PACN Monitoring Marine Water Quality

Raikow D . PACN Monitoring Marine Water Quality. 2007. National Park Service

This project monitors long term status and trends of water resources in the Pacific Island Network (PACN). The National Park Service established the Inventory and Monitoring Division (IMD) in order to monitor physical, chemical, and biological elements and processes of ecosystems that represent overall ecosystem health within parks. Water quality is widely used as an indicator of aquatic resource condition and was identified as a high priority vital sign by the Pacific Island Network (PACN). The objectives of this protocol are to collect high-quality spatial and time-series data on the water quality in the marine areas of PACN parks, to analyze these data, and to communicate spatial and temporal patterns of water quality parameters, including statistically identifiable trends, in briefing statements, reports, and publications. These data inform natural resource management decisions made in the face of environmental threats, such as climate change, chemical and microbial contamination, ocean acidification, nutrient enrichment, invasive species, shoreline erosion, and sedimentation.

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Project
Authors
Raikow, David
Publisher
National Park Service
Units
KAHO , KALA , NPSA , PACN , WAPA
Keywords
Aquatic, coastal marine waters, Guam, Hydrography, Hydrology, Marine, Marine Water Quality Protocol, Molokai, Monitoring, Oceans, Tau, Tutuila, Water Quality, Water Resources, West Hawaii
Subjects
Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Water Chemistry , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Nutrient Dynamics

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