2025 MOP Project Summaries Archives

Monday, August 25, 2025

Establishment of Educational Displays for the Coral Propagation Project

Monday, August 25, 2025

Internship with Kampachi Farms: Hawaiian macroalgae (limu) culturing techniques for future offshore demonstration project

Monday, August 25, 2025

Timing and Abundance of Metopograpsus thukuhar Spawning in Relation to the Hawaiian Lunar Calendar and Tidal Changes at Honokea Loko iʻa

Monday, August 25, 2025

The Impacts of Habitat Complexity on Reef Fish Assemblages

Monday, August 25, 2025

Evaluating and quantifying the associations between structural complexity and ecological functions of coral reefs at Laehala, Hilo

Monday, August 25, 2025

Statistics Workflows for Environmental DNA Observational Data

Monday, August 25, 2025

Analyzing interactions between Hawaiian spinner dolphins and humans

Monday, August 25, 2025

Mapping Characteristics of Three Fish Ponds in Keaukaha, Hilo, HI (Vegetation Extent, Ground Water Springs, and Bathymetry)

Monday, August 25, 2025

The Future of Fishing: Aquaculture

Monday, August 25, 2025

Bleaching severity amongst different coral species inside and outside the Waiʻōpae Marine Life Conservation District

Monday, August 25, 2025

Enrichment of the Overall Learning Experience at Mokupapapa Discovery Center

Monday, August 25, 2025

Water Quality Buoy Assistant Technician

Monday, August 25, 2025

Expanding the Coral Fragment Housing Capabilities of the Coral Propagation Project

Monday, August 25, 2025

Coastal surveys and public education with Four Seasons Resort Hualalai

Monday, August 25, 2025

Determining seasonality trends of whale sharks through Hawaii Uncharted Research Collective

Monday, August 25, 2025

REEF.org Fish Survey Project

Monday, August 25, 2025

UH Hilo in Seawords

Monday, August 25, 2025

Hawaiʻi Island fishing line recycling & public education program with Maui Ocean Center Marine Institute (MOCMI)

Monday, August 25, 2025

ʻIke Hawaiʻi, ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, and Science in Hawaiʻi's Schools Through Video Media

Monday, August 25, 2025

High Elevation Surveys for Uaʻu Burrows on Mauna Kea

Monday, August 25, 2025

Kōlea Count

Monday, August 25, 2025

Collaborating with School Teachers to Bring Marine Science Experiences to Students

Monday, August 25, 2025

Expanding Community Based Coral Reef Training in East Hawaiʻi Using Eyes of the Reef

Monday, August 25, 2025

The impact of hydrologic regime shifts in the Wailuku River on the DIC and DOC transport to the shoreline ecosystem in Hilo

Monday, August 25, 2025

Translating the marine impact of the non-compostability of plastics to improve community awareness

Monday, August 25, 2025

Observing Patterns in UH Hilo MOP Turtle Tagging Data through Statistical Analyses

Monday, August 25, 2025

Analyzing variables of coral reefs at the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument

Monday, August 25, 2025

A Baseline Assessment of Local Coral Health & Establishing an Entry Level Coral Monitoring Program for UH Hilo MOP Students

Monday, August 25, 2025

Degree Heating Weeks (DHW) in relation to coral disease among Porites massive corals in South Kona

Monday, August 25, 2025

Analyzing Chlorophyll a distribution within Kalāhuipaʻa fishpond complex, Kohala Hema, Hawaiʻi.

Monday, August 25, 2025

Incorporating Citizen Science in High School Classrooms Using REEF.org

Monday, August 25, 2025

Examining the accuracy of using scales and otoliths to age king salmon

Monday, August 25, 2025

Hawaiian Cetacean Identification

Monday, August 25, 2025

Cultivating microalgae and plankton as live feed for the UH Hilo Marine Science Department

Monday, August 25, 2025

Developing theodolite workshops for MOP and secondary students

Monday, August 25, 2025

Analyzing the nitrogen-15 isotope present in seaweed to detect leaking cesspools in West Hawaiʻi

Monday, August 25, 2025

Coral head health database and surveys

Monday, August 25, 2025

Exploring the impact of microfragmentation size on coral growth rates

Monday, August 25, 2025

Kona Coast Water Quality Assessment

Monday, August 25, 2025

Seawords Hilo Campus Student Liaison

Monday, August 25, 2025

Developing protocol for mapping reef damage in Kailua Bay, Hawaiʻi using the sub-surface mapping system

Monday, August 25, 2025

Hawaii Island Fishing Line Recycling Program

Monday, August 25, 2025

Maintenance of an Invertebrate Display Tank

Monday, August 25, 2025

Evaluation and characterization of non-target species in methanogenesis-inhibiting algae cultures

Monday, August 25, 2025

The use of isogenic fusion to breed Pocillopora damicornis

Monday, August 25, 2025

Biodiversity and Community Composition of Limu (algae) in North Kohala, Hawaiʻi.

Monday, August 25, 2025

Internship with USGS Hawaiʻi Cooperative Fishery Research Unit

Monday, August 25, 2025

Devoured or dissolved: Using time series imagery to explore the outcome of deep sea detrital aggregates

Monday, August 25, 2025

Building a coral nursery to predict marine heat wave impacts on coral skeletal density

Monday, August 25, 2025

Boat Inspections and Lake Surveys: Internship with the Game Fish and Parks in Webster, South Dakota.

Monday, August 25, 2025

Detecting Temporal and Geospatial Patterns in Hawaiian Larval fish for Fishery Conservation and Management

Monday, August 25, 2025

Habitat Factors Influencing Sea Urchin Density at Waiʻolena Beach Park

Monday, August 25, 2025

Optimizing Coral Rubble Stabilization in Degraded Reefs