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Environmental Reports and Publications - American and (western) Samoa
This is a complete set of all known environmental reports and publications compiled by the park's inventory and monitoring staff as of 2008.

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Ineich, I, et al. 1991. Nomenclatural status of Emoia cyanura (Lacertilia, Scincidae) populations in the central Pacific. Copeia 1944(4):1132-1136. <http://www.jstor.org/sici?sici=0045-8511(19911213)3:1991:4%3C1132:NSOEC(%3E2.0.CO;2-G> 
   
Ioane, P. 1998. Regional marine turtle conservation programme (RMTCP) turtle tagging database report, 1997 & 1998. SPREP. 30 pp.  
   
Iose, P., et al. 1993. Fish resources in Pala Lagoon. DMWR Biological Rpt Series 37. 41 pp. 
   
Iosua, F., et al. 2003. Development of forest health surveillance systems for south Pacific countries and Australia: country report Samoa. Pacific Forest Health Workshop, Suva, WS. 7 pp.  
   
Itano, D. 1987a. Ciguatera fish poisoning. DMWR. 3 pp. 
   
Itano, D. 1987b. Ta'u Island coral reef assessment. Rpt to DMWR. 6 pp.  
   
Itano, D. 1988a. AS bottomfish assessment program. Progress rpt. Workshop Pacific Inshore Fishery Resources. SPC, Noumea, New Caledonia. 8 pp. 
   
Itano, D. 1988b. AS: status of fishery regulations. Workshop Pacific Inshore Fishery Resources. SPC, Noumea, New Caledonia. 2 pp. 
   
Itano, D. 1996a. The dev of small-scale fisheries for bottomfish in AS (1961-1987). SPC Fisheries Newsletter Information Bulletin 76:28-32. 
   
Itano, D. 1996b. The dev of small-scale fisheries for bottomfish in AS (1961-1987) - Part 2. SPC Fisheries Newsletter Information Bulletin 77:34-44. 
   
Itano, D., et al. 1988a. Observations of the mass spawning of corals and palolo Eunice viridis in AS - October-November 1988. DMWR Biological Rpt Series 11. 13 pp. 
   
Itano, D., et al. 1988b. Report on the fish aggregation device (FAD) program in AS, 1979-Nov 1987. DMWR. 66 pp. 
   
Itano, D., et al. 1988c. The coral reefs of the Manu'a Islands AS. DMWR Biological Rpt Series 12. 27 pp.  
   
Itano, D., et al. 1988d. Tridacna derasa introduction in AS: mariculture pilot project rpt November 1986 to February 1988. SPC BP 98. Workshop on Pac Inshore Fishery Resources, Noumea, New Caledonia. 26 pp. 
   
Itano, D., et al. 2003. An assessment of the accuracy of yellowfin and bigeye tuna species identification by AS port samplers. Working Paper FTWG-1. Prepared for 16th Standing Committee on Tuna and Billfish, Mooloolaba, Australia. 11 pp. 
   
IUCN. 1985a. Coral reefs Pacific Ocean part 1: AS to Hong Kong. IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre, Switzerland. 217 pp.  
   
IUCN. 1985b. Coral reefs Pacific Ocean part 2: Japan to WS. IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre, Switzerland. 207 pp.  
   
Izuka, S. 1996. Summary of ground-water and rainfall data for Tutuila and Aunu'u Islands, AS, for July,1984 through September, 1995. USGS Open-File Rpt 96-116. 44 pp.  
   
Izuka, S. 1997. Summary of ground-water data for Tutuila and Aunu'u, AS, for July 1985 through September 1996. USGS Open-File Rpt 97-654. 44 pp.  
   
Izuka, S. 1999. Hydrogeologic interpretations from available groundwater data, Tutuila, AS. USGS Water-resources Invest Rpt 99-4064. 2 sheets.   
   
Izuka, S. 2005. Reconnaissance of the hydrogeology of Ta'u, AS. USGS Scientific Invest Rpt 2004-5240. 20 pp.
 
   
Izuka, S., et al. 2005. Potential evapotranspiration on Tutuila, AS. USGS Scientific Invest Rpt 2005-5200. 40 pp. 
   
Izuka, S, et al. 2007. Areas contributing recharge to wells in the Tafuna-Leone Plain, Tutuila, AS. USGS Water-resources Invest Rpt 2007-5167. 51 pp. <http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2007/5167/> 
   
Jackson, M, et al. 2007. The return of subducted continental crust in Samoan lavas. Nature 448(9):684-687  
   
Jarvi, S., et al. 2003. Detection of Avian malaria (Plasmodium spp) in native land birds of AS. Conservation Genetics 4:629-637. 
   
Johannes, R. 1982. Reef and lagoon management in WS. Draft. (no source) 33 pp. 
   
Johannes, R. 2002. The renaissance of community-based marine resource management in Oceania. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 33:317-340 . 
   
Jones, G. 1990. The importance of recruitment to the dynamics of a coral reef fish population. Ecology 71:1691-1698.  
   
Jordan, D., et al. 1906. The Fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the archipelago, with a provisional checklist of the fishes of Oceania. Bulletin of US Bureau of Fisheries 25:173-455.  
   
Kami, K., et al. 1998. Samoan insects and related arthropods: checklist and bibliography. Bishop Museum Tech Rpt 13, Honolulu, HI. 121 pp.  
   
Kantor, M., et al. 1996. Territory of AS coastal nonpoint pollution control program. Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Mgmt, Silver Spring, MD. 74 pp. 
   
