US Coral Reefs in the Line and Phoenix Islands, Central Pacific Ocean: Status, Threats and Significance

Coral Reefs of the World

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 643-654

  Maragos, James ^a   Friedlander, Alan M ^b   Godwin, Scott ^c   Musburger, Craig ^d   Tsuda, Roy ^e   Flint, Elizabeth ^a   Pantos, Olga ^f   Ayotte, Paula ^g   Sala, Enric ^h   Sandin, Stuart ^h   McTee, Sarah ^d   Siciliano, Daria ⁱ   Obura, David ^j  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b OCEANIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^h CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

ⁱ NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^j NONE   (Kenya)

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Author keywords

Central Pacific Ocean; Coral Reef; National Wildlife Refuge; Reef Shark; World Heritage

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125725852     PISSN: 2213719X     EISSN: 22137203     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6847-8_16     Document Type: Chapter

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