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 Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.
Jones T, Raikow D , McCutcheon A , Farahi A, Puig-Santana G. 2024. 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 Unpublished National Park Service Report, Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.. National Park Service
This SOP outlines marine water quality procedures at Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park (KAHO), Kalaupapa National Historical Park (KALA), War in the Pacific National Hisotircal Park (WAPA), and National Park of American Samoa (NPSA). Complete understanding of water sample collection requires consultation of this SOP and SOP #9 Collecting Freshwater Samples for water sampling general procedures. Under the new Marine Water Quality Monitoring Protocol, marine water quality monitoring consists of collecting sonde readings as well as 3 filtered water samples at the surface (about 1 m depth) at fixed and temporary stations twice per year. The number of stations and sampling period very by location. Some fixed stations are accessed from shore, while others are accessed by motorboat. Additionally, bottom samples are collected during annual benthic marine and marine fish monitoring dives at fixed stations.
- Type
- Standard Operating Procedure
- Authors
- Jones, Tahzay; Raikow, David; McCutcheon, Amanda; Farahi, Anne; Puig-Santana, Glauco
- Date of Issue
- 2024-05-03
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ALKA , AMME , HALE , KAHO , KALA , NPSA , PACN , PUHE , PUHO , WAPA
- Keywords
- Boat Preparation, Equipment Preparation, Marine, Water Quality, Water Samples