island of kaua'i
anini 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 |
|
Anini Beach |
5-Apr-00 |
22° 13.443" N |
159 26.724 W |
North/East |
Large Reef Flat |
|
FRESH WATER |
SHORE ACTIVITY |
Acanthophora spicifera |
Hypnea musciformis |
Gracilaria salicornia |
DEPTH Surveyed |
|
Small Streams |
Beach Park/Residential/Small Boat Launch |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0-8 ft. |
|
SALINITY |
TEMP. |
AREA SURVEYED |
HABITAT TYPES |
INVASIVE SPP? |
|
36 o/oo |
23.5°C |
200x100 meters |
Limestone/Sand Reef Flat |
Lyngbya majuscula |
Table 2. Species list of all of the algal samples that were collected at this site. Alien species are displayed in green.
|
Species |
Anini Beach |
|
CYANOPHYTA |
|
|
Lyngbya majuscula |
X |
|
Symploca hydenoides |
X |
|
CHLOROPHYTA |
|
|
Caulerpa racemosa |
X |
|
Caulerpa taxifolia |
X |
|
Cladophora sp. |
X |
|
Codium edule |
X |
|
Dictyosphaeria cavernosa |
X |
|
Dictyosphaeria versluysii |
X |
|
Halimeda discoidea |
X |
|
Halimeda sp. |
X |
|
Struvea sp. |
X |
|
PHAEOPHYTA |
|
|
Dictyopteris plagiogramma |
X |
|
Dictyota acutiloba |
X |
|
Dictyota divaricata |
X |
|
Padina australis |
X |
|
Sargassum polyphyllum |
X |
|
Turbinaria ornata |
X |
|
RHODOPHYTA |
|
|
Acanthophora spicifera |
X |
|
Ahnfeltiopsis concinna |
X |
|
Botryocladia skottsbergii |
X |
|
Chondria sp. |
X |
|
Galaxaura marginata |
X |
|
Galaxaura obtusata |
X |
|
Gracilaria sp. |
X |
|
Gracilaria cornopifolia |
X |
|
Jania micrarthroidea |
X |
|
Laurencia cartilaginea |
X |
|
Laurencia majuscula |
X |
|
Melanamansia glomerata |
X |
|
Spyridia filamentosa |
X |
|
Trichleocarpa intricata |
X |
