A5032806422- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Marine animal studies overview
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2017-2019
University of Hawaii System
2017
From June to August 2018, the eruption of Kīlauea volcano on island Hawai'i injected millions cubic meters molten lava into nutrient-poor waters North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. The lava-impacted seawater was characterized by high concentrations metals and nutrients that stimulated phytoplankton growth, resulting in an extensive plume chlorophyll a detectable satellite. Chemical molecular evidence revealed this biological response hinged unexpectedly nitrate, despite negligible quantities...
Abstract Increasing anthropogenic disturbances have driven declines of many coral‐dominated reef states, threatening critical ecosystem functions such as reef‐scale calcification and accretion. Few studies investigated the effect coral bleaching on calcification. In this study, we monitored bay‐wide alkalinity anomalies in Kāne'ohe Bay, Hawai'i along an inshore‐offshore transect a proxy for net during 2015 event following recovery over full seasonal cycle. We observed no October followed by...