MCC Publications – Pacific Island Climate Adaptation Science Center

MANAGER CLIMATE CORPS PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Publications

Collaboration across worldviews: Managers and scientists on Hawai‘i Island utilize knowledge coproduction to facilitate climate change adaptation

Laursen, S., Puniwai, N., Genz, A.S., Nash, S.A.B., Canale, L.K., & Ziegler-Chong, S. (2018). Environ. Manag., doi: 10.1007/s00267-018-1069-7

Rainfall and streamflow effects on estuarine Staphylococcus aureus and fecal indicator bacteria concentrations

Economy, L.M., Wiegner, T. N., Strauch, A.M., Awaya, J.D., & Gerken, T. (2019). J. Environ. Qual., doi: 10.2134/jeq2019.05.0196

Master's Theses

Rainfall Driven Shifts in Staphylococcus aureus and Fecal Indicator Bacteria in the Hilo Bay Watershed (PDF)

Economy, L.M. (2018). M.S. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science graduate program. http://hdl.handle.net/10790/3500

Hydrology of three Loko Iʻa, Hawaiian fishponds, on windward Hawaiʻi Island, Hawaiʻi (PDF)

Kauahi, C. (2018). M.S. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science graduate program. http://hdl.handle.net/10790/3536

Mālama Loko Iʻa: Salinity and Primary Productivity Relationships at Honokea Loko. Hale o Lono, and Waiāhole/Kapalaho on Hawaiʻi Island, Hawaiʻi (PDF)

Anthony, K.J.E. (2018). M.S. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science graduate program. http://hdl.handle.net/10790/3532

Quantifying Shoreline Change at Three Diverse Coastal Geomorphologies on Hawaiʻi Island (PDF)

Hart, R. (2018). M.S. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science graduate program. http://hdl.handle.net/10790/3501

Can Compost From a Nitrogen-Fixing Tree, Falcataria moluccana, Replace Chemical Fertilizer and Store Carbon in Agricultural Systems? (PDF)

Norton, J.M. (2019). M.S. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science graduate program.http://hdl.handle.net/10790/5143

Final MCC Project Reports

Rainfall Driven Shifts in Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Hilo Bay, Hawai`i(PDF)

Economy, L. & Wiegner, T. (2018). PI-CASC Final Project Report.

Impacts of climate change on hydrology and primary production of three Hawaiian fishponds (PDF)

Kauahi, C., Anthony, K., & Colbert, S. (2018). PI-CASC Final Project Report.

Quantifying Shoreline Change at Three Diverse Coastal Geomorphologies on Hawaiʻi Island (PDF)

Hart, R., Perroy, R., Fletcher, C.H., Colbert, S., & Morrison, B. (2018). PI-CASC Final Project Report.

Can Compost From a Nitrogen-Fixing Tree, Falcataria moluccana, Replace Chemical Fertilizer and Store Carbon in Agricultural Systems?(PDF)

Norton, J. & Ostertag, R. (2019). PI-CASC Final Project Report.

Developing geospatial models in Hawaiian watersheds to mitigate erosion and climate change (PDF)

Melcher, J.B. & Ostertag, R. (2020). PI-CASC Final Project Report.

Determining effectiveness of high-elevation habitat restoration efforts for Palila, an endangered honeycreeper: increasing resilience to climate change impacts (PDF)

Julian, K., Asing, C., Berry, L., & Hart, P. (2020). PI-CASC Final Project Report.

E Hui Pū: A collaborative approach to understand climate change impacts on traditional Hawaiian ʻōpelu (Decapterus macarellus, mackerel scad) aggregation sites in South Kona, Hawaiʻi (PDF)

Hurt, C., Ching, U., Springer, K., Alani, D., Kenison, D., Young, C., Schemmel, E., & Burns, J. (2020). PI-CASC Final Project Report.

Other Publications

Hawaiʻi Island Manager Needs Assessment Report (PDF)

Laursen, S., Puniwai, N., Nash, S.A.B., Canale, L.K., Genz, A.S., & Ziegler-Chong, S. (2015). University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Manager Climate Corps.