A marine biogeographic assessment of the northwestern Hawaiian Islands
By: prepared for NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument ; editors, Alan Friedlander ... [et al.].
Contributors: United States. National Ocean Service. Office of National Marine Sanctuaries; Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (Agency : U.S.); Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (U.S.). Biogeography Branch
Series: NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS -- 84; NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS -- 84.
Publisher: Biogeography Branch, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NOAA's National Ocean Service
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Silver Spring, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
Subjects: Biogeography; Sea birds; Biodiversity; Marine fishes; Zoogeography; Marine ecology; Ecosystem management
Description: Biogeographic assessment designed and implemented by NOAA's Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA) Biogeography Branch and the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (PMNM) under the direction of NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. The assessment is intended to support the research and management needs of the PMNM by providing spatially-articulated products in map and tabular formats, to support ecosystem-based management and long-term protection of the Monument's marine resources. The report is organized by introducing the geology, habitats, and oceanographic characteristics of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, followed by the biogeography of living marine resources within and adjacent to the Monument. --
Notes: "March 2009."

Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Executive summary; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Oceanographic and physical setting; title: 3. Geology and benthic habitats; title: 4. Benthic communities; title: 5. Fishes; title: 6. Marine protected species; title: 7. Seabirds; title: 8. Nonindigenous and invasive species; title: 9. Connectivity and integrated ecosystem studies; title: 10. Management concerns and responsibilities.