Pacific Island Network Resource Brief - Water Quality Monitoring: Marine Waters 2008-2023
Raikow D and Monello R. 2025. Pacific Island Network Resource Brief - Water Quality Monitoring: Marine Waters 2008-2023. National Park Service
Water quality is one of 12 vital signs in Pacific Island national parks, and its protocol integrates closely with several other aquatic vital signs to maximize the value of the data we collect. This brief summarizes 2008–2023 results for chemical and physical characteristics of marine waters at Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park (KAHO), Kalaupapa National Historic Park (KALA), War in the Pacific National Historical Park (WAPA), and National Park of American Samoa (NPSA). The Pacific Island Network’s water quality monitoring protocol allows the NPS to meet its monitoring objectives for marine waters: to characterize the water quality of coastal marine areas within park boundaries and to compare changes in the parks over space and time. Resource briefs provide regular updates to park superintendents and natural resource managers. The data will be analyzed and formally published in peer-reviewed reports or journals; the briefing allows for a more rapid transmission of data observations.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Raikow, David; Monello, Ryan
- Date of Issue
- 2025
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- KAHO , KALA , NPSA , PACN , WAPA
- Keywords
- Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Dissolved Oxygen, Marine, Marine Water Quality Monitoring Report, Monitoring, Nutrient Analysis, pH, Resource Brief, Salinity, Temperature, Turbidity, Water Quality, Water Quality Monitoring Report
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Water Chemistry , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Nutrient Dynamics