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Nawiliwili Small Boat Harbor

Latitude: 21 57 00 N

Longitude: 159 21 36 W

Island: Kauai

Location: South-West coast

Invasive Species Collected:
Acanthophora spicifera (Vahl) Børgesen
Cladophora laetevirens (Dillwyn) Kütz.
Enteromorpha flexuosa (Wulfen) J.Agardh
Hincksia mitchelliae (Harvey) Silva
Hypnea spinella (C.Agardh) Kütz.

All Species Collected:

Acanthophora spicifera Acrochaetium microscopicum Acrochaetium seriatum Aglaothamnion boergesenii Ahnfeltiopsis concinna Ahnfeltiopsis divaricata Antithamnionella breviramosa Centroceras clavulatum Ceramium flaccidum Ceramium hanaense Ceramium punctiforme Chaetomorpha antennina Chondria Cladophora laetevirens Cladophora luxurians Dictyota ceylanica Enteromorpha flexuosa Enteromorpha intestinalis Gelidiopsis intricata Hincksia mitchelliae Hypnea spinella Jania adhaerens Jania pumila Neosiphonia tongatensis Pterocladiella Sphacelaria novae-hollandiae Spyridia filamentosa Taenioma perpusillum Ululania stellata

Description: Due to its protective design, water exchange at this locality is extremely limited thus making it an unsuitable habitat for most forms of reef algae. Some larger forms were found near the inlet to the harbor but the hulls of vessels anchored in the harbor proper yielded only small algae such as Polysiphonia.

Freshwater Inputs: The Huleia river flows directly into Nawiliwili harbor.

Turbidity: < 1 m

Nutrients:

Collection Dates: 04.May.2000; 13.Aug.2000; 17.Jan.2001; 26.Apr.2001

Samples: Samples collected along shoreline, inner walls and the hulls of vessels.