Pacific Island Network Resource Brief - Water Quality Monitoring: Standing Water 2008-2023
Raikow D and Monello R. 2025. Pacific Island Network Resource Brief - Water Quality Monitoring: Standing Water 2008-2023. National Park Service
Water quality is one of 12 vital signs in Pacific Island national parks. This brief summarizes 2008–2023 results for chemical and physical characteristics of standing waters at AMME (American Memorial Park), Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park (KAHO), Pu’uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historic Park (PUHO), and Pu‘ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site (PUHE). The objective of the Pacific Island Network’s water quality monitoring protocol is to characterize the quality of groundwater, anchialine pools, and wetland waters 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
- AMME , KAHO , PACN , PUHE , PUHO
- Keywords
- Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Dissolved Oxygen, Fresh and Brackish Water Quality Monitoring Report, Monitoring, Nutrient Analysis, pH, Resource Brief, Salinity, Standing Water, Temperature, Turbidity, Water Quality, Water Quality Monitoring Report
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Water Chemistry , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Nutrient Dynamics