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The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2008, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This is the third in an ongoing series of reports on the condition of coral reef ecosystems in the U.S. and Pacific Freely Associated States (earlier reports were in 2002 and 2005). Covers coral reefs in: U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Navassa Island (off Haiti), Florida, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, NW Hawaiian Islands, America Samoa, Pacific Remote Island Areas (such as Johnston, Wake, Palmyra), Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and Palau. 567 pp.

For overview and downloads, go to Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA).

QH104 U56 2008