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Prey-Size Plastics Are Invading Larval Fish Nurseries

Ocean conditions dictate food availability and govern survivorship, yet little is known about the habitat preferences of larval fish during this highly vulnerable life-history stage.
November 11, 2019 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Is Seeing Believing? Diver and Video-Based Censuses Reveal Inconsistencies in Roving Predator Estimates Between Regions

To better understand regional differences, we compared shallow-water roving predator abundances and estimated predator length-frequencies between 2 diver-based visual assessment methods.
November 07, 2019 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Shining a Light on the Composition and Distribution Patterns of Mesophotic and Subphotic Fish Communities in Hawaiʻi

This study contributes to a better understanding of fish community structure in deep waters around the Hawaiian Islands.
November 07, 2019 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Progress on Implementing Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management in the US

In this paper, we review example cases where scientists have had success in using ecosystem analysis and modeling to inform management priorities, and identify practices that help bring new ecosystem science information into existing policy processes.
October 29, 2019 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Social Media as a Data Resource for #Monkseal Conservation

Researchers examine Instagram posts for human interactions with the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.
October 23, 2019 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Whistle Classification of Sympatric False Killer Whale Populations in Hawaiian Waters Yields Low Accuracy Rates

In the Hawaiian Archipelago, three genetically distinct false killer whale populations coexist. Researchers investigated whether their whistles could be used to identify populations in acoustic recordings when genetic or photographic-identification data are unavailable.
October 18, 2019 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Variation in the Structure of the Deep-Sea Fish Assemblages on Necker Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

We study the protected Necker Island to assess the abundance and diversity of the deep-sea fish fauna and their variability relative to environmental parameters with results supporting significant variability in deep-sea fish abundance and diversity.
October 15, 2019 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Breeding and Calving Seasonality in the Endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Population: Application of Captive Fetal Growth Curves to Fetuses and Newborns in the Wild

This paper presents results from the youngest portion of this population, deceased fetuses and calves-of-the-year, to provide insights into breeding and calving seasonality for this endangered population.
September 29, 2019 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Alaska

Achieving social and ecological goals of coastal management through integrated monitoring

A discussion of integrated monitoring as a coordinated long‐term process in which scientists from multiple disciplines collect and analyze biophysical and social data to meet shared objectives of tracking, assessing and understanding changes over time in social and ecological systems and their interactions.
September 18, 2019 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Can Herbivore Management Increase the Persistence of Indo-Pacific Coral Reefs?

Coral reefs are unlikely to persist in their current form unless climate change can be addressed. Here we consider a potential solution and find herbivore management can have a role to play to reduce the threats that currently imperil coral reefs.
September 10, 2019 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands