A survey of the marine communities of Midway Atoll harbor and surrounding lagoon was conducted at 12 sites from September 5 to 9, 1998. The primary focus of these surveys was the invertebrates of the fouling communities present on artificial substrates. Occurrence of reef fishes at each site was also recorded, and algae was collected and identified from four stations. A total of 444 taxa were identified (47 algae, 316 invertebrates, and 81 fishes) from all stations. Approximately 250 invertebrate and 35 algae species are considered new records for Midway Atoll.

Depth, pressure, salinity, temperature, and other data were collected using meteorological sensors and CTD casts in the Arctic Ocean, Greenland Sea, and North Pacific Ocean. Data were collected from NOAA Ship KA'IMIMOANA, fishing vessel Sea Watch, and USCG Healy from May 11 to November 28, 2001. Data were submitted by Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) as part of the Atlantic Layer Tracking Experiment (ALTEX) project.

Temperature profile and density profiles were collected using CTD from NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN, NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN, and SIR WILFRED LAURIER in the Northeast Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea, and the Gulf of Alaska from 29 January 2001 to 15 October 2001. Data were submitted by Dr. Phyllis J. Stabeno of the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) with support from the Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (FOCI) project.

The Pearl Harbor Biodiversity Project was funded by the Department of Defense Legacy Program, through the U. S. Navy. The project was performed in two phases. The purpose of the project was to document the history, cause, and extent of non-native species introductions in the freshwater streams and estuarine areas of Pearl Harbor.

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Water characteristics of Yaquina Bay and Hatfield Marine Science Center's in-building seawater system, measured every six minutes since 1988. Tide height data is collected at the HMSC/OSU boat dock. Water temperature and salinity data is collected at the HMSC/OSU pumphouse dock.

Current, physical, and other data were collected from current profilers and moored CTD's in the Bering Sea from 14 September 1998 to 13 September 1999. Data were collected by the University of Alaska - Fairbanks; Institute of Marine Science (UAK/IMS) as part of the St. Lawrence Island Polynya Dense Water Experiment (SLIP). Current profiler parameters include pressure (dbar), temperature (degrees C), salinity (PSU), U-velocity (cm/s), and V-velocity (cm/s). CTD parameters include temperature, salinity, and pressure.

Water characteristics of Yaquina Bay and Hatfield Marine Science Center's in-building seawater system, measured every six minutes since 1988. Tide height data is collected at the HMSC/OSU boat dock. Water temperature and salinity data is collected at the HMSC/OSU pumphouse dock.

The Minerals Management Service (MMS), previously Bureau of Land Management, has funded fall bowhead whale aerial surveys in this area each year since 1978, using a repeatable protocol from 1982 to the present. Bowhead monitoring by MMS Environmental Studies Section, Alaska Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region, normally overlaps the September-October "open-water" season when offshore drilling and geophysical exploration are feasible and when the fall subsistence hunt for bowhead whales takes place near Kaktovik, Nuiqsut, and Barrow, Alaska.

Physical, nutrients, and plankton data were collected using plankton net and bottle casts in the South Pacific Ocean from 01 August 1961 to 09 September 1965. Data were submitted by the Instituto Del Mar Del Peru; Callao. Plankton data include both zooplankton and phytoplankton.