NWHI RAMP 2004 Features

Data Gathering Methods Used by NWHI RAMP Scientists

• Rapid Ecological Assessments
  
• Reef Oceanography
  
• Towed Diver Surveys

What Scientists are Studying and Discovering

• A Predator Dominated Ecosystem: Comparing the Fish of the Northwestern and Main Hawaiian Islands
  
• Coral Bleaching at Maro Reef, September 2004
  
• Healthy Algal-Dominated Reefs
  
• What Supports NWHI Reef Productivity?
  A Trophic Detective Story with Implications for Whole Ecosystem Management

Other Discoveries and Features

• Creature Portraiture: The Photography of David Liittschwager and Susan Middleton
  
• Laysan Ducks Make New Home on Midway
  
• Shipwrecks Discovered!!!

Video Feature

• NWHI 2004 from the NOAA Ship Hi`ialakai by Craig Musburger

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See also the following NOWRAMP 2002 features, which are relevant to the present expedition.

• Rapid Ecological Assessments
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Coral Reef Monitoring
• Real Science - the science behind the NOWRAMP Expeditions

Back to 2004 Expedition Home

 

 

Most Recent Features

A Trophic Detective Story

Healthy Algal-Dominated Reefs

A Predator Dominated Ecosystem

Rapid Ecological Assessments

Towed Diver Surveys

Shipwreck Discovered!

 

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