The search for juvenile bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) in the lagoon at Wake Island

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• Alternative Title:
  Bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) in the lagoon at Wake Island
• Personal Author:
  Sundberg, Meagan ; Kobayashi, Donald R. ; Kahng, Samuel ; Karl, Stephen ; Zamzow, Jill P.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States, National Marine Fisheries Service, ; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ; United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ; Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center) ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
• Description:
  "The bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) is a large, benthic grazing fish found on coral reefs of the Indo-West Pacific. Bumphead parrotfish do not occur within state waters of the United State (U.S.), but occur in certain U.S. jurisdictions such as the territories of Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa; and in the U.S. Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs) of Palmyra, Jarvis Island, and Wake Island (Mundy, et al. 2011). The bumphead parrotfish is thought to be a potential keystone species and could play an important role in ecological processes (Bellwood et al., 2003)"--Introduction. [doi:10.7289/V57D2S31 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V57D2S31)]
• Keywords:
  Analysis Chemical Oceanography Coral Reef Ecology Coral Reef Fishes Parrotfishes Research Chemical Oceanography Coral Reef Ecology Coral Reef Fishes
• Series:
  Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center administrative report H   15-02
• DOI:
  http://doi.org/10.7289/V57D2S31
• Document Type:
  Administrative Report
• Place as Subject:
  Wake Island
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a976e6e2e4ef2675cc1c7912cf453a094876da0d936a4b95404e76c2447b6962
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/897/noaa_897_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.10 MB ]