marine, biologists, prepare, dive, western, cliffs, nihoa, in, northwestern, hawaiian, islands, once, underwater, they, found, that, coral, cover, was, limited, resulting, few, reef-dependent, fishes, leaves, branches, blown, by, gusting, trade, winds, float, waves, shadowed, island, s, heavy, swell, hampered, noaa, scientists, research, efforts, over, weekend, diver, swims, rocky, bottom, about, feet, below, surface, leaving, trail, bubbles, work, boat, from, vessel, hi\'ialakai, cruises, along, south, coast, valley, center, home, to, native, fan, palm, pritchardia, remota, only, distance, lies, anchor, lee, as, researchers, sea, floor, collect, life, including, fish, crabs, corals, genetic, testing, foreground, floater, attached, shows, operators, where, he, clippings, will, be, studied, diseases