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Kahului Bay

Latitude: 20 53.6 00N

Longitude: 156 28.4 00 W

Island: Maui

Location: North Coast

Invasive Species Collected:
Acanthophora spicifera (Vahl) Børgesen
Cladophora vagabunda (L.) Hoek
Hypnea musciformis (Wulfen) J.V.Lamour.
Hypnea spinella (C.Agardh) Kütz.
Ulva fasciata Delile
Ulva reticulata Forssk.

All Species Collected:

Acanthophora pacifica Acanthophora spicifera Ahnfeltiopsis concinna Ahnfeltiopsis divaricata Ahnfeltiopsis flabelliformis Amphiroa foliacea Anotrichium tenue Centroceras clavulatum Cladophora vagabunda Cladophoropsis herpestica Codium edule Dasya murrayana Enteromorpha Enteromorpha compressa Gelidiella machrisiana Gelidiopsis intricata Gelidium pusillum Gracilaria coronopifolia Grateloupia hawaiiana Griffithsia heteromorpha Griffithsia subcylindrica Hypnea chordacea Hypnea musciformis Hypnea spinella Hypneocolax stellaris Martensia fragilis Melanamansia glomerata Neomartensia flabelliformis Tayloriella dictyurus Tenaciphyllum Ulva fasciata Ulva reticulata

Description: This is Maui's only deep draft harbor. It includes a 2,315 ft breakwater to the west, a 2.760 ft breakwater to the east, a 600 ft wide entrance channel and two commercial piers. The vessels present are mainly large cruise ships and barges.

Freshwater Inputs: Extensive

Turbidity: Visibility 1 meter

Nutrients:

Collection Dates: 01.Jun.2000; 19.Nov.2000; 07.Feb.2001; 23.May.2001

Samples: Samples were collected from the northern wall of the bay and the break walls along the beach area as well as the drift material along the shoreline. 2 Ulva species exist in abundance as a result of freshwater influence from a small stream and upwellings from springs.