{"id":1128,"date":"2009-01-06T21:52:26","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T05:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2020-08-30T23:37:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T15:37:12","slug":"rose-atoll-marine-national-monument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/rose-atoll-marine-national-monument.html","title":{"rendered":"Rose Atoll Marine National Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Bush today created Rose Atoll Marine National Monument<\/a>, along with two other enormous marine national monuments in the Pacific Ocean. With the stroke of a pen, President Bush has protected more marine habitat by far (measured in square miles) that any person in history. This is particularly exciting for me, as I was fortunate enough to visit Rose Atoll in 1995 as a member of a United States Fish and Wildlife Service damage assessment team studying a vessel grounding there. Rose Atoll is remote, unique and beautiful. Among other notable distinctions, Rose Atoll is composed primarily of pink Porolithon coralline algae<\/a>. That’s right, the atoll is pink. And it is an important nesting site for seabirds<\/a> and sea turtles. We also observed humpback whales while we were there, in addition to many fishes and sharks. I have visited quite a few islands in my life, and Rose Atoll is the most special of them all. I’m very glad to know that besides being a National Wildlife Refuge, it has now become Rose Atoll Marine National Monument<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alison Green PhD<\/a>, a senior marine scientist with The Nature Conservancy’s Tropical Marine Conservation Program, was part of the scientific team I accompanied. In her blog<\/a>, shares my sentiment that Rose Atoll is indeed a deeply special place.<\/p>\n

Link to the Establishment of the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument – A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America<\/a>
\nLink to information about Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge<\/a>.
\nLink to my photos of Rose Atoll Marine National Monument<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"coralline<\/a><\/p>\n

coralline algae reef.
\nImage ID: 00729<\/a>
\nSpecies: Coralline algae<\/a>, Porolithon<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary<\/a>, American Samoa<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Brown<\/a><\/p>\n

Brown booby.
\nImage ID: 00915<\/a>
\nSpecies: Brown booby<\/a>, Sula leucogaster<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary<\/a>, American Samoa<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Rose<\/a><\/p>\n

Rose Islet.
\nImage ID: 00829<\/a>
\nLocation: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary<\/a>, American Samoa<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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