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Experimental drifter buoy for determining currents within atoll lagoon

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Description

Experimental drifter buoy for determining currents within atoll lagoon. It haslittle above water profile to minimize wind transport and little below waterprofile to minimize reef dragging or collisions. This system was developed byPacific Islands Fisheries Science Center.

Photographer

Dr. Dwayne Meadows

Display Date

2004 July

Location

Northwest Hawaiian Islands, Pearl and Hermes Atoll

Collection

Coral Kingdom

NOAA Affiliation

NOAA

NMFS

OPR

Keywords

Coral Reefs

Stress Debris