Coral Reef Ecosystem Publications
Benoit-Bird KJ, Au WWL, Brainard RE, Lammers MO
2002. Diel horizontal migration of the Hawaiian mesopelagic boundary community observed acoustically. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 217: 1-14
Boland R, Zgliczynski B, Asher J, Hall A, Hogrefe K, Timmers M
2006. Dynamics of debris densities and removal at Northwestern Hawaiian Islands coral reefs. Atoll Res. Bull. 543: 461-470 [download] 
Brainard R, DeMartini E, Holzwarth S
2002. Coral reef ecosystems of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Interim results emphasizing the 2000 surveys. J Maragos and D Gulko (eds.). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Honolulu, Hawaii, pp. 10-11, 17, 31, 39, 43.
Brainard RB, Maragos J, Schroeder R, Kenyon JC, Vroom PS, Godwin S, Hoeke RK, Aeby GS, Moffitt R, Lammers M, Gove J, Timmers M, Holzwarth SR, Kolinski S
2005. The state of coral reef ecosystems of the Pacific Remote Island Areas. In: Waddell JE (ed.). The state of coral reef ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2005, p. 338-372. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 11. NOAA/NCCOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment's Biogeography Team. 522 p. [download]
Brainard RE, McPhaden MJ, Garwood RW
1999. The diurnal cycle of high-frequency temperature variability at OE, 140 EW on seasonal and interannual time scales. In COARE98: Proceedings of a Conference on the TOGA Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE), Bouder, Colorado, USA, July 7-14, 1998, p. 326-327/World Climate Research Programme WCRP-107, World Meteorological Organization WMO/TD-No. 940
Brainard RE, Parke M, Wong KB, Hoeke R, Gove JM, Merritt D, Hogrefe K, Dameron O
2006. Coral Reef Ecosystem Integrated Observing System (CREIOS) in the Pacific: Infrastructure for monitoring, modeling, and management of the U.S. coral reef resources. EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Union 87(36), supp
Craig P, Parker D, Brainard R, Rice M, Balazs G
2004. Migrations of green turtles in the central South Pacific. Biol. Conserv. 116(3): 433-438
Dameron OJ, Parke M, Albins M, Brainard R
2007. Marine debris accumulation in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: An examination of rates and processes. Mar. Poll. Bull. 54(4): 423-433
DeMartini EE, Friedlander AM, Holzwarth SR
2006. Size at sex change in protogynous labroids, prey body size distributions, and apex predator densities at NW Hawaiian atolls. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 297: 259-271
Donohue MJ
2003. How multiagency partnerships can successfully address large-scale pollution problems: a Hawaii case study. Mar. Poll. Bull. 46(6): 700-702 [download]
Donohue MJ, Boland RC, Sramek CM, Antonelis GA
2001. Derelict fishing gear in the coral reef ecosystem of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Diving surveys and debris removal in 1999 confirm threat to coral reef ecosystems. Mar. Poll. Bull. 42(12): 1301-1312
Firing J, Brainard RE
2006. Ten years of shipboard ADCP measurements along the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Atoll Res. Bull. 543: 347-363 [download]
Friedlander A, Aeby GS, Brainard RE, Brown E, Clark A, Coles S, DeMartini EE, Dollar S, Godwin S, Hunter C, Jokiel P, Kenyon JC, Kosaki R, Maragos J, Vroom PS, Walsh W, Williams I, Wiltse W
2004. Status of coral reefs in the Hawaiian Archipelago.. In Wilkinson C (ed.). Status of coral reefs of the world: 2004, v.2: 411-430. Townsville, MC, Qld.: Australian Institute of Marine Science. [download]
Friedlander AM, Aeby GS, Brainard RB, Clark A, DeMartini EE, Godwin S, Kenyon JC, Kosaki R, Maragos J, Vroom PS
2005. The state of coral reef ecosystems of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. In: Waddell JE (ed.). The state of coral reef ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2005, p. 270-311. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 11. NOAA/NCCOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment's Biogeography Team. 522 p. [download]
Gove JM, Merrifield MA, Brainard RE
2006. Temporal variability of current-driven upwelling at Jarvis Island. J Geophys Res 111(C12): C12011
Gove, JM
2005. Upwelling variability at Jarvis Island. Thesis (M.S.). School of Ocean and Earth Science and Tecnology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Hochachka PW, Brill RW
