Needless to say, this has been an incredible experience, both on a professional and on a personal level. It has been great to work with many of the top experts in Hawaiian coral reef biology, and it has been interesting to see how productive an inter-agency collaboration can be. Next time I will go back home for a visit, and find myself stuck in traffic in Rome, I won't have to think too hard to picture some exotic tropical island in the middle of nowhere. I'll think of Kure or Pearl and Hermes atolls, and it will make any rough day easier. All rights reserved.
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