Quantifying the condition of Hawaiian coral reefs

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-105

  Rodgers, Ku'ulei S ^a   Jokiel, Paul L ^a   Bird, Christopher E ^a   Brown, Eric K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b National Parks Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological model; Indicators; Rank; Reference sites

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISH; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 73249145848     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1048     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Barbour MT, Plafkin JL, Bradley BP, Graves CG, Wisseman RW. 1992. Evaluation of EPA's rapid bioassessment benthic metrics: metric redundancy and variability among reference stream sites. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 11: 437-449.
2. Belt Collins & Associates. 1987. Environmental Assessment. Maintenance dredging and beach sand replenishment, Hawaiian Village Lagoon, Waikiki, Oahu Prepared for Hilton Hotels Corporation. Belt Collins & Associates, Honolulu.
3. Brinson MM. 1993. A hydrogeomorphic classification for wetlands. Technical Report WRP-DE-4, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS. NTIS No. AD A270 053.
4. Brinson MM, Rheinhardt RD. 1996. The role of reference wetlands in functional assessment and mitigation. Ecological Applications 16: 69-76.
5. Brinson MM, Lee LC, Ainslie W, Rheinhardt RD, Hollands GG, Smith RD, Whigham DF, Nutter WB. 1995. Common misconceptions of the hydrogeomorphic approach to functional assessment of wetland ecosystems: scientific and technical issues. Bulletin of the Society of Wetland Scientists 17(2): 16-21.
6. Brock VE. 1954. A preliminary report on a method of estimating reef fish populations. Journal of Wildlife Management 18: 297-308.
7. Brown EK, Cox EF, Tissot B, Jokiel PL, Rodgers KS, Smith WR, Coles SL. 2004. Development of benthic sampling methods for the Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (CRAMP) in Hawai'i. Pacific Science 58: 145-158.
8. Clague DA, Dalrymple GB. 1994. Tectonics, geochronology and origin of the Hawaiian Emperor volcanic chain. In A Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands, Kay EA (ed.). University of Hawai'i Press; 5-40.
9. Clarke KR, Gorley RN. 2001. PRIMER v5: user manual/ Tutorial. PRIMER-E: Plymouth, UK.
10. Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. Jokiel PL, Rodgers KS. 2006. www.CRAMP.wcc.hawaii.edu.
11. Cox EF, Jokiel PL, Te FT, Stanton FG, Naughton J, Brock RE, Bailey-Brock JH. 1995. An Evaluation of the Nearshore Coral Reef Resources of Kaho'olawe. Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology Technical Report No. 40, Honolulu, Hawai'i. June Final Report Submitted to: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA Cooperative Agreement No. NA27OM0327.
12. Coyne MS, Batista TA, Anderson M, Waddell J, Smith WR, Jokiel PL, Kendall MS, Monaco ME. 2003. Benthic habitats of the main Hawaiian Islands: NOAA Technical memorandum NOS NCCOS CCMA 152, [http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/products/biogeography/Hawaii_cd/index.htm.].
13. Craft CB, Seneca EB, Broome SW. 1991. Loss on ignition and Kjeldahl digestion for estimating organic carbon and total nitrogen in estuarine marsh soils: calibration with dry combustion. Estuaries 14: 175-179.
14. Crane JK. 1972. History of marine structures on Waikiki Beach and their effects upon the beach. University Hawai'i, Dept. Ocean Engineering, Manoa.
15. Dollar SJ, Grigg RW. 2004. Anthropogenic and natural stresses on selected coral reefs in Hawai'i: a multidecade synthesis of impact and recovery. Pacific Science 58: 281-304.
16. Folk RL. 1974. Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks. Hemphill Publishing Company: Austin, TX.
17. Friedlander AM, Parrish JD. 1998. Habitat characteristics affecting fish assemblages on a Hawaiian coral reef. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 224: 1-30.
18. Friedlander AM, Brown EK, Jokiel PL, Smith WR, Rodgers KS. 2003. Effects of habitat, wave exposure, and marine protected area status on coral reef fish assemblages in the Hawaiian archipelago. Coral Reefs 22: 291-305.
19. Glenn CR, McMurtry GM. 1995. Scientific studies and history of the Ala Wai Canal and artificial tropical estuary in Honolulu. Pacific Science 49: 307-318.
20. Green RH, Vascotto GL. 1978. A method for the analysis of environmental factors controlling patterns of species composition in aquatic communities. Water Resources 12: 583-590.
21. Grigg RW. 1985. Hamakua coast sugar mills revisited: an environmental impact analysis in 1983, University of Hawaii, Sea Grant Pub. No. UNIHI-SEAGRANT-TR-85-02, Honolulu.
22. Grigg RW. 1995. Coral reefs in an urban embayment in Hawaii: a complex case history controlled by natural and anthropogenic stress. Coral Reefs 14: 253-266.
23. Grigg RW. 1998. Holocene coral reef accretion in Hawaii: a function of wave exposure and sea level history. Coral Reefs 17: 263-272.
24. Hawaii Department of Health. 2008. The 2006 State of Hawaii Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report. Published Jan. 11, 2008, The Hawaii State Department of Health, Honolulu, Hawaii. Available for downloading at http://hawaii.gov/health/environmental/environmental/envplanning/wqm/wqm.html.
