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Coral reefs are extremely diverse and important ecosystems. They provide protection and shelter for many species (fish, mollusks, and other invertebrates) and protect the coast from strong currents, waves, and even tsunamis! About 25% of the roughly 150 species of corals in Hawaiian waters are e...
Coral reef restoration can reduce the wave-driven flooding for coastal communities. However, this protection has yet to be assessed in terms of the reduced risk of flood-driven environmental contamination. Here we provide the first high-resolution valuat
A view of coral reefs near Hawaii’s shores, where bleaching was prevalent in 2015. Credit: Photo courtesy of Ty Roach (HIMB) Following the bleaching, the team compared and contrasted coral samples in the wild, noting how the organisms responded and recovered, making some...
serve as a kind of refuge. perhaps as the shallow reefs continue to degrade, the species that live there can retreat deeper. at least those blessed with mobility. what this study found is that yes, indeed, some species are able to live in both the shallow and deep reefs around hawaii. ...
Table coral (Acropora cytherea) is common throughout the tropical Pacific, but in Hawaii its distribution is limited to French Frigate Shoals and neighboring atolls northwest of the main islands.(Image credit: Greg McFall/NOAA) Coral reefs are large underwater structures composed of the skeletons ...
NEW YORK, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. state of Hawaii is about to announce the world's first ban on sunscreens containing two chemicals deemed damaging to its coral reefs, local media reported on Monday. Governor David Ige is expected to sign a bill into law later this week to restri...
Within days, the University of Hawaii at Manoa began setting up a response group to focus on the fire’s impacts on water quality and contaminants. I led the work related to coastal water quality, because I am from Maui and was already working with the island’s community to understand ...
We examine changing ecological theory regarding the role of disturbance in natural communities and relate past and emerging paradigms to coral reefs. We ex
a reef on Molokai may very well have compounds that washed into the water from rainfall in Lahaina and got transported to ocean currents across the channel and onto the reefs of neighboring islands,” said Eric Conklin, the Nature Conservancy’s director of m...