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    Mirex Monitoring in Hawaii, 1972-1973, Report to Environmental Protection Agency
    ( 1973-07-31) Bevenue, Arthur ; Cox, Doak C. ; Okubo, Watson ; Dollar, A.M. ; Environmental Protection Agency
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    Zooplankton Populations and Water Chemistry from a Shallow (4.3 m) and Deep (600 m) Pumped Water Discharge, Keahole, Hawaii
    (Environmental Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1983-08) Miller, Jacquelin N. ; Walters, John F.
    The recent installation of the shallow (4.3 m) and deep (600 m) coastal water supply pipes and support facilities at the University of Hawaii's National Energy Laboratory of Hawaii (NELH) at Keahole, Hawaii provides a new and unique research opportunity. A one month pilot study, funded by the University of Hawaii Sea Grant program, was initiated to conduct simultaneous deep and shallow water basic biological and chemical research. Zooplankton, water chemistry and related oceanographic parameters were assayed at a well-defined site over specific periods of time and in measurable volumes of water. The results of these measurements provide insight not only into diurnal fluctuations in the zooplankton community, but also into zooplankton patchiness. Simultaneous measurements of water chemistry, including suspended sediments and nutrients, complement the biological studies and provide a first order estimate of the water/biota relationships in the shallow waters and at 600 m off Keahole Point. In addition to contributing to basic zooplankton population biology research, such information is applicable to entrainment and impingement in ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) or conventional power plant intake systems and to determining the suitability of the water supply for aquaculture developments.
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    Workshops on the Identification, Use and Evaluation of Mitigative Measures in Environmental Impact Assessment
    (Environmental Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1992-11) Rappa, Peter J. ; Miller, Jacqueline N. ; Pangelinan, Arlene A.
    Economic, residential, and infrastructure development has occurred at a rapid rate in Micronesia and American Samoa during the past two decades. As a consequence, the once pristine natural environment has become somewhat degraded in some areas, especially near urban centers, and the cultural environment is becoming heavily impacted as well. Island managers have begun to appreciate environmental conservation and preservation as a way of saving their patrimony for future generations. One planning tool that island environmental managers have begun to embrace is the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). EIA is a process whereby information is gathered on the potential environmental impacts of a development project so that decision makers can choose alternatives that are less consumptive of the environment. The Environmental Center at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, has been involved in the review of EIAs and improvements to Hawaii's EIA system since 1970. It was a logical extension of the service that the Environmental Center provides to the Hawaii state government that they assist in implementing EIA systems in U.S. affiliated Pacific Islands.
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    Volcanic Activity, Tidal Waves, and Other Marine Disturbances in Hawaii, September - December 1903
    (Environmental Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1985-01) Cox, Doak C.
    Local contemporary documents indicate that a number of unusual and even peculiar geophysical events occurred in Hawaii during the last four months of 1903, some of which seem not to have been noted in recent geophysical literature.
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    Tsunami Hazard at Proposed Sites for Kalaupapa Infirmary, Molokai
    (Environmental Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1977-10) Cox, Doak C.
    The tsunami research group at the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics was asked by Urban 9, consultants to DAGS in planning for a new infirmary at Kalaupapa, Molokai, to advise on the tsunami hazard at proposed sites for the infirmary. When management criteria for the natural hazards have been officially adopted, I believe that it is the responsibility of the proposers of developments, permitting agencies, and their consultants to apply the criteria to proposed developments. At present, however, the only tsunami hazard zoning that has been officially adopted is that establishing the evacuation zone for tsunami warnings. The prohibition of construction within all of this zone would, however, be over-protective. More pertinent, I believe, to the evaluation of the tsunami hazard at the proposed sites for the infirmary will be the methods used in the establishment of the coastal high hazard zone under the Federal Flood Insurance Program. Unfortunately these methods have not as yet been officially approved, or even completely developed. Hence, it appears appropriate that the University should provide much more guidance to the estimation of tsunami hazards, than would otherwise be the case.