scholarly journals Real-Time Observations of the February 2010 Chile and March 2011 Japan Tsunamis Recorded in Honolulu by the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System

Oceanography ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Fiedler ◽  
Margaret McManus ◽  
Michael Tomlinson ◽  
Eric De Carlo ◽  
Geno Pawlak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Ocean Observing

scholarly journals haracterizing the Effects of Two Storms on the Coastal Waters of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i, Using Data from the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System

Oceanography ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Tomlinson ◽  
Eric De Carlo ◽  
Margaret McManus ◽  
Geno Pawlak ◽  
Grieg Steward ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Ocean Observing

Development and validation of a real-time PCR assay for the glassy-winged sharpshooter Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

2016 ◽  
Vol 107 (3) ◽  
pp. 332-339
Author(s):  
D.W. Waite ◽  
D. Li ◽  
M. D'Souza ◽  
D. Gunawardana
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Rapid Identification ◽  
Invasive Pest ◽  
Homalodisca Vitripennis ◽  
Economic Significance ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Close Relatives ◽  
Development And Validation

AbstractThe glassy-winged sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis) is an invasive pest organism, which is found throughout Central America and has recently invaded a few countries in the Pacific Islands. As a carrier of the highly virulent plant pathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, it is of great economic significance to horticulture and is estimated to cost Californian vineyards over US$100 million per year in control and losses. New Zealand is currently free from this pest, but its recent spread through the Pacific has raised concerns of it establishing in New Zealand, potentially as a result of introduction through human travel. We report here a real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the rapid identification of H. vitripennis. The assay was extensively validated in silico then optimized and tested against a range of Cicadellidae species, both internationally collected and local to New Zealand. This assay was able to correctly identify H. vitripennis samples, and distinguish between H. vitripennis and close relatives, such as the smoke-tree sharpshooter (Homalodisca liturata) and will be of great benefit to New Zealand biosecurity.

Ocean Observing: Serving Stakeholders in the Pacific Islands

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa M. Iwamoto ◽  
Fiona Langenberger ◽  
Chris E. Ostrander
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Natural Resource Managers ◽  
Large Benefit ◽  
Stakeholder Needs ◽  
Ocean Observing ◽  
Super Users

AbstractOperating an ocean observing system in a region as vast and diverse as the Exclusive Economic Zone of the U.S. Pacific Islands poses common and unique challenges that require tailored solutions. In order to address stakeholder needs for ocean data and information in a cost-effective and impactful manner, the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) functions under a framework of stakeholder-driven priority setting. This strategy employs an innovative categorization of stakeholders into four general categories for the purpose of delineating levels of engagement: (a) data super users, (b) industry and natural resource managers, (c) informed public ocean users, and (d) the general public. Stakeholder needs are continuously gathered through many avenues, including staff dedicated to communications and engagement throughout the region and a higher-level governance framework composed of signatory partners. Principles of degree of need and potential for positive impact are utilized for prioritization. Although PacIOOS cannot engage with all stakeholders in the region, the approach taken to identify, engage, and respond to stakeholders serves as an effective and efficient method to ensure that both specific ocean stakeholders and stakeholders, writ large, benefit from the resources and efforts expended to advance ocean observing in the region. Two case studies from separate geographies and components of the PacIOOS program illustrate the value of this stakeholder-driven approach to users in the region. This approach may serve as a model for how to effectively address stakeholder needs and improve decision making through a regional ocean observing system.

Growing Coconut Palms in the Pacific Islands: Colliding Knowledge and Values

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith A. Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Coconut Oil ◽  
Tropical Pacific ◽  
Experiential Knowledge ◽  
The West ◽  
Passive Resistance ◽  
The People ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Tropical Pacific

Coconuts provided commodities for the West in the form of coconut oil and copra. Once colonial governments established control of the tropical Pacific Islands, they needed revenue so urged European settlers to establish coconut plantations. For some decades most copra came from Indigenous growers. Administrations constantly urged the people to thin old groves and plant new ones like plantations, in grid patterns, regularly spaced and weeded. Local growers were instructed to collect all fallen coconuts for copra from their groves. For half a century, the administrations’ requirements met with Indigenous passive resistance. This paper examines the underlying reasons for this, elucidating Indigenous ecological and social values, based on experiential knowledge, knowledge that clashed with Western scientific values.

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