The assessment of hull fouling as a mechanism for the introduction and dispersal of marine alien species in the main Hawaiian Islands through surveys at harbors on Oahu's southern and southwestern coasts during 2003 (NODC Accession 0001455)
Description
Surveys for adult invertebrates that were part of the hull fouling communities were done to determine to what extent marine alien invasive species (AIS) are being transported in this fashion. The focus was to perform a qualitative analysis that created a species inventory. The organisms that generally foul vessel hulls are the typical species found in natural marine intertidal and subtidal fouling communities. These organisms are usually associated with one of the following groups: porifera (sponges), coelenterata (hydroids, corals and anemones), mollusca (mussels, clams, and sea slugs), annelida (marine worms), arthropoda (barnacles, amphipods, and crabs), bryozoa (moss animals), chordata (sea squirts and fish), as well as macroalgae (seaweed). Through collaboration with state and private industry representatives, arrivals notification for various vessel types was received. This arrivals information was used to schedule field survey activities throughout the study. Field work occurred in 2003 at harbors of southern and southwestern coasts of Oahu, Hawaii.
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Tags
- native
- coral reef ecosystem
- coral cover
- united states of america
- percent coverage of species on vessel hull
- aquatic habitat
- benthic
- biosphere
- marine species
- coastal habitat
- oceans
- mhi
- invasive species
- marine invertebrates
- koolina yacht harbor
- percent occurrence of species
- oahu
- numeric data sets
- hawaii
- vessel hull
- oahu island
- biology
- marine species origin
- coastal
- earth science
- marine alien invasive species
- hawaiian islands
- dominance
- barber's point (21n158w0003)
- marine biology
- oahu ala wai (21n157w0002)
- honolulu
- honolulu harbor
- alien
- central pacific ocean
- cryptogenic
- ala wai yacht harbor
- coral reef ecology
- ocean basin
- coastal processes
- census
- coral reefs
- north pacific
- coris_metadata
- pacific ocean
- ecological dynamics
- country/territory
- marine species inventory
- barber's point harbor (kalaeloa harbor)