25. Hawai'i State Department of Health Environmental Planning Office, Henderson K, Harrigan J. 2002. List of impaired waters in Hawai'i prepared under clean water act y303(d) December 2002. Available for downloading at: http:// hawaii.gov/health/environmental/env-planning/wqm/2002-303dpcfinal.pdf.
26. Hunter CL, Evans CW. 1993. Reefs in Kane'ohe Bay, Hawai'i: Two centuries of western influence and two decades of data. In Proceedings of the Colloquium on Global Aspects of Coral Reefs Health, Hazards, History, University of Miami.
27. Jameson SC, Erdmann MV, Gibson Jr GR, Potts KW. 1998. Development of biological criteria for coral reef ecosystem assessment. Atoll Research Bulletin, September 1998, No. 450, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 102 pp.
28. Jameson SC, Erdmann MV, Karr JR, Potts KW. 2001. Charting a course toward diagnostic monitoring: a continuing review of coral reef attributes and a research strategy for creating coral reef indexes of biotic integrity. Bulletin of Marine Science 69: 701-744.
29. Jokiel PL. 2006. Impact of storm waves and storm floods on Hawaiian reefs. Proceedings of the Tenth International Coral Reef Symposium; 390-398.
30. Jokiel PL, Rodgers KS. 2005. Ranking coral ecosystem 'health' and 'value' for the islands of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Pacific Conservation Biology 13(1): 60-68.
31. Jokiel PL, Brown EK, Friedlander A, Rodgers KS, Smith WR. 2004. Hawai'i Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: spatial patterns and temporal dynamics in reef coral communities. Pacific Science 58: 159-174.
32. Karr JR. 1981. Assessment of biotic integrity using fish communities. Fisheries 6: 21-27.
33. Karr JR, Chu EW. 1999. Restoring Life in Running Waters: Better Biological Monitoring. Island Press: Washington, DC.
34. Laws EA, Doliente D. 1993. Hypereutrophication of the Ala Wai Canal, Oahu, Hawaii: prospects for cleanup. Pacific Science 47(1): 59-75.
35. Laws EA, Ziemann DA. 1995. Effects of Sewage Discharges and Stream Runoff on Phytoplankton Communities and Water Quality in Mamala Bay Prepared for The Mamala Bay Study Commission, Honolulu, Report No. 71.
36. Lenat DR. 1988. Water quality assessment of streams using a qualitative collection method for benthic macroinvertebrates. Journal of American Benthological Society 7: 222-233.
37. McCormick M. 1994. Comparison of field methods for measuring surface topography and their associations with a tropical reef fish assemblage. Marine Ecology Progress Series 112: 87-96.
38. Magee DW. 1996. The hydrogeomorphic approach: a different perspective. Bulletin of the Society of Wetland Scientists 13(2): 12-14.
39. Marine Research Consultants. 1990. Waikiki Beach restoration projects: assessment of coral reef community structure at the site of sand replenishment, Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii Prepared for O.I. Consultants, Inc. Marine Research Consultants, Honolulu.
40. Rapport DJ, Gaudet C, Karr JR, Baron JS, Bohlen C, Jackson W, Jones B, Naiman RJ, Norton B, Pollock MM. 1998. Evaluating landscape health: integrating societal goals and biophysical process. Journal of Environmental Management 53: 1-15.
41. Roberts LM. 2000. Historical land use, coastal change and sedimentation on South Molokai reefs. In Recent Advances in Marine Science and Technology, Saxena N (ed.). PACON International: Honolulu, Hawaii; 167-176.
42. Rosenburg DM, Resh VH. 1993. Freshwater Biomonitoring and Benthic Macroinvertebrates. Chapman and Hall: New York.
43. Seegert G. 2000. The development, use, and misuse of biocriteria with an emphasis on the index of biotic integrity. Environmental Science and Policy 3 Supplement 1: 51-58.
44. Smith DR, Ammann A, Bartoldus C, Brinson MM. 1995. An approach for assessing wetland functions using hydrogeomorphic classification, reference wetlands, and functional indices. Technical Report WRP-DE-9, US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS. NTIS No. AD A307 121.
45. Storlazzi CD, Field ME, Jokiel PL, Rodgers KS, Brown EK, Dykes JD. 2005. A model for wave control on coral breakage and species distribution: southern Moloka'i, Hawai'i. Coral Reefs 24: 43-55.
46. Te FT. 2001. Response of Hawaiian Scleractinian Corals to Different Levels of Terrestrial and Carbonate Sediment. Dissertation. Dept. of Zoology, University of Hawai'i.
47. United States Army Corp of Engineers (USACE). 2004. Coral Reef Functional Assessment Workshop, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawai'i, 31 August to 2 September.
48. United States Environmental Protection Agency. 1971. The Hawaii Sugar Industry Waste Study, US Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, San Francisco, California, US Government Printing Office, Pub. 981-150.
49. United States Environmental Protection Agency. 2008. Best practices for identifying reference condition in Mid-Atlantic streams. Office of Environmental Information EPA-260-F- 06-002, August 2006, Washington DC 20460.
50. Whittier TR, Stoddard JL, Larsen DP, Herlihy AT. 2006. Selecting reference sites for stream biological assessments: best professional judgment or objective criteria. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 26: 349-360.