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OAS accession Detail for 9900025
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| accessions_id: | 9900025 | archive |
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| Title: | Coral baseline survey of Ma'alaea Harbor for light-draft vessels, Island of Maui, 1997-12 to 1998-01 (NCEI Accession 9900025) |
| Abstract: | In 1968 the United States Congress approved funding for renovations to the existing harbor. Subsequently, a General Design Memorandum and Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was prepared in 1980 for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE, 1980). The project, however, did not receive funding until 1989 (Forestell and Brown, 1991). A supplemental EIS was prepared in 1994 which included additional data on algae and endangered humpback whales. This document also included the renovation plans from the 1980 EIS for enhancing existing harbor facilities, increasing the number of berths and construction of an additional breakwater fronting the harbor to reduce swell within the harbor. This proposed modification and expansion of the harbor raised concerns about the negative impact on coral reefs in and around the harbor as well as the impact on recreational surfing sites and nearby coastline developments. Biological impacts include siltation on nearby reefs from dredging operations and physical destruction of the reef habitat during construction of the breakwater and channel entrance. All parties involved were interested in evaluating possible mitigation measures. In order to assess habitat loss and potential damage to the adjacent coral reef ecosystem it was necessary to determine the extent and structure of the coral habitat through a series of underwater surveys. This information in turn will be used to recommend type and extent of mitigation activity. |
| Date received: | 19990716 |
| Start date: | 19971201 |
| End date: | 19980131 |
| Seanames: | Coastal Waters of Hawaii, Northeast Pacific Ocean (limit-180) |
| West boundary: | -156.5 |
| East boundary: | -156.5 |
| North boundary: | 20.8 |
| South boundary: | 20.8 |
| Observation types: | biological, survey - coral reef |
| Instrument types: | photograph |
| Datatypes: | CORAL - CENSUS, CORAL - SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, FISH CENSUS, INVERTEBRATE SPECIES, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, SUBSTRATUM PERCENT COVER |
| Submitter: | Brown, Eric K. |
| Submitting institution: | University of Hawai'i at Mānoa |
| Collecting institutions: | University of Hawai'i at Mānoa |
| Contributing projects: | CORAL REEF STUDIES, CoRIS |
| Platforms: | SWIMMER/DIVER (33DV) |
| Number of observations: | 6 |
| Supplementary information: | Note: Metadata for this accession were extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). Principal Investigator (PI) and organization contact information accurately represents all available information from the legacy database at the time that this description was created. However, proper attribution of a PI to a specific institution or the role (submitting or collecting) taken by an institution may not be correct due to inexact mapping between fields in the legacy database and the CSDGM. Due to this uncertainty, the contact information was initially recorded in the Supplemental Information element of the CSDGM description. To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Points of contact for this data set include: Contact info: Agency: UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PI: Jokiel, Dr. Paul Address: address: 2525 CORREA ROAD, HIG331 city: HONOLULU state: HI postal: 96822 country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19990716 |
| Metadata version: | 8 |
| Keydate: | 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00 |
| Editdate: | 2022-06-29 19:58:58+00 |