1987. Autocatalytic pathways to cell death: A new analysis of the tuna burn problem. Fish Physiol. Biochem. 4(2): 81-87
Hoeke R, Brainard R, Moffitt R, Kenyon J
2006. Oceanographic conditions implicated in the 2002 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands bleaching event.. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, June 28 to July 2 2004, Okinawa, JAPAN: 718-723
Hoeke R, Brainard R, Moffitt R, Merrifield M
2006. The role of oceanographic conditions and reef morphology in the 2002 coral bleaching event in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Atoll Res. Bull. 543: 489-503 [download]
Hoeke R, Moffitt R, Brainard RE
2006. The relationship of coral reef and open ocean water temperatures: Estimation of coral reef flushing rates from bulk parameterization of heat flux. EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Union 87(3), suppl
Holzwarth S, Zgliczynski B, Schroeder RE
2006. Spatial distribution of large mobile predators in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, June 28 to July 2 2004, Okinawa, JAPAN: 1131-1137
Holzwarth SR, DeMartini EE, Zgliczynski BJ, Laughlin JL
2006. Sharks and jacks in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands from towed-diver surveys 2000-2003. Atoll Res. Bull. 543: 257-279 [download]
Keenan EE, Brainard RE, Basch LV
2006. Historical and present status of the pearl oyster at Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Atoll Res. Bull. 543: 333-344 [download]
Kenyon J, Brainard R, Hoeke R, Parrish F, Wilkinson C
2006. Towed-diver surveys, a method for mesoscale spatial assessment of benthic reef habitat: a case study at Midway Atoll in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Coastal Management 34(3): 339-349
Kenyon J, Brainard RE
2006. Second recorded episode of mass coral bleaching in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Atoll Res. Bull. 543: 505-523 [download]
Kenyon J, Godwin S, Montgomery A, Brainard R
2007. Rare sighting of Acropora cytherea in the main Hawaiian Islands. Coral Reefs 26(2) 309
Kenyon JC
2005. Assessment of benthic damage using towed-diver surveys following the Cape Flattery vessel grounding incident, Oahu, Hawaii. NOAA Fisheries PIFSC Internal Report 05-002, 32p.
Kenyon JC, Aeby GS, Brainard RE, Chojnacki JD, Dunlap MJ, Wilkinson CB
2006. Mass coral bleaching on high-latitude reefs in the Hawaiian Archipelago.. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, June 28 to July 2 2004, Okinawa, JAPAN: 631-643 [download]
Kenyon JC, Dunlap MJ, Wilkinson CB, Page KN, Vroom PS, Aeby GS
2007. Community structure of hermatypic corals at Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Unique conservation challenges within the Hawaiian Archipelago. Atoll Res. Bull. 549 [download]
Kenyon JC, Lundblad ER, Dunlap MJ, Wilkinson CB
2006. Spatial distribution of the coral genus Acropora at French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian islands: an integration of multiple data sources.. EOS Trans. AGU 87(36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS14L-03
Kenyon JC, Vroom PS, Page KN, Dunlap, MJ, Wilkinson CB, Aeby GS
2006. Community structure of hermatypic corals at French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Capacity for resistance and resilience to selective stressors. Pac. Sci. 60(2): 153-175
Kenyon JC, Wilkinson CB, Dunlap MJ, Aeby GS, Kryss C
2007. Community structure of hermatypic corals at Laysan Island and Lisianski Island/Neva Shoal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: A new layer of scientific exploration. Atoll Res. Bull. 550 [download]
Kolinski SP, Hoeke RK, Holzwarth SR, Ilo L, Cox EF, O'Conner RC, Vroom PS
2006. Nearshore distribution and an abundance estimate for green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas, at Rota Island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Pac. Sci. 60(4): 509-522
Kolinski SP, Hoeke RK, Holzwarth SR, Vroom PS
2005. Sea turtle abundance at isolated reefs of the Mariana Archipelago. Micronesica 37(2): 287-296
Lammers MO, Brainard RE, Au WWL
2006. Diel trends in the mesopelagic biomass community of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands observed acoustically. Atoll Res. Bull. 543: 365-390 [download]
Lammers MO, Stieb S, Au WWL, Mooney T, Brainard RE, Wong K
2006. Temporal, geographic, and density variations in the acoustic activity of snapping shrimp. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120(5) pt.2, 3013 p.
