Mass coral bleaching due to unprecedented marine heatwave in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands)

Courtney S. Couch; John H. R. Burns; Gang Liu; Kanoelani Steward; Tiffany Nicole Gutlay; Jean Kenyon; C. Mark Eakin; Randall K. Kosaki

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0185121

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Mass coral bleaching due to unprecedented marine heatwave in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands)

Courtney S. Couch ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: courtney.s.couch@noaa.gov

Affiliations Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, Kāne‘ohe, Hawaiʻi, United States of America, Ecosystem Sciences Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America
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John H. R. Burns,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, Kāne‘ohe, Hawaiʻi, United States of America
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Gang Liu,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Coral Reef Watch, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Global Science & Technology Inc., Greenbelt, Maryland, United States of America
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Kanoelani Steward,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Marine Science Program University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Hilo Hawaiʻi, United States of America
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Tiffany Nicole Gutlay,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, Kāne‘ohe, Hawaiʻi, United States of America
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Jean Kenyon,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America
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C. Mark Eakin,

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Coral Reef Watch, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Randall K. Kosaki

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NOAA Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States of America
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Mass coral bleaching due to unprecedented marine heatwave in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands)

Courtney S. Couch,
John H. R. Burns,
Gang Liu,
Kanoelani Steward,
Tiffany Nicole Gutlay,
Jean Kenyon,
C. Mark Eakin,
Randall K. Kosaki

Published: September 27, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185121

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