Additional Resources:

http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/soundwaves/Mar2000/

http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/soundwaves/Apr2000/fieldwork.html

http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/soundwaves/May99/#story3c

http://www.es.ucsc.edu/~manta/

The sediment dynamics component of the Molokai coral reef project is to study the current and suspended sediment regime on the southern Molokai reef flat, documenting suspended-sediment concentrations, currents, and wave-orbital velocities as a function of tides, offshore wave forcing and wind forcing.  Daily suspension events occur and strengthen in the tradewind-dominated period.  Transport is consistently to the West along the reef flat and offshore correlating in space with a zone of stressed coral on the forereef.  Additionally, a small scale experiment was conducted to study the circulation and suspension on the reef, addressing the question of small-scale circulation and fate of suspended sediment within the length scales of hypothesized circulation cells defined by the coastal fish ponds.