Puako Coral Health And Water Quality Sites - West Hawaii Island, Hawaii

Fish abundance and distribution Hard coral cover and composition

To understand and mitigate the impacts of land-based pollution on coral reef health, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH), and other researchers collected data to: 1) identify where high groundwater flows occur on the Puako reef system; 2) determine what is in the water by monitoring levels of bacteria and nutrients; and 3) assess whether degraded water quality can compromise coral health - and if so, which sites are most vulnerable.

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Additional information

Date (creation)	2018-11-02
Date (issued)	2018-11-02
Date (revision)	2018-11-02
Status	onGoing
Update frequency	asNeeded
Metadata language	en
License	The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
Source metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-11-04
Created	2026-11-04
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