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Book Synopsis Hawaiian archipelago's coral reef management priorities by : Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Download or read book Hawaiian archipelago's coral reef management priorities written by Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Hawaiian archipelago's coral reef management priorities by : Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Download or read book Hawaiian archipelago's coral reef management priorities written by Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Analysis of Issues Affecting the Management of Coral Reefs and the Associated Capacity Building Needs in the Main Hawaiian Islands by : Glenn G. Page
Download or read book An Analysis of Issues Affecting the Management of Coral Reefs and the Associated Capacity Building Needs in the Main Hawaiian Islands written by Glenn G. Page and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This capacity assessment is a component of the coral reef management priority setting process facilitated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coral Reef Conservation Program (NOAA CRCP) and initiated in 2009. The stated purpose of this process was "to develop place-based, local coral reef management priorities" for the seven United States (U.S.)state and territorial coral reef jurisdictions, including Hawaii. In Hawaii, the priorities in the 2010 publication of Hawaiian Archipelago' Coral Reef Management Priorities (henceforth, the "Priority Setting Document," or "PSD") were largely created in support of the ongoing development of the Hawaii Coral Reef Strategy: Priorities for Management in the Main Hawaiian Islands 2010-2020 (henceforth, the "Strategy") and The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Management Plan. Given that, the Strategy was the main lens for the capacity assessment process. For the purposes of this assessment, our scope included exclusively the Main Hawaiian Islands (also referred to as Hawaii and State of Hawaii as distinctive terms that are more appropriate in a given context). The Strategy includes, in Section 6, a brief summary of governance capacity issues in Hawaii entitled "Capacity Gaps." In this section, the Strategy states that, "The HCRS [the Strategy] cannot be implemented effectively without addressing capacity gaps in coral reef management." In September 2011, NOAA CRCP hired SustainaMetrix to conduct a more detailed assessment across all seven coral jurisdictions including Hawaii, which expands on this initial effort to address capacity gaps in ecosystem governance for coral reef management in Hawaii. This report summarizes the findings of our capacity assessment conducted in Hawaii between September 2012 and April 2013, including a 14-day site visit to Hawaii from November 26 to December 10, 2012, the review of over 140 background documents, over 65 interviews, and ongoing collaboration with the Hawaii Jurisdictional Capacity Assessment Team (J-CAT)"--Page 14 (Introduction).
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Book Synopsis Relative Resilience Potential and Bleaching Severity in the West Hawai'i Habitat Focus Area in 2015 by : Jeffrey Maynard
Download or read book Relative Resilience Potential and Bleaching Severity in the West Hawai'i Habitat Focus Area in 2015 written by Jeffrey Maynard and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), NOAA Habitat Blueprint, and Sentinel Site Program have an overlapping Focus Area on the west side of the Island of Hawai'i that includes the South Kohala coastline. The Habitat Blueprint and Sentinel Sites focus areas have merged into a single effort. In addition, the NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary and the West Hawaii Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Program both support and are supported by the focus area initiative. Nearly a quarter of the coral and fish species in Hawaii are endemic (i.e., can only be found in the Hawaiian Islands) and South Kohala contains one of the longest contiguous coral reefs in the state. Coral reefs are of critical importance to the communities and environment of West Hawai'i, and supporting the resilience of reefs is a goal within many management plans in the area. Coral reef resilience is the capacity of a reef to resist or recover from degradation and maintain provision of ecosystem goods and services. Resilience-based management of coral reefs can include assessing spatial variation in resilience potential and then targeting and tailoring appropriate actions to preserve or restore resilience. The assessments involve measuring or assessing resilience indicators (e.g., coral disease, coral recruitment and herbivorous fish biomass) and producing an aggregate score that expresses resilience potential for all sites as relative to the site with the highest (assessed) resilience potential. Our project team assessed the relative resilience potential of reef sites at two depths along priority areas of South Kohala and North Kona in October of 2015. The surveys were conducted as a collaborative effort with the Hawai'i Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR), The Nature Conservancy, NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, and community organizations. While conducting the resilience surveys, the project team also assessed coral bleaching prevalence and severity as well as coral disease prevalence. By October 2015, NOAA Coral Reef Watch confirmed that West Hawai'i experienced greater thermal stress than anywhere else in the Hawaiian Archipelago that year. This report presents results from the resilience and bleaching surveys, which forms year 1 of a 2-year project. During Year 2 (Oct. 2016-Sept. 2017) our team will use the resilience analysis outputs to identify, discuss (with stakeholders and community members), and prioritize recommended potential management actions to support the resilience of coral reefs in the Focus Area"--Introduction. [doi:10.7289/V5T43R4Z (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5T43R4Z)]
Book Synopsis Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' Coral Reef Management Priorities by :
Download or read book Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' Coral Reef Management Priorities written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The work presented here is being facilitated by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (NOAA CRCP) as part of an ongoing effort to develop place-based, local coral reef management priorities in each of the seven U.S. state and territorial coral reef jurisdictions (American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Florida, Hawai'i, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and conduct capacity assessments to identify the support needed to accomplish those priorities. The first step in this effort has been to work with the core group of coral reef managers (local, place-based) in each jurisdiction to articulate a set of strategic coral reef management priorities. The second, and next, step will be to complete a capacity needs assessment that helps each state and territory realize these priorities"--Introduction.