Lundblad E
2004. Classification of deep water benthic habitats around Tutuila, American Samoa.. 100th Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 14-19 Mar 2004
Lundblad E, Miller J, Rooney J, Moews M, Chojnacki J, Weiss J
2006. Mapping pacific island coral reef ecosystems with multibeam and optical surveys.. Coastal GeoTools '05, p. 15
Lundblad ER, Wright DJ, Miller J, Larkin EM, Rinehart R, Naar DF, Donahue BT, Anderson SM, Battista T
2006. A benthic terrain classification scheme for American Samoa. Marine Geodesy 29(2): 89-111
Maragos JE, Potts DC, Aeby GS, Gulko D, Kenyon JC, Siciliano D, VanRavenswaay D
2004. 2000-2002 Rapid ecological assessment of corals (Anthozoa) on shallow reefs of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Part 1: Species and Distribution. Pac. Sci. 58(2): 211-230
Merritt DW
2005. BotCam: Design, testing and development of a fully automated stereo-video bottom camera bait station for ecosystem monitoring of borrom fish species. Thesis (M.S.). Ocean and Resources Engineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Miller JE, Vogt S, Hoeke R, Ferguson S, Applegate B, Smith JR, Parke M
2006. Bathymetric atlas and website for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Atoll Res. Bull. 543: 409-422 [download]
Parke M
2007. Linking Hawaii fisherman reported commercial bottomfish catch data to potential bottomfish habitat and proposed restricted fishing areas using GIS and spatial analysis. U.S. Dept. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NOAA-TM-NMFS-PIFSC-11, 37 p. [download]
Pichel WG, Churnside JH, Veenstra TS, Foley DG, Friedman KS, Brainard RE, Nicoll JB, Zheng Q, Clemente-Colon P
2007. Marine debris collects within the North Pacific Subtropic Convergence Zone. Mar Poll Bull 54: 1207-1211
Preskitt LB, Vroom PS, Smith CM
2004. A rapid ecological assessment (REA) quantitative survey method for benthic algae using photoquandrats with SCUBA. Pac. Sci. 58(2): 201-209
Rinehart RW, Wright D, Murphy J, Cary-Kothera L, Lundblad E, Larkin E
2005. 3-D benthic terrain mapping and modeling in American Samoa.. Coastal GeoTools '05, p. 62
Rooney J, Parke M, Lundblad E, Chojnacki JD, Holst S, Miller J, Laughlin JL
2005. Characterization of benthic habitat for Saipan Anchorage Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands . Report prepared for Military Sealift Command, U.S. Dept. of the Navy, 45p.
Sandin SA, Smith JE, DeMartini EE, Dinsdale EA, Donner SD, Friedlander AM, Konotchick T, Malay M, Maragos JE, Obura D, Pantos O, Paulay G, Richie M, Rohwer F, Schroeder RE, Walsh S, Jackson JBC, Knowlton N, Sala E
2008. Baselines and degradation of coral reefs in the Northern Line Islands. PLoS ONE 3(2): e1548 [download]
Schroeder RE, Green AL, DeMartini EE, Kenyon JC
2008. Long-term effects of a ship-grounding on coral reef fish assemblages at Rose Atoll, American Samoa. Bull. Mar. Sci. 82(3): 345-364
Schroeder RE, Green AL, DeMartini EE, Kenyon JC
2006. Long-term effects of a ship-grounding on coral reef fish assemblages at Rose Atoll, American Samoa. EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Union 87(3), suppl.
