PACN Monitoring Fresh and Brackish Water Quality
Raikow D . PACN Monitoring Fresh and Brackish Water Quality. 2007. National Park Service
This project monitors long term status and trends of water resources in the Pacific Island Network (PACN). Water resources in the Pacific Island Network (PACN) support rich and diverse ecosystems and aquatic communities that include corals reefs, anchialine pools communities (endemic to Hawaii), and freshwater stream communities. Aquatic resource protection is required by all the governments of the PACN, and water quality is widely used as an indicator of aquatic resource condition by regulators and ecologists. This project should provide the parks with some of the summary information necessary to determine their compliance with the applicable water quality standards in addition to providing correlative environmental data to ecologists.
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- Raikow, David
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ALKA , AMME , HAVO , KAHO , KALA , NPSA , PACN , PUHE , PUHO , WAPA
- Keywords
- Aquatic, coastal marine waters, Fresh and Brackish Water Protocol, Freshwater, Groundwater, Guam, Hydrography, Hydrology, Inland Waters, Maui, Molokai, Monitoring, Saipan, Streams, Surface Water, Tau, Tutuila, Water Quality, Water Resources, West Hawaii, Wetlands
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Water Chemistry , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Nutrient Dynamics
Program
Products
- Pacific Island Network Resource Brief - Water Quality Monitoring: Standing Water 2008-2017
- Pacific Island Network Resource Brief - Water Quality Monitoring: Streams 2008-2017
- Power analysis of water quality of standing water bodies in the Pacific Island Network, 2009-2017
- Trends in water quality and assessment of vegetation community structure in association with declining mangroves: A condition assessment of American Memorial Park
- Trends in water quality of Waikolu Stream, Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Molokaʻi, Hawaii, 2007–2017
- Water quality in anchialine pools of Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail: Summary report 2008–2011. Natural Resource Data Series NPS/PACN/NRDS—2014/663. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado
- Water quality in anchialine pools of Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park: Summary report 2008–2011. Natural Resource Data Series NPS/PACN/NRDS—2014/661. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
- Water quality in anchialine pools of Pu`uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park: Summary report 2007–2011. Natural Resource Data Series NPS/PACN/NRDS—2014/665. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado
- Water quality in pools and groundwater monitoring wells of the national parks on the west coast of the Island of Hawaiʻi: Summary report 2012–2014
- Water quality in streams of Haleakala National Park: Summary report 2007–2011
- Water quality in streams of National Park of American Samoa: Summary report 2009–2011
- Water quality in the Asan River, War in the Pacific National Historical Park: Summary report 2007–2012. Natural Resource Data Series NPS/PACN/NRDS—2014/662. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
- Water quality in the brackish waterbody at Pu’ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site: Summary report 2007–2011
- Water quality in Waikolu Stream, Kalaupapa National Historical Park: Summary report 2007–2011.
- Quality assurance plan for water quality monitoring in the Pacific Island Network
- Water Quality Vital Signs Monitoring Protocol for the Pacific Island Network - Appendixes: Version 1.0
- Water Quality Vital Signs Monitoring Protocol for the Pacific Island Network: Standard Operating Procedures: Version 1.0
- Water Quality Vital Signs Monitoring Protocol for the Pacific Island Network: Volume 1. Report Narrative: Version 1.0
- SOP #01: Safety Protocol. Version 3.02. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #02: General Tasks Prior to Conducting Field Work. Version 2.04. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #03: Training Observers. Version 1.04. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #04: Using Garmin GPS Units. Version 2.03. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #05: Downloading and Uploading Data from/to a Garmin GPS. Version 1.02. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #07: Selecting Water Quality Sampling Stations. Version 4.0. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #08: YSI EXO2 Sonde Basic Operation and Calibration. Version 1.02. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #17: Preparing YSI Files for Importing into the Database. Version 5.02. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #18: Data Entry and Verification. Version 1.03. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #19: Post-season Data Quality Review Certification. Version 1.02. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #20: Metadata Development. Version 1.02. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #21: Sensitive Information Procedures. Version 1.02. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #22: Data Analysis and Reporting. Version 1.02. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #23: Product Delivery Specifications. Version 1.03. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #24: Product Posting and Distribution. Version 1.02. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #25: Revising the Protocol. Version 1.03. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #09: Collecting Freshwater Samples: General Procedures. Version 2.04. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #10: Collecting Groundwater Samples at Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park (KAHO). Version 2.05. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #11: Collecting Marine Water Samples. Version 4.0. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #12: Quality Control When Changing Labs. Version 1.01. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #13: Post-field Work Procedures and Equipment Maintenance. Version 2.0. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #14: Workspace Setup and Project Records Management. Version 2.01. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #15: Datasheet Handling Procedures. Version 2.0. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #16: Managing Photographic Images. Version 2.0. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- SOP #06: Using ArcGIS Field Maps Application. Version 1.0. Pacific Island Network Water Quality Monitoring Protocol. Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
- Mysteries on Moloka'i: Odd Invertebrates...and a Lake that Changes Color
- Teen Scientists Investigate Water on Saipan...and change the way a wetland is managed
- Water Quality Monitoring
- Pacific Island Network 2007-2023 Water Quality Data from 17 Projects as of 2025-07-25
- Support Files for Pacific Island Network 2007-2023 Water Quality Data from 17 Projects as of 2025-07-25
- Pacific Island Network Resource Brief - Water Quality Monitoring: Standing Water 2008-2023
- Pacific Island Network Resource Brief - Water Quality Monitoring: Streams 2008-2023
- 2024 Stream Water Quality Monitoring Operational Review
- 2024 Standing Water Quality Monitoring Operational Review
- Pacific Island Network Resource Brief - Water Quality Monitoring: Kiholo 2008-2023
- Pacific Island Network Stream Water Quality Protocol: Version 2.0