Pacific Islands Coral Reef Project - Reports and Publications

Ladd, E. 1970. Archeological and ecological survey of Olovalu Crater, AS. NPS. 24 pp.

Lamberts, A. 1974. Coral kill and recolonization in AS. Ntl Geographic Society. 10 pp.

Lamberts, A. 1983a. An annotated checklist of the corals of AS. Atoll Research Bulletin 264:1-19.

Lamberts, A. 1983b. Coral kill and recolonization in AS. Ntl Geographic Society Research Rpt 15:359-377.

Larkin, E. 2004a. Bilingual marine data distribution using ArcIMS for coral reef conservation. Proc 24th Annual ESRI User Conf, San Diego, CA, Paper 1123. 11 pp. <http://dusk2.geo.orst.edu/esri04/p1123_pc.html>

Larkin, E. 2004b. Geographic information systems for coral reef conservation, capacity building, and public education in AS. Thesis. Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR. 100 pp. <http://dusk2.geo.orst.edu/djl/theses/pc_emily/Larkin_thesis.pdf>

Lauvao, L. 1996. Comparison of submergence patterns of green sea turtles in three distinctive habitats: internesting, migratory, and resident feed areas. Univ of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI. 19 pp.

Lawrence, A. 2005. Evaluation of the effects of the community-based fishery management programme on the reef fish communities in AS. Thesis. Univ of Wales, Bangor. 192 pp.

Levine, A., et al. 2008. Knowledge of Marine Use and Mgt in AS. NOAH, PIs Fisheries Science Center. Tech rpt. In press.

Lewis, N. 1978. Ciguatera in the So Pacific: an analysis of the impact of tropical fish poisoning on health and resource utilization in Pacific Island communities. Dissertation (incomplete rpt). Univ of CA, Berkeley, CA. 8 pp.

Linnekin, Jocelyn, Terry Hunt, Leslie Lang and Timothy McCormick.
2006. Ethnographic Assessment and Overview, National Park of American Samoa. Tech. Report #152, Coop. Ecosystem Study Unit, Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Hawai`i , Honolulu, Hawai`i.

Littler, D., et al. 2003. So Pacific reef plants: a divers' guide to the plant life of So Pacific coral reefs. Offshore Graphics, Inc, Washington, DC. 331 pp.

Littler, M., et al. 1998. An undescribed fungal pathogen of reef-forming crustose coralline algae discovered in AS. Coral Reefs 17:144.

Loope, L., et al. 2001. Management-related considerations of biological invasions and the NPSA: preliminary report, with special reference to invasive plants. Rpt to NPSA. 11 pp.

Lovegrove, T., et al. 1992. The indigenous wildlife of WS impacts of Cyclone Val and a recovery and management strategy. New Zealand Dept of Conservation, New Zealand Ministry of External Relations and Trade. 60 pp.

Lum H, et al. 1991. AS offshore creel survey user's manual and tech ref manual. SWFC, Honolulu, HI. 57 pp.

Lundblad, E. 2004. The development and application of benthic classifications for coral reef ecosystems below 30 m depth using multibeam bathymetry: Tutuila, AS. Thesis. Oregon State Univ. 125 pp. <http://dusk2.geo.orst.edu/djl/theses/lundblad_abs.html>

Lundblad, E., et al. 2006. A benthic terrain classification scheme for AS. Marine Geodesy 29(2):89-111.

M & E Pacific. 1979. Baseline water quality survey in AS. Rpt to USACOE, Honolulu, HI. 317 pp.

Madrigal, L. 1996. Distribution, abundance and substrate preference of the Palolo worm, Eunice viridis (Polychaeta) at Nu'uuli Reef, AS. Thesis. Univ of CA, Santa Barbara, CA. 55 pp.

Madrigal, L. 1999. Field guide of shallow water marine invertebrates of AS. ASG Dept of Education. 132 pp.

Maragos, J. 1987. Coastal resource development and management in the US Pacific Islands. AS section only. pp 32-35. Rpt to Office of Tech Assessment, US Congress.

Maragos, J., et al. 1993. Conservation and sustainable dev on Pacific atolls. Conf on Population Dev and Communications in the Aquatic Environment, Honolulu, HI. 22 pp.

Maragos, J., et al. 1994. Reefs and corals observed during the 1991-92 AS coastal resources inventory. Rpt to DMWR. 50 pp.

