Action Plans and Studies
- We are successful because what we do is based on in-depth action plans and rooted in good science. The Malama Maunalua Conservation Action Plan includes the many actions and projects to be implemented over several years to restore Maunalua Bay.
- Conservation Action Plan (CAP)
- “Coastal Circulation and Sediment Dynamics in Maunalua Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. Measurements of Waves, Currents, Temperature, Salinity, and Turbidity: November 2008–February 2009,” USGS Open-File Report 2010-1217. By Curt D. Storlazzi, M. Katherine Presto, Joshua B. Logan, and Michael E. Field
- “Evaluation of Anthropogenic Impacts on the Flow of Two Coastal Springs in Maunalua Bay, South Shore, Oahu,” May 2011. By Joseph J. Kennedy
- “Fish Habitat Utilization Patterns and Evaluation of the Efficacy of Marine Protected Areas in Hawaii: Integration of NOAA Digital Benthic Habitat Mapping and Coral Reef Ecological Studies,” NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 23, February 2006. By Alan M. Friedlander, Eric Brown, Mark E. Monaco and Athline Clark
- “Koolau Mountains Watershed Partnership Management Plan,” January 2002. By The Koolau Mountains Watershed Partnership
- “A Natural and Cultural History of Maunalua Bay and Its Watershed,” August 21, 2007. By Anne Atkinson
- “Nonindigenous Freshwater and Estuarine Species Introductions and Their Potential to Affect Sportfishing in the Lower Stream and Estuarine Regions of the South and West Shores of Oahu, Hawaii,” Hawaii Biological Survey, Bishop Museum Technical Report No. 17, February 2000. By R.A. Englund, K. Arakaki, D.J. Preston, S.L. Coles and L.G. Eldredge
- “Nonindigenous Marine Species at Waikiki and Hawaii Kai, Oahu, Hawaii,” Hawaii Biological Survey, Bishop Museum Technical Report No. 25, October 2002. By S.L. Coles, R.C. DeFelice and L.G. Eldredge
- “Quantifying the Impact of Watershed Urbanization on a Coral Reef: Maunalua Bay, Hawaii,“ Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, July 8, 2009. By Eric Wolanski, Jonathan A. Martinez and Robert H. Richmond
- “Science and Management in the Hanalei Watershed: A Trans-Disciplinary Approach,” Proceedings from the Hanalei Watershed Workshop, February 21-22, 2007. Edited by Michael E. Field, Carl S. Berg and Susan A. Cochran
- “Watersheds and Coral Reefs: Conservation Science, Policy and Implementation,” BioScience, July/August 2007. By Robert H. Richmond, Teina Rongo, Yimnang Golbuu, Steven Victor, Noah Idechong, Gerry Davis, Willy Kostka, Leinson Neth, Michael Hamnett and Eric Wolanski


