The CNMI marine monitoring program continues to produce and contributed
to a range of publications including peer reviewed journal articles,
book chapters, and technical reports. Listed below are these references
as well as a select number of others that have been useful to this
program. When permissible, copies of these publications may be
downloaded in Adobe Acrobat PDF format by clicking on the .pdf symbol
to the right of a given reference.
CNMI
Marine Monitoring Program Report
Houk, P. and Camacho, R. In review. Dynamics of seagrass
assemblages in the Saipan Lagoon. Botanica Marina.
Houk, P. and Starmer, J. In
press. Patterns of diversity and reef growth in the volcanic
Northern Mariana Islands. Coral Reefs.
Houk, P. and
R. van Woesik.2009. Coral
assemblages
and reef growth in the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands (Western Pacific Ocean). Marine
Ecology. 0173-9565: 1-12.
Houk, P. and
R. van Woesik.2008. Changes
in
the Saipan Lagoon since 1959: toward understanding
causal effects. Marine Ecology
Progress Series 356:39-50.
Richmond,
R.H., Houk, P., Trianni, M., Wolanski, E., Davis, G., Bonito, V., and
Paul, VJ. In press. Aspects of biology and ecological
functioning of coral reefs in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands. In: Coral Reefs of the USA, Springer.
Starmer, J.A. and
Houk, P. 2008. Marine and Water Quality Monitoring Plan for the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands. Division of
Environmental Quality and Coastal Resources
Management Office, Saipan, CNMI. 38 pp.
Starmer,
J. (ed.). 2008. CNMI Coral Reefs 2008: Our Reefs, Our Future. Coastal
Resources
Management Office, Saipan. 16 pp.
Houk, P, S. Bograd
and R. Van Woesik. 2007. The Transition Zone Chlorophyll Front can
Trigger Acanthaster planci Outbreaks in the Pacific Ocean: Historical
Confirmation. Journal of
Oceanography 63:
149-154.
Houk, P. and R. Van
Woesik. 2006. Coral Reef Benthic Video Surveys Facilitate Long-Term
Monitoring in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Toward
an Optimal Sampling Strategy. Pacific Science 60(2):177-189.
Starmer, J. (ed.)
2005. The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands. pp. 399-441.
In: Waddell, J.E.
(ed.), 2005. The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States
and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2005. NOAA Technical Memorandum
NOS NCCOS 11. NOAA/NCCOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment’s
Biogeography Team. Silver Spring, MD. 522 pp.
Houk, P. and J.
Starmer. 2004. Marine and Water Quality Monitoring Plan for the
Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana
Islands. Division of Environmental Quality and Coastal Resources
Management Office, Saipan, CNMI. 25 pp.
Starmer, J. 2003.
Marine Resources of the Mariana Islands: an Annotated Bibliography.
Coastal Resources Management Office, Saipan, CNMI. 43 pp.
Starmer, J. & P.
Houk. 2002. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Nonpoint
Source Pollution Monitoring Strategy. CNMI Coastal Resources Management
Office and CNMI Division of Environmental
Quality. San Jose, Saipan. 20pp.
Starmer, J., M.S.
Trianni and P. Houk. 2002. The Status of Coral Reefs in the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. In Turgeon, D.D. and R.G.
Asch, eds. 2002. Health of US Coral Reef Ecosystems: 2002. National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/ National Ocean Service/
National Center for Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, MD. 195-204.
Houk, P., ed. 2002.
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Water Quality Assessment
305 (b) Report. CNMI Division of Environmental Quality. 70 pp.
Starmer, J. and M.K.
Seman. 2002. Fish Kill at Smiling Cove Marina, Saipan, CNMI 9 July
2002. CNMI Coastal Resources Management Office: Survey Report 5 pp.
Houk, P. 2001. State
of the reef report for Saipan Island, Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands. CNMI Division of Environmental Quality. 59pp.
Houk, P. 2000. State
of the reef report for five sites on Rota Island, Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands. CNMI Division of Environmental Quality.
CD-ROM GIS
Burr, 1996.
Long Term Marine Monitoring Plan for the Commonwealth of the Mariana
Islands. DEQ, CRM, DFW, NMC. 19
pp.
Relevant
Non-CNMI Government Marine Monitoring Reports
Cheenis Pacific Company. 1992. Quantitative marine baseline survey:
Biological resources and water quality, Bahia Laulau and Unai Laulau
Kattan Areas, Saipan, Mariana Islands. Final Report: Dry and Wet
Seasons of 1991.
Cloud, PE, Jr. 1959. Submarine topography and shoal-water ecology.
Geology of Saipan, Mariana Islands, Part 4. Geological Survey
Professional Paper 280K: 361-445.
Eldredge, LG. 1983b. Summary of environmental and fishing information
on Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands:
Historical background, description of the islands, and review of
climate, oceanography, and submarine topography around Guam and the
Northern Mariana Islands. NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFC-40. 181 pp.
Pacific Basin Environmental Consultants, Inc. 1984. Final Report-
Biological and physical survey of Bahia Laulau, Saipan, Prepared for
CNMI Planning/ Energy Office. 159 pp. + appendices.
Part 1 Physical
Characteristics (pp1-98) Part 2
Biological Characteristics (pp 99-244)
Data
Sets
Here
we provide a selection of data collected by the CNMI Marine Monitoring
Program. The data are provided with the express understanding
that the following acknowledgement be included in any publication using
this data: Data provided by CNMI Marine Monitoring Program and
development was supported by grants from US EPA and NOAA.
These
data
sets are not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to
ensure
that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art,
the CNMI government cannot assume liability for any damages or
misrepresentations caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a
result of the data to be used on a particular system. The CNMI
government makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact
of distribution constitute such a warranty.
Data
are provided in tab delimited text (.DAT) or Microsoft Exel (.xls)
format. Clicking on the link will download the file.
Sea
Temperature Not all files listed
on the sea temperature metadata file are online asthey
are
still being
processed contact CRMO for expedited access. (Metadata v2)
Reef Flat Datafile The Reef Flat
dropdown menu a the top of the page provides additional data about
these surveys as well as indidvidual site summary graphs. (Metadata v2)
