Description
Coral reefs on the islands of Kaua'i, Moloka'i, Maui, Hawai'i and O'ahu were surveyed for the presence and impact of marine nonindigenous and cryptogenic species (NIS) using a rapid assessment method that standardized search effort for approximately 312 m2 at each site. A total of 41 sites were surveyed by three investigators for a total of approximately 120 hours search time on the five islands. Algae, invertebrate, and fish taxa were identified on site or returned to laboratory for identity confirmation. Only 26 NIS, comprised of three species of algae, 19 invertebrates, and four fishes were recorded from a total of 486 total taxa on the entire study, and 17 of the NIS occurred at only one or two sites. The most NIS that occurred at any site was six, and 21 of the sites had less than three. If the three species of fish that were introduced in the 1950s and known to occur throughout Hawai'i are excluded, over half the sites had less than two NIS.
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Tags
- algae
- belt transect
- benthic
- biology
- biosphere
- census
- central pacific ocean
- coastal
- coastal processes
- coral
- coral cover
- coral reef ecology
- coral reef ecosystem
- coral reefs
- corals
- coris_metadata
- count of species
- country/territory
- dominance
- earth science
- ecological dynamics
- hawaii
- hawaiian islands
- hawaii island
- hawaii island (19n155w0003)
- honolulu
- invasive species
- kauai
- kauai island
- kauai island (22n159w0001)
- marine biology
- marine invertebrates
- marine species
- maui
- maui island
- maui island (20n156w0004)
- mhi
- molokai
- molokai island
- molokai island (21n157w0001)
- north pacific
- numeric data sets
- oahu
- oahu (21n157w0003)
- oahu island
- occurence of non-indigenous species
- ocean basin
- oceans
- pacific ocean
- rapid assessment studies
- reef fish census
- reef monitoring and assessment
- united states of america
- vegetation
- zoology