NOAA Coral Reef Watch Larval Connectivity, Hawaiian Archipelago (and Johnston Atoll)

Description

Climate change threatens even the best-protected and most remote reefs. Reef recovery following catastrophic disturbance usually requires disturbed sites be reseeded from upstream reefs. Recent research (McClanahan et al., 2012) assessed connectivity as an important resilience factor, which although difficult to measure, is a high priority for management of coral reef ecosystems. The products described herein identify reefs that act as “sources” and/or “sinks” in the Hawaiian Archipelago (and Johnston Atoll) to inform reef management strategies. Tools developed provide information on connectivity among reefs, thereby advancing the capacity for reef connectivity assessment.

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Tags

  • hawaiian islands (21n157w0027)
  • past
  • united states of america
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • johnston atoll (16n169w0001)
  • marine ecosystem
  • corals
  • larval connectivity
  • larval dispersal
  • biosphere
  • regional
  • biological oceanography
  • western hemisphere
  • 914
  • climate change resilience tools for coral reef managers - connectivity
  • oceans
  • reproduction
  • hybrid ocean coordinate model (hycom)
  • sexual reproduction
  • noaa
  • numeric data sets
  • coris
  • coral reef watch
  • oceanography
  • earth science
  • physical oceanography
  • ocean
  • central pacific ocean
  • usa minor outlying islands
  • ocean basin
  • main hawaiian islands
  • coastal processes
  • johnston atoll
  • northwestern hawaiian islands
  • ocean circulation
  • zoology
  • coral reefs
  • coris_metadata
  • ocean currents
  • pacific ocean
  • country/territory

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