NOWRAMP 2002

9/30/02 - Rapture

Position:
Latitude: 26° 03.065' N
Longitude: 174° 01.445' W
Area Name: West side of Lisianski Island

Weather:
Barometer: 1015.9 mb and increasing
Winds: 0 Knots
Description: Partly Cloudy, sunny and hot.
Forecast: Little to no change, NW swell dropping.

Sea Conditions:
Waves: 2-4'
Current: 0 Knots.
Sea:

Daily Vessel Plan:
Scheduled Activities:

REA (Rapid Ecological Assessment) Team A: 2 dives on East side of shoal. The most beautiful coral reef I have ever seen in Hawai‘i. Huge mounds of massive corals and large plates with nearly 100% live cover. Several Ulua and White tips but overall fish diversity was low.

REA (Rapid Ecological Assessment) Team B: 3 dives - on N and NE of island. Dive 1: Coral biologists dream - "high coral cover and diversity and signs of bleaching in Montipora and Porites. Lots of seaweed diversity, especially red seaweeds.

Coral Team : Set 1 new permanent monitoring transect on SW side of island. 2 ground truth sites and coral collection dives. One ground truth snorkel.

Maritime Archaeology : Went to shore to do perimeter survey.

Intertidal: Circomlocuted the Island; initial survey of emergent intertidal beach on E shore suggests low biomass and diversity.

Terrestrial Team: Went to shore for bird surveys. Will be staying on island for two nights.

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