahekili Beach Park, Kaanapali, in West Maui contains elevated nutrient concentrations and lower pH values. Coral cores were collected in July 2013 from the shallow reef at Kahekili in Kaanapali, West Maui, Hawaii from scleractinian Porites lobata to specifically addresses the relationship between coral reef health and compounding stressors from contaminated submarine groundwater discharge. Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Ecological Functions and Services, Maui, Pacific Ocean, State of Hawaii, alkalinity, All tags... carbonate analysis, chemical analysis, chemical oceanography, coastal pollution, coelenterates, coral reefs, environment, eutrophication, geochemistry, geochemistry, groundwater geochemistry, human impacts on habitats, marine chemistry, marine water quality, nutrients, ocean acidification, oceans, Fewer tags Seawater carbonate chemistry, Kahekili, west Maui Time-series of seawater carbonate chemistry variables, including salinity, dissolved inorganic nutrients, pH, total alkalinity, and dissolved inorganic carbon from sites along Kahekili Beach Park, west Maui near submarine groundwater seeps and living coral reefs. Samples for seawater were collected by pumping bottom water from the seafloor using a peristaltic pump and collecting discrete water samples every 4-hrs over a 6-day period. Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Ecological Functions and Services, Maui, Pacific Ocean, State of Hawaii, alkalinity, All tags... carbonate analysis, chemical analysis, chemical oceanography, coastal pollution, coelenterates, coral reefs, environment, eutrophication, geochemistry, geochemistry, groundwater geochemistry, human impacts on habitats, marine chemistry, marine water quality, nutrients, ocean acidification, oceans, Fewer tags Underwater video footage, March 2014, Faga'alu Bay, Tutuila Island, American Samoa Underwater video imagery was collected in March 2014 in the nearshore waters of Faga'alu Bay on the Island of Tutuila, American Samoa, as part of the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Program's Pacific Coral Reefs Project. Included here are 40 video files in .mpg format and an Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile with location (navigation) points every two seconds. Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: American Samoa, Benthic Habitat, CMG, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, All tags... Coral Reefs, Faga'alu Bay, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Remote Sensing, Tutuila, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, biota, boundaries, data release, geoscientificInformation, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, oceans, Fewer tags