Ten Year Resurveys of the Biodiversity of Marine Communities and Introduced Species in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu Harbor, and Ke'Ehi Lagoon, O'Ahu, Hawai'i
Abstract
The marine and estuarine algae, invertebrte, and fish communities in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu Harbor and Ke'ehi Lagoon Oahu, Hawai'i were surveyed between October 2007 and April 2008 for a comparison of the biotic communities with results determined by previous surveys in Pearl Harbor in 1996 (Coles et al. 1997) and Honolulu Harbor-Ke'ehi Lagoon in 1997 (Coles et al. 1999b). Both the 1996 Pearl Harbor study and the present study were conducted under the auspices and funding provided by the Department of Defense (DoD) Legacy Resource Management Program, which provides financial assistance to DoD efforts to preserve our natural and cultural heritage. The program assists DoD in protecting and enhancing resources while supporting military readiness while maintaining biological diversity and sustainable use of land and water resources for mission and other uses. For the present study samples were taken and observations were made at fourteen stations at or near fifteen stations previously surveyed in Pearl Harbor and six stations in Honolulu Harbor-Ke'ehi Lagoon. Organisms were identified to species or the lowest practicable taxonomic level, and the results were added to the lists determined by the previous study and other published and unpublished marine biological surveys conducted in Pearl Harbor, published taxonomic descriptions of organisms collected from the harbor and Pearl Harbor specimens cataloged in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum collections. In addition to sampling and observations at the former collection stations, snorkeling surveys were conducted throughout Pearl Harbor and Ke'ehi Lagoon to estimate the abundance of introduced algae and in Pearl Harbor to document the occurrence of reef corals.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 30, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA534678
Entities
People
- A. Montgomery
- B. Hauk
- H. Bolick
- S. L. Coles
Organizations
- Bishop Museum