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Port Allen

Latitude: 21 53 54 N

Longitude: 159 35 18 W

Island: Kauai

Location: South-East coast

Invasive Species Collected:
Acanthophora spicifera (Vahl) Børgesen
Cladophora vagabunda (L.) Hoek
Colpomenia sinuosa (Mert. ex Roth) Derbès & Solier
Hypnea spinella (C.Agardh) Kütz.
Ulva fasciata Delile

All Species Collected:

Acanthophora spicifera Aglaothamnion boergesenii Aglaothamnion cordatum Amphiroa valonioides Antithamnionella breviramosa Bachelotia antillarum Bangia atropurpurea Boodlea composita Branchioglossum prostratum Centroceras clavulatum Ceramium flaccidum Ceramium vagans Champia parvula Chondria dangeardii Chondria simpliciuscula Cladophora vagabunda Codium edule Colpomenia sinuosa Dasya pilosa Enteromorpha compressa Enteromorpha prolifera Falkenbergia hillebrandii Gelidiopsis scoparia Griffithsia heteromorpha Griffithsia schousboei Herposiphonia crassa Herposiphonia dubia Herposiphonia pacifica Hincksia indica Hypnea pannosa Hypnea spinella Jania adhaerens Lobophora variegata Martensia fragilis Melanamansia glomerata Microdictyon setchellianum Polysiphonia beaudettii Polysiphonia upolensis Pterocladiella caerulescens Pterocladiella capillacea Sargassum echinocarpum Symphyocladia marchantioides Taenioma perpusillum Tiffaniella saccorhiza Ululania stellata Ulva fasciata Ulva rigida Valonia aegagropila

Description: Built in 1962, one of the two deep draft harbors on the island. Provides slips and moorings for approximately 40 vessels and contains a coast guard station.

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Collection Dates: 17.Jan.2001; 26.Apr.2001

Samples: Samples were collected along the inner side of the break wall, along the tidal shelf on the south side of the coast guard shack, and outside the break wall. Also along the berth and piers of the yachts.