island of kaua'i
ka'ili'o point, ha'ena
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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).
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KAUAI SITES |
DATE |
LAT |
LONG |
SIDE OF ISLAND |
SITE TYPE |
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Ha'ena |
5-Apr-00 |
22° 13.318" N |
159° 35.020" W |
North |
Small Bay-Semi Exposed |
|
FRESH WATER |
SHORE ACTIVITY |
Acanthophora spicifera |
Hypnea musciformis |
Gracilaria salicornia |
DEPTH Surveyed |
|
None |
Beach Park |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0-3 ft. |
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SALINITY |
TEMP. |
AREA SURVEYED |
HABITAT TYPES |
INVASIVE SPP? |
|
|
32 o/oo |
24°C |
200x100 meters |
Eroded Limestone Tidal Bench |
none |
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Table 2. Species list of all of the algal samples that were collected at this site. Alien species are displayed in green.
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Species |
Haeena |
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CHLOROPHYTA |
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Boodlea composita |
X |
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Caulerpa racemosa |
X |
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Caulerpa taxifolia |
X |
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Chaetomorpha antennia |
X |
|
Codium edule |
X |
|
Dictyosphaeria cavernosa |
X |
|
Dictyosphaeria versluysii |
X |
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Enteromorpha flexuosa |
X |
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Halimeda discoidea |
x |
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Neomeris annulata |
X |
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Ulva fasciata |
X |
|
Valonia aggagrophila |
X |
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PHAEOPHYTA |
|
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Colpomenia sinuosa |
X |
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Dictyota friabilis |
X |
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Lobophora variegata |
X |
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Padina japonica |
X |
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Rosenvingea intricata |
X |
|
Sargassum echinocarpum |
X |
|
Sargassum polyphyllum |
X |
|
Stypopodium hawaiiensis |
X |
|
Turbinaria ornata |
X |
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RHODOPHYTA |
|
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Asparagopsis taxiformis |
X |
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Botryocladia skottsbergii |
X |
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Dasya irridescens |
X |
|
Falkenbergia |
X |
|
Galaxaura marginata |
X |
|
Galaxaura rugosa |
X |
|
Gracilaria sp. |
X |
|
Gracilaria sp. |
X |
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Haliptilon subulatum |
X |
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Laurencia mcdermidae |
X |
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Martensia fragilis |
X |
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Melanamansia glomerata |
x |
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Polysiphonia sp. |
X |
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Potrieria hornemanii |
X |
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Pterocladiella capilacea |
X |
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Rhodymenia leptophylla |
x |
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Spyridia filamentosa |
X |
