Pacific Islands Network (PACN) Marine Monitoring Sites

Description

Locations of monitoring sites related to the Pacific Islands Network (PACN) Benthic Marine and Marine Fish monitoring protocols administered by the U.S. National Park Service (NPS). These monitoring sites are located within nearshore waters of the following National Parks: * Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park (NHP) on the western shore of Hawaii Island (Big Island) * Kalaupapa National Historical Park (NHP) on the nothern shore of Molokai in Hawaii * War in the Pacific National Historical Park (NHP) on the western shore of Guam * National Park (NP) of American Samoa on the northern shore of Tutuila The benthic marine community within PACN is a complex ecologic system and a diverse taxonomic environment, including algae and corals and other invertebrates. Reef-building corals are the primary architectural organism and are sensitive to environmental degradation; therefore, they are a good indicator of overall health for nearshore marine ecosystems. Primary stressors to coral reefs include disease, bleaching, sedimentation, eutrophication, storms, and global climate change. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has proposed using coral reefs as a worldwide indicator ecosystem for global climate change (Spalding et al. 2004). For these reasons, the PACN has chosen to implement long-term monitoring of benthic marine communities. Benthic marine communities are most closely linked with marine fish, and monitoring efforts will be conducted at the same time and location to maximize data value. Fish are a major component of coral reef ecosystems. This highly diverse assemblage of carnivores, planktivores, herbivores, and detritovores serves a variety of ecological functions. Fish affect ecosystem structure, productivity, and sustainability. Selected species can act as indicators of general reef health, environmental stress, and potential ecosystem changes. Fishing is increasingly recognized as a principal threat to Pacific Ocean coral reefs and other marine ecosystems worldwide. In this respect, it is highly probable that most of the Pacific island national parks can be categorized as "impaired" to "seriously impaired" in terms of their fish communities. While the harvest of fish and other marine creatures will be addressed in a separate (fisheries-dependent) monitoring protocol, data collected through PACN marine fish monitoring contributes to the overall fish analyses by providing an in-water (fisheries-independent) assessment of the size and abundance of species within park waters.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 This URL provides access to this dataset via GeoServer, which offers multiple output formats and an OpenLayers viewer. http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/
0 This URL provides a viewer for this dataset. http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoexplorer/
0 U.S. National Park Service (NPS): Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network https://www.nps.gov/im/pacn/
0 https://irma.nps.gov
27 http://pacioos.org
0 https://irma.nps.gov
0 https://irma.nps.gov
27 http://pacioos.org
0 https://irma.nps.gov
27 http://pacioos.org
51 Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service (WFS). Supported WFS versions include 1.0.0, 1.1.0, and 2.0.0. Supported output formats include CSV, GeoJSON, GeoJSON-P, GML, KML, and Shapefile (Zipped). http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/pac_nps_all_pacn_sites/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities
52 Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS). Supported WMS versions include 1.1.1 and 1.3.0. Supported map formats include AtomPub, GeoRSS, GeoTIFF, GIF, JPEG, KML/KMZ, PDF, PNG, SVG, and TIFF. Supported info formats include GeoJSON, GeoJSON-P, GML, HTML, and plain text. http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/pac_nps_all_pacn_sites/ows?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities
0 This URL provides access to this dataset via GeoServer, which offers multiple output formats and an OpenLayers viewer. http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/
0 This URL provides a viewer for this dataset. http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoexplorer/
0 This URL provides additional information related to this dataset. https://www.nps.gov/im/pacn/
0 https://irma.nps.gov
27 http://pacioos.org
0 https://irma.nps.gov
0 https://irma.nps.gov
27 http://pacioos.org
0 https://irma.nps.gov
27 http://pacioos.org
52 Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS). Supported WMS versions include 1.1.1 and 1.3.0. Supported map formats include AtomPub, GeoRSS, GeoTIFF, GIF, JPEG, KML/KMZ, PDF, PNG, SVG, and TIFF. Supported info formats include GeoJSON, GeoJSON-P, GML, HTML, and plain text. http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/pac_nps_all_pacn_sites/ows?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities
0 http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/pacn/
27 http://pacioos.org
52 Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service - Cached (WMS-C). Use of WMS-C is similar to traditional WMS but with the addition of the "tiled=true" parameter, which triggers GeoServer to pull map tiles from GeoWebCache if they have been previously generated. This can dramatically improve performance, especially for larger datasets. Supported map formats include JPEG and PNG. Supported info formats include GeoJSON, GML, HTML, and plain text. http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/gwc/service/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.1&request=GetCapabilities&tiled=true
0 This URL provides access to this dataset via GeoServer, which offers multiple output formats and an OpenLayers viewer. https://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/
0 U.S. National Park Service (NPS): Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network https://www.nps.gov/im/pacn/
27 http://pacioos.org
0 https://irma.nps.gov
27 http://pacioos.org
51 Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service (WFS). Supported WFS versions include 1.0.0, 1.1.0, and 2.0.0. Supported output formats include CSV, GeoJSON, GeoJSON-P, GML, KML, and Shapefile (Zipped). http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/pac_nps_all_pacn_sites/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities
0 http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/pacn/
27 http://pacioos.org
52 Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service - Cached (WMS-C). Use of WMS-C is similar to traditional WMS but with the addition of the "tiled=true" parameter, which triggers GeoServer to pull map tiles from GeoWebCache if they have been previously generated. This can dramatically improve performance, especially for larger datasets. Supported map formats include JPEG and PNG. Supported info formats include GeoJSON, GML, HTML, and plain text. http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/gwc/service/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.1&request=GetCapabilities&tiled=true
0 https://irma.nps.gov
27 http://pacioos.org
0 https://irma.nps.gov
0 https://irma.nps.gov
51 Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service (WFS). Supported WFS versions include 1.0.0, 1.1.0, and 2.0.0. Supported output formats include CSV, GeoJSON, GeoJSON-P, GML, KML, and Shapefile (Zipped). https://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/pac_nps_all_pacn_sites/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities
52 Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS). Supported WMS versions include 1.1.1 and 1.3.0. Supported map formats include AtomPub, GeoRSS, GeoTIFF, GIF, JPEG, KML/KMZ, PDF, PNG, SVG, and TIFF. Supported info formats include GeoJSON, GeoJSON-P, GML, HTML, and plain text. https://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/pac_nps_all_pacn_sites/ows?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities

Tags

  • human dimensions
  • united states of america
  • western pacific ocean
  • environmental governance/management
  • biosphere
  • oceans
  • pacioos
  • american samoa
  • tutuila
  • continent
  • guam
  • hawaii
  • biological classification
  • pacific islands ocean observing system
  • environmental assessments
  • north america
  • fish
  • aquatic sciences
  • animals/vertebrates
  • earth science
  • aquatic ecosystems
  • ocean
  • hawaiian islands
  • fisheries
  • big island
  • marine environment monitoring
  • polynesia
  • central pacific ocean
  • reef habitat
  • micronesia
  • coastal processes
  • coral reefs
  • molokai
  • pacific ocean
  • hawaii island
  • south pacific ocean

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