Maragos, J., et al. 1995. Reef mapping and beach monitoring project at the Ofu unit of NPSA of AS and adjacent territorial reef park at Ofu island. Corial, Honolulu, HI. 83 pp.

Maragos, J., et al. 1997. The status of coral reef habitats in the insular south and east Pacific. Proc 8th Intl Coral Reef Sym 1:307-316.

Maragos, J., et al. 2003. Monitoring and partial cleanup at Rose Atoll Ntl Wildlife refuse (NWR) after a shipwreck. pp 40-41. In: Wilkinson C, et al. Monitoring coral reef marine protected areas. Australian Inst of Marine Science, Townsville, Australia. 68 pp. <http://www.iucn.org/themes/marine/pdf/mcrmpa-v1.pdf>

Marschall, K., et al. 1991. Use of Metarhizium anisopliae for control of Brontispa longissima in Western and AS. pp 137-140. In: Johnson M, et al. (eds). 1989 Agriculture dev in the American Pacific. Crop Protection Conf Proc, Honolulu, HI.

Marschall, K., et al. 1995. Application of a new strain of Metarhizium anisopliae (Fungi imperfecti) as a means of biological control against the coconut leaf hispid, Brontispa longissima (Coleoptera: hispidae) in Samoa. ASCCLGP Tech Rpt 27. 4 pp.
<http://www2.ctahr.hawaii.edu/adap2/ascc_landgrant/Dr_Brooks/Report27.pdf>

Matsuoka, I. 1978. Flow characteristics of streams in Tutuila, AS. USGS Water-Resources Invest Rpt 78-103. 34 pp.

Mayor, A. 1921a. Rose Atoll, AS. Proc of the American Philosophical Society 60:62-70.
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Mayor, A. 1921b. Rose Atoll, Samoa, in its relation to recent change in sea level. Science 54:390.

Mayor, A. 1924a. Causes which produce stable conditions in the depth of the floors or pacific fringing reef-flats. Carnegie Inst Washington Publications 340:27-36.

Mayor, A. 1924b. Growth-rate of Samoan corals. Carnegie Inst Washington Publications 340:51-72.

Mayor, A. 1924c. Inability of stream-water to dissolve submarine limestones. Carnegie Inst Washington Publications 340:37-49.

Mayor, A. 1924d. Rose Atoll, AS. Carnegie Inst Washington Publications 340:73-79.

Mayor, A. 1924e. Structure and ecology of Samoan reefs. Carnegie Inst Washington Publications 340:1-25.

Mayr, E. 1978. Birds of the SW Pacific: a field guide to the birds of the area between Samoa, New Caledonia and Micronesia. 316 pp.

McArdle, B. 2003. Statistical analyses for coral reef advisory group. Rpt to CRAG. 142 pp.

McConnaughey, J. 1993. The shoreline fishery of AS in FY92. DMWR Biological Rpt Series 41. 67 pp.

McConnaughey, J., et al. 1995. A marketing study of giant clams (family Tridacnidae) in AS. pp 283-292. In: Friend K (ed). Present and future of aquaculture research development in the Pacific Island countries. Proc Intl Workshop. Ministry of Fisheries, Tonga. 423 pp.

McCoy, F. 1965. Geology of Ofu and Olosega islands, Manu'a Group, AS. Thesis. Univ of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI. 74 pp.

McDougall, I. 1985. Age and evolution of the volcanoes of Tutuila, AS. Pacific Science 39(4):311-320.

Mead, P. 1978. Report on the So Pacific Commission deep sea fisheries development project in AS. Proc SPC, Noumea, New Caledonia. 9 pp.

Meyer Resources. 1987. Management of access to fisheries in AS. Rpt to DMWR. 19 pp.

Miller, S. 1993. Final report on surveys of the arboreal and terrestrial snail fauna of AS. Rpt to USFWS. 30 pp.

Miller, S, et al. 1998. The extent and condition of US coral reefs. In: NOAA. State of the coast rpt. Silver Spring, MD. 40 pp. <http://state_of_coast.noaa.gov/bulletins/html/crf_08/crf.html>

Misa, M., et al. 1993. Indigenous agroforestry in AS. USDA Forest Service Tech Rpt PSW-GTR-140. 4 pp.

Mizenko, D. 1984. The biology of W Samoan reef-slope snapper (Pisces: Lutjanidae) populations of: Lutjanus kasmira, Lutjanus rufolineatus, and Pristipomoides multidens. Thesis. Univ of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. 67 pp.