Kaufman, G. 1983. Ecology of humpback whales in AS. pp 54. Abstract. In: Prescott J. 5th Biennial Conf Biology of Marine Mammals, Boston, MA.  
   
Keating, B., et al. 1992. The geology of the Samoan Islands. pp 127-178. In: Keating B, et al (eds). Geology and offshore mineral resources of the central Pacific Basin. Vol 14. Energy and Mineral Resources Earth Science Series, NY. 
   
Kellogg, C., et al. 2005. Coral microbial ecology. USGS Fact Sheet 2005-3039. 4 pp. 
   
Kelty, R., et al, 2004. Status of the coral reefs in Micronesia and AS. pp 381-409. In: Wilkinson C (ed). Status of coral reefs of the world. Vol 2. Australian Inst of Marine Science, Townsville, Australia. 316 pp.
<http://www.aims.gov.au/pages/research/coral-bleaching/scr2004/>		 
   
Kennedy, J., et al. 1995. An archaeological assessment of cultural properties in phase II of the Ofu-Olosega Road between the causeway and Sili Village. Rpt to ASPA. 13 pp. 
   
Kennedy/Jenks/Chilton. 1986. Soil erosion model for Pago Pago Harbor, Tutuila, AS. Rpt to Economic Dev and Planning Office and EQC.  
   
Kennedy/Jenks/Chilton. 1987. Groundwater contamination study Tafuna-Leone Plain Tutuila Island. Final rpt. Rpt to EQC ASG 111 pp. 
   
Kiene, W., et al. 2007. FBNMS condition report. NOAA. 37 pp. 
   
Kienzle, M. 2006. Statistical analysis on the trends of albacore in AS. First Workshop of So Pacific Albacore Longline Fisheries, Honolulu, HI.   
   
Kikkawa, B. 1996. WPacFin island data assessment (WIDA) of AS small boat-based fishery survey,1985-93 and shoreline fishery survey, 1990-93. Admin Rpt H-96-09. SWFC, NOAA, Honolulu, HI. 56 pp. 
   
Kikuchi, W. 1964. Petroglyphs in AS. Journal of the Polynesian Society 73(2):163-166.   
   
Kilarski, S., et al. 2006. Decision support for coral reef fisheries management: community input as a means of informing policy in AS. Thesis. Univ of CA, Santa Barbara, CA. 132 pp. 
   
King, M. 1986. The deep-water shrimp resources of Pacific island countries. Australian Maritime College, Tasmania, Australia. 46 pp. 
   
King, M. 1988. Fisheries research and stock assessment in WS. Draft. FAO Terminal Rpt TCP/SAM/8852.
29 pp.		 
   
King, M., et al. 1998a. A network of small, community-owned village fish reserves in Samoa. Parks 8(2):11-16. 
   
King, M., et al. 1998b. Village fisheries management and community-owned marine protected areas. Naga, ICLARM Qrtly April-June:34-38. 
   
King, M., et al. 2001. Community-based management of subsistence fisheries in Samoa. Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries, and Meteorology, WS. 11 pp. 
   
Kinsolving, A., et al. 1994. Longline fishery results in AS, 1992-1994. DMWR Biological Rpt Series 56. 12 pp. 
   
Kirch, P. 1982. The Impact of the Prehistoric Polynesians on the Hawaiian Ecosystem. Pacific Science 36(1)1-14. 
   
Kirch, P. 1994. The Wet and Dry; Irrigation and Agricultural Intensification in Polynesia. University of Chicago Press.  
   
Kirch, P. and T. Hunt (ed). 1997. Historical Ecology in the Pacific Islands; Prehistory Environment and Landscape Change. Yale University Press.  
   
Kirch, P., et al. 1990. An ancestral Polynesian occupation at To'aga, Ofu Island, AS. Archaeology in Oceania 25(1):1-15.  
   
Kirch, P., et al (eds). 1993. The To'aga site: three millennia of Polynesian occupation in the Manu'a Islands, AS. Univ of CA, Berkeley, CA. 248 pp.  
   
Kluge, K. 1992. Seasonal abundance of zooplankton in Pala Lagoon. DMWR Biological Rpt Series 36.
33 pp.		 
   
Knudsen, P. (ed), et al. 1992. AS resource management bibliography. Le Vaomatua, Inc, Pago Pago, AS. 28 pp. (1992).  
   
Kolinski, S. 2006. An assessment of corals five years following transplantation at Aua, Tutuila, AS. NOAA. 9 pp. 
   
Konter, J, et al. 2004. Seafloor seismic monitoring of an active submarine volcano: Local seismicity at Vailulu'u seamount, Samoa. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 5, Q06007, doi:10.1029/2004GC000702. 15 pp.<https://darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org/bitstream/1912/454/1/Konter%202004GC000702.pdf> 
   
Kool, K. 1997. Mangrove crabs and the Sa'anapu-Sataoa conservation area, Samoa. Rpt to SPREP. 25 pp. 
   
Kornicker, L., et al. 2006. Ostracoda (Myodocopina) of Tutuila, AS. Pacific Science 60(2):243-259. 
   
Kuhn, J, et al. 1999. Revised universal soil loss equation field handbook for the Pacific Basin. USDA. 197 pp.  
   
KVA Consult. 2003. An assessment of the feasibility of a regional adaptation facility. Final report. Rpt to SPREP. 46 pp. 
   
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