Book Synopsis Climate Resilience in the Coastal Zone by : Rachel Ragnhild Carlson
Download or read book Climate Resilience in the Coastal Zone written by Rachel Ragnhild Carlson and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coral reefs are essential to marine life throughout the tropics, yet corals are under severe threat from climate change and other human activities. Rising ocean temperatures have caused large-scale bleaching and mortality in corals worldwide, jeopardizing marine biodiversity, coastal infrastructure, and livelihoods in fishing and tourism. This dissertation seeks to understand the conditions under which nearshore corals survive and rebound after heatwaves in the Hawaiian Islands and local management strategies for protecting reefs threatened by climate change. I use a combination of high-resolution remote sensing and field methods to analyze coastal interactions that affect coral survival during, and recovery after, ocean heatwaves. I first analyze the effect of sediment runoff on coral bleaching. I use high-resolution satellite imagery to map sediment runoff across five islands during an ocean heatwave in Hawaiʻi, and measure the effect of turbidity on coral bleaching under different coastal land-use classes. Next, I analyze larval flow and juvenile coral growth in the coastal zone to identify conditions for coral regrowth after bleaching events. Finally, I assess drivers of coastal business participation in a possible "coral insurance" program that is designed to engage the private sector in funding coral restoration in Hawaiʻi. The outcomes of this research indicate specific actions that local communities can take to improve coral reef resilience and recovery under climate change.
Book Synopsis FY2000 Accomplishments and Future Activities by : United States Coral Reef Task Force
Download or read book FY2000 Accomplishments and Future Activities written by United States Coral Reef Task Force and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sanctuary Designation Process written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Research Plan for Fiscal Years 2007 to 2011 by :
Download or read book NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Research Plan for Fiscal Years 2007 to 2011 written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Fishery Management Plan for Coral Reef Ecosystems of the Western Pacific Region by :
Download or read book Fishery Management Plan for Coral Reef Ecosystems of the Western Pacific Region written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sustainable Financing of Protected Areas by : Lucy Emerton
Download or read book Sustainable Financing of Protected Areas written by Lucy Emerton and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2006 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has become clear during recent global deliberations on biodiversity conservation that achieving Protected Area (PA) financial sustainability will require major changes in the way that PA funding is conceptualized, captured and used. With many, if not most, PAs facing funding crises, both in terms of the amount of funds available and how those are used, there is an urgent need to expand and diversify PA financial portfolios, and to ensure that funding reaches the groups and activities essential for biodiversity conservation. A range of innovative financing mechanisms have been developed and implemented to increase funding for PAs. This document aims to review and assess the status of a variety of these mechanisms, the major obstacles and opportunities for their implementation, and the potential for improvement.
