Salt Pond Beach park

island of kauai

Salt Pond Beach Park

Table 1. Information regarding site characteristics and alien species abundances. The number recorded for each alien species of algae is a ranking of the abundance of that species at each given site. Impact ranking values range from 0 (not present) to 10 (100% cover).

KAUAI SITES	DATE	LAT	LONG	SIDE OF ISLAND	SITE TYPE
Salt Pond Beach Park	6-Apr-00	21 54.002" N	159 36.531"W	South	Small Cove with Extensive Reef Flat

FRESH WATER	SHORE ACTIVITY	*Acanthophora spicifera*	*Hypnea musciformis*	*Gracilaria salicornia*	DEPTH Surveyed
None	Beach Park/Salt Farm	4	3	0	0-8 ft.

SALINITY	TEMP.	AREA SURVEYED	HABITAT TYPES	Invasive-native Species?
34	24.2	150x100 meters	Sandstone/Basalt Tidal Bench	none

Table 2. Species list of all of the algal samples that were collected at this site. Alien species are displayed in green.

Species	Salt Pond Beach Park

CHLOROPHYTA
Bryopsis sp.	X
Boodlea composita	X
Caulerpa racemosa	X
Chaetomorpha antennia	X
Codium edule	X
Codium reediae	X
Dictyosphaeria cavernosa	X
Dictyosphaeria versluysii	x
Pseudobryopsis oahuensis	X
Ulva fasciata	X

PHAEOPHYTA
Chnoospora minima	X
Colpomenia sinuosa	X
Dictyota divaricata	X
Padina japonica	X
Rosenvingea intricata	X
Sargassum polyphyllum	X
Sphacelaria sp.	X
Turbinaria ornata	X
	X
RHODOPHYTA
Acanthophora pacifica	X
Acanthophora spicifera	X
Gracilaria sp.	X
Gracilaria sp.	X
Gracilaria abbottiana	X
Gracilaria cornopifolia	X
Grateloupia phuquocensis	X
Haliptilon subulatum	X
Hypnea cervicornis	X
Hypnea chordacea	X
Hypnea musciformis	X
Laurencia cartilaginea	X
Laurencia mcdermidae	X
Laurencia nidifica	X
Liagora sp. 3	X
Melanamansia glomerata	X
Plocamium sandvicense	X
Potrieria hornemanii	X
Rhodymenia leptophylla	X