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Researchers Return from Monitoring ʻOpihi in the Monument –
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PMNM Intertidal Monitoring team members counting yellowfoot and blackfoot ʻopihi.
PMNM Intertidal Monitoring team members counting yellowfoot and blackfoot ʻopihi in the NWHI. Credit: Hoku Johnson/NOAA
Large blackfoot ʻopihi line the shoreline.
Large blackfoot ʻopihi (ʻopihi makaiauli) line the shoreline; in the distance the intertidal monitoring team checks for waves. Credit: Hoku Johnson/NOAA
Kamana Helekahi navigates the waves while counting ʻopihi.
Intertidal Monitoring team member Kamana Helekahi navigates the waves while counting ʻopihi. Dr. Chris Bird is in the foreground recording locations on a GPS. Credit: Hoku Johnson/NOAA
Makani Gregg records data while the team surveys the rocky shoreline.
Makani Gregg records data while the team surveys the rocky shoreline during the 2014 Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Intertidal Monitoring survey. Credit: Hoku Johnson/NOAA
Kamana Helekahi and Van Nicholas Velasco counting ʻopihi.
Kamana Helekahi and Van Nicholas Velasco measuring and counting ʻopihi and other shoreline invertebrates in the NWHI. Credit: Hoku Johnson/NOAA
Makani Gregg records data while the team surveys the rocky shoreline.
Makani Gregg records data while the team surveys the rocky shoreline during the 2014 Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Intertidal Monitoring survey. Credit: Hoku Johnson/NOAA
Kanoe Morishige records data from a small boat.
Kanoe Morishige records data from a small boat while the intertidal monitoring team members count ʻopihi on the rocky shorelines of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Credit: Hoku Johnson/NOAA
Albert Espaniola and Van Nicholas Velasco count numerous intertidal species.
Intertidal Monitoring team members Albert Espaniola and Van Nicholas Velasco count numerous intertidal species while Pelika Bertelmann records data. Credit: Hoku Johnson/NOAA
Kanoe Morishige records data from a small boat.
Kanoe Morishige records data from a small boat while the intertidal monitoring team members count ʻopihi on the rocky shorelines of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Credit: Hoku Johnson/NOAA
























































































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Intertidal Monitoring team members conduct monitoring of intertidal species along rocky shorelines in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Intertidal Monitoring team members conduct monitoring of intertidal species along rocky shorelines in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Credit: Hoku Johnson/NOAA
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Intertidal Monitoring team members conduct monitoring of intertidal species along rocky shorelines in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Intertidal Monitoring team members conduct monitoring of intertidal species along rocky shorelines in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Credit: Hoku Johnson/NOAA
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