Baseline marine biological survey at the Peacock Point outfall and other point-source discharges on Wake Atoll, Pacific Ocean in 1998-06 (NODC Accession 0000247)

The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) in support of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) sponsored a marine biological survey at Wake Atoll, located approximately 2,100 miles west of Honolulu at 19 18' North Latitude and 166 35' East Longitude. On behalf of the SMDC, biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) were invited to Wake Atoll in June 1998. The purpose of the visit was to conduct baseline marine biological surveys in the vicinity of the Peacock Point outfall pipe and to examine the sites of other point-source discharges to the marine environment (i.e., power plant, desalinization plant, and stormwater outlets). The biologists were asked to (1) generally characterize the coral-reef habitats within the vicinity of the outfall, (2) document the primary species of reef fishes, corals, other macroinvertebrates, and algae that exist in those habitats, and (3) investigate whether the reef communities at the other sites appeared to have been impacted by the discharges.

美国陆军空间与导弹防御司令部（U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, SMDC）为支持弹道导弹防御组织（Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, BMDO），在位于檀香山以西约2100英里、北纬19°18′、东经166°35′的威克环礁（Wake Atoll）发起了一项海洋生物调查。1998年6月，受该司令部委托，美国鱼类及野生动物管理局（U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS）与国家海洋渔业局（National Marine Fisheries Service, NMFS）的生物学家受邀前往威克环礁。此次考察的目的为：在孔雀点排污管周边海域开展基线海洋生物调查，并检视其他向海洋环境排放点源污染物的场地（即发电厂、海水淡化厂以及雨水排放口）。生物学家需完成三项任务：（1）对排污管周边的珊瑚礁生境进行一般性特征描述；（2）记录该类生境中存在的主要礁栖鱼类、珊瑚类、其他大型无脊椎动物及藻类物种；（3）调查其他场地的珊瑚群落是否受到了排放物的影响。