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Coral reef ecosystem integrated observing system: In-situ oceanographic observations at the US Pacific islands and atolls

JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY (2009)

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JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages 3-14

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

DOI: 10.1080/1755876X.2009.12027737

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Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences Oceanography

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NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program
American Samoa Department of Commerce
American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources
Bishop Museum
CNMI Coastal Resources Management
CNMI Division of Environmental Quality
CNMI Division of Fish and Wildlife
Guam Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources
Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Biogeography Branch
NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Oregon State University
US Air Force
US Coast Guard
US Fish and Wildlife Service
US National Park Service
US Navy
University of Guam
University of Hawaii University of Washington
US Geological Survey

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) established the Coral Reef Ecosystem Integrated Observing System (CREIOS) to provide integrated and interdisciplinary environmental and ecological observations. NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) leads the Pacific portion of CREIOS, conducting biennial biological and hydrographic surveys of US Pacific coral reefs and maintaining a diverse network of in situ instrumentation providing time series of ecosystem variables. This paper focuses on the oceanographic and environmental observations and data products of CREIOS across the Pacific and provides an overview of the methods, challenges, and future directions of the observing system

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