Download or read book Coral Reef Condition written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Fishery Management Plan for Coral Reef Ecosystems of the Western Pacific Region by :
Download or read book Fishery Management Plan for Coral Reef Ecosystems of the Western Pacific Region written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Reef Fish Connectivity in the Hawaiian Archipelago by : Johanna L. K. Wren
Download or read book Reef Fish Connectivity in the Hawaiian Archipelago written by Johanna L. K. Wren and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite decades of research, factors that drive population patterns and connectivity in the ocean are hotly debated and largely unknown. With a changing climate and an ever increasing anthropogenic strain, protecting our oceans for future generations is vital. Coral reefs are some of the most productive ecosystems on earth, and in order to protect them we need to gain a deeper understanding of the biological and physical dynamics that govern species distributions and survival. This dissertation aims to explore larval dispersal and population connectivity in the Hawaiian Archipelago. To effectively manage coral reef ecosystems, it is imperative to understand where the new generation comes from. To gain insight into the drivers behind observed larval distribution patterns I ground-truthed a biophysical model with in situ larval distributions obtained during midwater trawling off the coast of West Hawai'i Island. I was able to show that a connectivity model explained observed larval abundances and distributions of the yellow tang, Zebrasoma flavescens, to a significant degree. The dispersal model also showed that successful larvae most likely inhabit the deeper waters around 100 m for optimum settlement success and that larvae can travel from one end of the Main Hawaiian Islands to the other in 45 days. The groundtruthed model allowed me to explore modeled potential connectivity in the Hawaiian Archipelago and generate a comprehensive estimate of connectivity of passive particles for the region. Genetic population connectivity has been studied extensively in the Hawaiian Archipelago, but to date no study has looked at large scale modeled larval connectivity patterns. By comparing genetic population connectivity patterns with modeled larval connectivity patterns driven by the physical environment we can begin to understand drivers of population connectivity. I found that modeled self-recruitment was high throughout the archipelago. This is important because being able to provide your own young makes a population less reliant on outside sources of genes and larvae. Results from the biophysical model indicate that connectivity in the NWHI is predominantly driven by physical factors e.g. ocean currents. Connectivity patterns in the Main Hawaiian Islands are not explained by the physical oceanographic environment, rather, biological and anthropogenic factors are likely important for dispersal. The biophysical model identified distinct breaks in the archipelago where larval exchange is limited, and I was able to describe the directionality and relative size of dispersal between the MHI and the NWHI. Understanding larval exchange between the MHI and NWHI is important because the MHI are heavily fished while the NWHI are protected as part of one of the largest marine protected areas in the world, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. In the final part of this work I investigate how El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) change connectivity patterns in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Having a deeper understanding of changes in connectivity during relatively extreme events such as ENSO allows us to better plan for management in a changing climate. The study showed that unique connectivity pathways open up between the Hawaiian Archipelago and Johnston Atoll during El Niño events providing a pathway for larval exchange between the Hawaiian Archipelago and other islands in the Pacific Ocean. During La Niña years Johnston Atoll acts as an outpost, with modeled connectivity pathways opening up from Hawai'i towards Johnston Atoll. El Niño years had longer mean dispersal distances, and more larvae that traveled further, compared with normal and La Niña years. These periodic long distance dispersal events may contribute to the exchange of genes between distant populations, and allowing greater genetic diversity and potentially building resilience towards changing environments.
Book Synopsis Coral Reef Management Handbook by : R. A. Kenchington
Download or read book Coral Reef Management Handbook written by R. A. Kenchington and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Predictive Modeling of Mesophotic Coral Reef Ecosystems Throughout the Hawaiian Archipelago for Conservation and Management in the Face of Anthropogenic Threats and Future Climate Change by : Robert Toonen
Download or read book Predictive Modeling of Mesophotic Coral Reef Ecosystems Throughout the Hawaiian Archipelago for Conservation and Management in the Face of Anthropogenic Threats and Future Climate Change written by Robert Toonen and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Using the archive of available video and photographic records from the Hawaiʻi Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL) and the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), we developed a model to predict the occurrence of two dominant mesophotic coral genera, Leptoseris and Montipora, across the main Hawaiian Islands. The overall prediction success (73.6% and 74.3%, respectively) was relatively high, and these predictions were translated to spatially independent habitat suitability maps of the main Hawaiian Islands at 25 m2 resolution. Montipora presence peaks in the middle mesophotic zone (50 - 80 m) in areas sheltered from high intensity winter swells, whereas Leptoseris tends to colonize steep, rugose, well-flushed areas in the lower mesophotic zone (> 80 m)"--Executive Summary.
