NOWRAMP Expedition Initial Results MORE TO BE DISCOVERED AND EXPLORED: In many ways, the expedition raised more questions than it answered. The work of the expedition has barely scratched the surface of what there is to learn about these remote islands. For example, fish biologists noted a perceived lack of juvenille fish, particularly of the large predatory fish, suggesting a possible imbalance in population structure. Terrestrial biologists found more alien plants and insects than were expected and are unsure what the impacts of these species will mean for the native ecology. Given the limited time to survey each place, there are many surveys on land and in the ocean left to complete. In particular, more marine surveys are needed at all of the northwest atolls (Kure, Midway, Lisianski, Maro, Pearl and Hermes, and French Frigate Shoals) which are larger and support more variety of habitats. Rough seas also complicated research efforts, particularly for the crew aboard the Townsend Cromwell. Scientists believe there are more unique species that exist in these islands that are unknown to science at this point.