Schroeder RE, Parrish JD
2006. Ecological characteristics of coral patch reefs at Midway Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Atoll Res. Bull. 543: 439-460 [download]
Schroeder RE, Parrish JD
2005. Resilience of predators to fishing pressure on coral patch reefs. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 321(2): 93-107
Schroeder RE, Trianni MS, Moots KA, Laughlin JL, Zgliczynski BJ, Tibbetts RB
2006. Status of fishery target species on coral reefs of the Marianas Archipelago.. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, June 28 to July 2 2004, Okinawa, JAPAN: 1016-1027
Tribollet AD, Vroom PS
2007. Temporal and spatial comparison of the relative abundance of macroalgae across the Mariana Archipelago between 2003 and 2005. Phycologia 46(2): 187-197
Tsuda RT, Vroom PS, Abbott IA, Fisher JR, Foster KB
2008. Additional marine benthic algae from Howland and Baker Islands, Central Pacific. Pac. Sci. 62(2): 271-290
Vargas-Angel B, Colley SB, Hoke SM, Thomas JD
2006. The reproductive seasonality and gametogenic cycle of Acropora cervicornis off Broward County, Florida, USA. Coral Reefs 25(1): 110-122
Vargas-Angel B, Riegl B, Gilliam D, Dodge R
2006. An experimental histopathological rating scaleof sedimentation stress in the Caribbean coral Monstastraea cavernosa.. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, June 28 to July 2 2004, Okinawa, JAPAN: 1168-1173
Verbruggen H, De Clerck O, N'Yeurt ADR, Spalding H, Vroom PS
2006. Phylogeny and taxonomy of Halimeda incrassata, including descriptions of H. kanaloana and H. heteromorpha spp. nov. (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Eur. J. Phycol. 41(3): 337-362
Vroom PS
2005. Daysa atropurpurea sp. nov. (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta), a deep-water species from the Hawaiian Archipelago. Phycologia 44(5): 572-580
Vroom PS, Abbott IA
2004. Scinaia huismanii sp. nov. (Nemaliales, Rhodophyta): an addition to the exploration of the marine algae of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Phycologia 43(4): 445-454
Vroom PS, Abbott IA
2004. Acrosymphyton brainardii sp. no. (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) from French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Phycologia 43(1): 68-74
Vroom PS, Page KN
2006. Relative abundance of macroalgae (RAM) on Northwestern Hawaiian Island reefs. Atoll Res. Bull. 543: 533-548 [download]
Vroom PS, Page KN, Kenyon JC, Brainard RC
2006. Algae-dominated reefs. Am. Sci. 94(5): 430-437
Vroom PS, Page KN, Peyton KA, Kanekoa Kukea-Shultz J
2005. Spatial heterogeneity of benthic community assemblages with an emphasis on reef algae at French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Coral Reefs 24(4): 574-581
Vroom PS, Page KN, Peyton KA, Kanekoa Kukea-Shultz J
2006. Marine algae of French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Species list and biogeographic comparisons. Pac. Sci. 60(1): 81-95
Vroom PS, Smith CM
2003. Life without cells. Biologist 50: 222-226
Vroom PS, Smith CM
2003. Reproductive features of Hawaiian Halimeda velasquezii (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta), and an evolutionary assessment of reproductive characters in Halimeda. Cryptogamie, Algol. 24(4): 355-370
Wright DJ, Lundblad ER, Fenner D, Whaylen L, Smith JR
2006. Initial results of submersible dives and multibeam mapping to investigate benthic habitats of Tutuila, American Samoa. EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Union 87(36), suppl.
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