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Extending more than 1,200 miles from Honolulu, the dazzling Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are designated refuges of rare seabirds and marine life, where no one excerpt research may tread. This book vividly captures the quicksilver nature of this gossamer strand of shoals, atolls, and basalt islands. Hi°ialakai (NOAA research vessel R334) -- Nihoa Island, Mokumanamana -- French Frigate Shoals (Kanemiloha°i) including Gardner Pinnacles (Puhahonu), and Maro Reef (Ko°anako°a) -- Laysan Island (Kauo) -- Pearl and Hermes Atoll (Holoikauaua), Lisianski Island (Papa°apoho) -- Midway Atoll (Pihemanu) -- Kure Atoll (Moku Papapa) -- Species profiles. |