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Ecological Assessment of Johnston Atoll.

ADA571836

Publication Date	2012
Personal Author	Lobel, P.; Schreiber, E. A.; McCloskey, G.; O'Shea, L.
Page Count	27
Abstract	Johnston Atoll was added to the United States National Wildlife Refuge system in 1926 to protect an important tropical ecosystem and the wildlife that it harbors. Johnston Atoll s ecosystem now includes extensive coral reefs and tropical terrestrial habitats on its four islands. Hundreds of thousands of seabirds inhabit and raise their young on the atoll and hundreds of migrating shorebirds spend their winters there. Extensive coral reefs are home to myriad tropical fish and invertebrates. Its location in the central Pacific also made it an important site for military activities beginning in World War II. Concern about preserving Johnston Atoll's ecosystem prompted the original planners of the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (JACADS), a demilitarization and incineration project, to arrange for scientists to monitor the birds and marine life of the atoll beginning 6 years before the project began and continuing throughout a total of 20 years of research and monitoring. The preliminary 6 years of data provided a baseline of the health of the atoll and a goal to strive to preserve throughout the incineration process. Dr. Phil Lobel (Professor of Biology, Ichthyology, with the Boston University Marine Program, Marine Biological Laboratory) and Dr. Betty Anne Schreiber (Ornithologist with the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution) carried out this important research and their results are presented here.
Keywords	Ecology Environmental assessment Pacific ocean islands Atolls Biogeography Birds Bleaching agents Chemical agents Contaminants Coral reefs Fishes Monitoring Ordnance Population Sediments Sharks Weather Johnston atoll Army chemical munitions Avian ecological studies Biological monitoring Marine ecological studies Weather patterns Seabirds Breeding bird species Population sizes Test sites Ciguaterra Endemics Gray reef sharks Coral reef fish Marine sediments Coral bleaching Jacads(Johnston atoll chemical agent disposal system)
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	57C - Botany 57Z - Zoology 57H - Ecology 74D - Chemical, Biological, & Radiological Warfare 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	Boston Univ., MA. Marine Biological Lab.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with the the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, and the Washington Group International, Abingdon, MD.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Magazine.
NTIS Issue Number	201316

Ecological Assessment of Johnston Atoll.

Ecological Assessment of Johnston Atoll.
ADA571836

Publication Date	2012
Personal Author	Lobel, P.; Schreiber, E. A.; McCloskey, G.; O'Shea, L.
Page Count	27
Abstract	Johnston Atoll was added to the United States National Wildlife Refuge system in 1926 to protect an important tropical ecosystem and the wildlife that it harbors. Johnston Atoll s ecosystem now includes extensive coral reefs and tropical terrestrial habitats on its four islands. Hundreds of thousands of seabirds inhabit and raise their young on the atoll and hundreds of migrating shorebirds spend their winters there. Extensive coral reefs are home to myriad tropical fish and invertebrates. Its location in the central Pacific also made it an important site for military activities beginning in World War II. Concern about preserving Johnston Atoll's ecosystem prompted the original planners of the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (JACADS), a demilitarization and incineration project, to arrange for scientists to monitor the birds and marine life of the atoll beginning 6 years before the project began and continuing throughout a total of 20 years of research and monitoring. The preliminary 6 years of data provided a baseline of the health of the atoll and a goal to strive to preserve throughout the incineration process. Dr. Phil Lobel (Professor of Biology, Ichthyology, with the Boston University Marine Program, Marine Biological Laboratory) and Dr. Betty Anne Schreiber (Ornithologist with the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution) carried out this important research and their results are presented here.
Keywords	Ecology Environmental assessment Pacific ocean islands Atolls Biogeography Birds Bleaching agents Chemical agents Contaminants Coral reefs Fishes Monitoring Ordnance Population Sediments Sharks Weather Johnston atoll Army chemical munitions Avian ecological studies Biological monitoring Marine ecological studies Weather patterns Seabirds Breeding bird species Population sizes Test sites Ciguaterra Endemics Gray reef sharks Coral reef fish Marine sediments Coral bleaching Jacads(Johnston atoll chemical agent disposal system)
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	57C - Botany 57Z - Zoology 57H - Ecology 74D - Chemical, Biological, & Radiological Warfare 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	Boston Univ., MA. Marine Biological Lab.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with the the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, and the Washington Group International, Abingdon, MD.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Magazine.
NTIS Issue Number	201316