Pacific
Islands Coral Reef Program
1st
revelations.
The
parks' coral reef team first impressions were of awe at the immense biodiversity
and beauty of the parks' marine ecosystems. Check out your impressions by viewing
some of the illustrated species checklists of parks' coral reefs (links on the
right column). Imagine more than 900 fish and 200 coral species at the National
Park of American Samoa.
But
next there grew an uneasy awareness and growing despair of sad ecological trends
seemingly confronting every park manager intent on preserving these resources.
View the park's early "concerns."
The
First Decade of the Parks' Coral Reef Program
Corals
Nat'l Park
of
Am Samoa
Fishes
Nat'l Park
of Am Samoa Marine
Invertebrates
Kalaupapa
Nat'l Hist Park Fishes
Kalaupapa
Nat'l Hist Park First
glimpses of the Ofu Lagoon left impressions of awe at its immense biodiversity
and enrapture at its astounding beauty.
Fishes
of
Kaloko-Honokohau
Nat'l Hist. Park Marine
Invertebrates,
Nat'l Park
of Am Samoa Marine
Invertebrates of
Kaloko-Honokohau
Nat'l Hist. Park Mammals
& Herps of
Kaloko-Honokohau
Nat'l Hist. Park
University
of Hawaii -
National Park Service
