{"id":11679,"date":"2012-11-09T14:18:25","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T00:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=11679"},"modified":"2021-12-09T10:25:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T20:25:10","slug":"hilo-launches-coral-health-information-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/11\/09\/hilo-launches-coral-health-information-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilo launches coral health information websites"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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This image from the Coral Health Atlas website shows growth anomalies affecting a Montipora capitata colony (photo credit: John Burns)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Researchers and students at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> have launched a pair of websites providing information on the health of various coral reefs around Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island.<\/p>\n

The health of corals is considered to be fundamental to Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s ocean life with direct cultural, environmental and economic significance.<\/p>\n

Researchers hope that the websites will help Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> residents understand the importance of a healthy coral community and the state of its health at various reefs around the island.<\/p>\n

A research team led by Misaki Takabayashi<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> Hilo associate professor in marine science, spent the past seven years conducting investigations. The team’s findings are available online with easy-to-follow formats.<\/p>\n

An interactive Waiʻopae<\/span> long-term monitoring website displays time-series photographs that tracks changes in 48 coral colonies that were observed every month for the last four–five years at Waiʻopae<\/span> tide pools in Puna.<\/p>\n

The Coral Health Atlas website provides basic information about coral health and diseases along with the researchers’ data on coral disease prevalence at several sites around Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island.<\/p>\n

Takabayashi’s team included doctoral student John Burns<\/strong>, master’s students Makani Gregg<\/strong> and Monika Frazier<\/strong>, and undergraduates Niegel Rozet<\/strong>, Eva Farah<\/strong>, Lauren Kapono<\/strong> and Danielle Claar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Photo credit for images associated with this article: Burns JHR, Takabayashi M, Gates RD, Gregg TM, Frazier M, Turner N, Best M, Miyagi K, and Delparte D (2012) The Coral Health Atlas of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n

—Adapted from a UH<\/abbr> Hilo news release<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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