Description
An experiment was performed to assess the potential to use native sea urchins as biocontrols for alien/invasive seaweeds. One species of urchin, tripneustes gratilla, was bedded in a 1/4 m2 plot with > 50% kappaphycus cover. Fences were made out of plastic coated chicken wire and were surveyed every month with photoquadrats to assess kappaphycus abundance. In addition, regrowth of plots where kappaphycus had been removed was monitored.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
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| Web Resource | Unknown | Open resource |
Tags
- algae
- algal abundance
- algal cover
- alien algal species
- alien marine algae species
- aquatic habitat
- benthic
- benthic biology
- benthic habitat
- biosphere
- census
- central pacific ocean
- coastal processes
- coastal studies
- coral reef
- coral reef ecology
- coral reefs
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- crustose coralline algae
- dominance
- earth science
- ecological dynamics
- habitats
- habitat type
- hawaii
- hawaiian islands
- hawaii island
- hawaii island (19n155w0003)
- honolulu
- invasive
- invasive algal species
- invasive species
- kaneohe bay
- kaneohe bay (21n157w0004)
- macroalgae
- marine biology
- marine invertebrates
- mhi
- north pacific
- oahu
- oahu (21n157w0003)
- oahu island
- ocean basin
- oceans
- pacific ocean
- percent cover coral-fishbite
- percent cover crustose coralline
- percent cover d.cavernosa
- percent cover dictyosphaeria versuysii
- percent cover kappaphycus
- percent cover montipora capitata
- percent cover porites compressa
- percent cover turf
- united states of america
- vegetation
- visual images