협력과제 : 마이크로네시아 축라군에서의 해양산성화 모니터링

Abstract

Chuuk Lagoon of FSM located in the tropical western Pacific Ocean, is one of the largest semi-enclosed semitriangular oceanic atoll lagoons in the world. The Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL)/NOAA and the Korea-South Pacific Ocean Research Center (KSORC)/Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) established a long-term coral reef OA monitoring buoy (Chuuk-K1) in the Lagoon in November 2011 as a collaborative project to monitor OA of this coral reef system. These data are expected to contribute in the global effort to monitor and understand the current trend in OA along with other collaborating buoys in other coral systems. We are also hoping to contribute in the regional effort to understand the effect of current high CO2 world on Chuuk and Pacific coral reef ecosystem. We are also continuing long-term ecosystem process study ofthe lagoon.ean Research Center (KSORC)/Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) established a long-term coral reef OA monitoring buoy (Chuuk-K1) in the Lagoon in November 2011 as a collaborative project to monitor OA of this coral reef system. These data are expected to contribute in the global effort to monitor and understand the current trend in OA along with other collaborating buoys in other coral systems. We are also hoping to contribute in the regional effort to understand the effect of current high CO2 world on Chuuk and Pacific coral reef ecosystem. We are also continuing long-term ecosystem process study ofthe lagoon.