Moffitt, R. 1989. Analysis of the depletion of bottom fishes at 2% bank, AS. SFC Rpt MRF-002-89H, Honolulu, HI. 3 pp.

Mohd-Shahwahid, H., et al. 2001. An economic valuation of the terrestrial and marine resources of Samoa. Rpt to Div of Environment and Conservation, Dept of Lands, Survey and Environment, ASG. 81 pp.

Monello, R. 2004. NPSA terrestrial resource report. NPSA. 20 pp.

Morrell, T., et al. 1991. Eradication of Polynesian rats Rattus exulans from Rose Atoll Ntl Wildlife Refuge. DMWR Biological Rpt Series 20. 10 pp.

Morrell, T., et al. 1995. Temporal variation in fruit bats observed during daytime surveys in AS. DMWR Biological Rpt Series 81. Wildlife Society Bulletin 23(1):36-40.

Morris, D. 1970. Ecological survey of Olovalu Crater, AS. NPS. 23 pp.

Morton, J., et al. 1993. The shore ecology of Upolu, WS. Univ of Auckland Bulletin 31. 167 pp.

Mueller-Dombois, D. 2002. Forest vegetation across the topical Pacific: a biogeographically complex region with many analogous environments. Plant Ecology 163:155-176.

Mukai, H. 1993. Biogeography of the tropical seagrasses in the west Pacific. Australian Journal Marine and Freshwater Research 44:1-17.

Mulipola, A. 1993. The 1992 report on the inshore fisheries commercial landings at the Apia fish market. Fisheries Div, Dept of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries, Apia, WS. 8 pp.

Mulipola, A. 1995. Deep-water snappers and groupers (bottomfish)-(Ia alalo/Ia o le loloto) resources in WS. Draft. Fisheries Div, Dept of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, and Meteorology. 13 pp.

Mulipola, A. 1997. An assessment of the subsistence and artisanal inshore fisheries on Savai'i Island, WS. Thesis. Australia Maritime College, Tasmania.

Mulipola, A. 1998. Report on Samoa's longline fishery. Workshop Precautionary Limit Reference Points for Highly Migratory Stock Western and Central Pacific, Hawaii. 9 pp.

Mulipola, A. 1999. Community-based marine protected areas in Samoa. Workshop Community-based Marine Protected Areas, Tahiti. 8 pp.

Mulipola, T. 2002. Subsistence and artisanal inshore fisheries in WS. Draft. (no source). 10 pp.

Mulipola, T., et al. 2005. Fisheries Div annual report July 2004-June 2005. Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries, and Meteorology, Apia, WS. 20 pp. <http://www.usp.ac.fj/fileadmin/files/services/library/PIMRIS/Samoa/1720yr2004-05-eng.pdf>

Mundy, B. 1990a. A guide to the identification of fish larvae from plankton samples taken in Pago Pago Harbor. DMWR Biological Rpt Series 15. SWFC, NOAA, Honolulu, HI. 22 pp.

Mundy, B. 1990b. Identification of fish larvae from plankton samples collected by AS DMWR. SWFC, NOAA, Honolulu, HI. 48 pp.

Mundy, C. 1996. A quantitative survey of the corals of AS. Rpt to DMWR. 25 pp.

Mundy, C., et al. 1999. Spawning observations of corals and other invertebrates in AS. Rpt to DMWR. 12 pp.

Munro, J. 1984. Yields from coral reef fisheries. Fishbyte 2:13-15.

Munro, J. 1986. Methods for appraisal and assessment of coastal fishery resources in the So Pacific region. Rpt to FFA. 39 pp.

Munro, J. 1994. Utilization of coastal molluscan resources in the tropical insular Pacific and its impacts on biodiversity. Workshop Marine and Coastal Biodiversity in Tropical Island Pacific Region, Pacific Science Assoc, Honolulu, HI. 19 pp.

Munroe, E. 1996. Distributional patterns of Lepidoptera in the Pacific Islands. pp 275-295. In: Keast A, et al. (eds). The origin and evolution of Pacific Island biotas, New Guinea to eastern Polynesia: patterns and processes. Academic Publishing, Amsterdam.

Murphy M. 1986. Protection for AS`s flying foxes. Bats 4(4):3.

Musburger, C. 2004. Monitoring recommendations for the community-based fisheries management program of Tutuila, AS. Rpt to DMWR. 45 pp.