Offshore Islet Project

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Mokolea

Aerial view
Photo: Starr

1 acre islet located south of Mokapu Peninsula.
The islet is part of the State Seabird Sanctuary: access is by permit only to protect the islet's flora and fauna.

Species checklists:

PLANT
Family: Aizoaceae
	Sesuvium portulacastrum Akulikuli Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	23-Feb-05	Complete survey	Present	Starr & Starr 2006
Family: Boraginaceae
	Heliotropium curassavicum Nena (salt heliotrope) Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	1968	Complete survey	Present	Fitch 1968
Family: Poaceae
	Paspalum vaginatum (Seashore paspalum) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	23-Feb-05	Complete survey	Present	Starr & Starr 2006
Family: Portulacaceae
	Portulaca lutea ihi (Purslane) Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	1968	Complete survey	Present	Fitch 1968
	1968	Partial survey	Present	Fitch 1968
	Portulaca oleracea (Pigweed) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	1968	Complete survey	Present	Fitch 1968
	23-Feb-05	Complete survey	Present	Starr & Starr 2006
Family: Solanaceae
	Lycium sandwicense Ohelo kai (Hawai'i desert-thorn) Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	1968	Complete survey	Present	Fitch 1968
	23-Feb-05	Complete survey	Present	Starr & Starr 2006
	Lycium sp. Fed:Unknown State:Unknown			Unknown
	1968	Partial survey	Present	Fitch 1968
SEABIRD
Family: Laridae
	Anous minutus melanogenys noio (Black Noddy) Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	1935-1944	Unknown	west side of islet covered with this spp.	Munro 1941
	11-Jan-48	Complete survey	5 nests	Richardson & Fisher 1950
	23-Oct-67	Partial survey	10-20	Fitch 1968
	31-Dec-67	Partial survey	20-30	Fitch 1968
	30-Jan-68	Partial survey	40-50	Fitch 1968
	21-Jun-94	Flyby	Present	Carter 1994
	3-Aug-00	Complete survey	161 adults; 16 nests	Smith et al. 2000
	Anous spp. (Noddy species) Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	21-Jun-94	Partial survey	10-15 noddies	Carter 1994
	Anous stolidus noio koha (Brown Noddy) Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	1935-1943	Unknown	few hundred	Munro 1941
	23-Oct-67	Partial survey	30-40	Fitch 1968
	3-Aug-00	Complete survey	60 nests	Smith et al. 2000
Family: Procellaridae
	Bulweria bulweri ou (Bulwer's Petrel) Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	21-Jun-94	Partial survey	pair flew up from islet	Carter 1994

Literature Citations:

Altonn, H. 1977. Seabird refuge established. Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1977 (October 22, 1977): A101.

Brown, R.C. 1932. Regulations of the Division of Forestry of the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry of the Territory of Hawaii, p. 4. In: Territory of Hawaii4.

Carter, S. 1994. Report on Mokolea Island Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Honolulu. 2 p.

Department of Land and Natural Resources, D.o.F.a.W. 1981. Rules regulating wildlife sanctuaries. Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Foresty and Wildlife, Honolulu. 14 p.

Department of Land and Natural Resources, D.o.F.a.W. 1981. Seabird sanctuaries. Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Honolulu. 3 p.

Fitch, J. 1968. Oahu, Kauai, and offshore islands summary. Smithsonian Institution, Honolulu. 98 p.

Hawaii, S.o. 1969. Geographic names approved, second quarter 1969, p. 8. In: Development, D.o.P.E. (ed.), State of Hawaii8.

Inc., M.M. Map of O'ahu Islets. In:

Judd, L.M. 1932. Setting aside land for public purposes, p. 2. In: Branch, S.o.H.E. (ed.), State of Hawaii2.

MacCaughey, V. 1918. The strand flora of the Hawaiian Archipelago-I. geographical relations, origin, and composition. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 45(7): 18.

Macdonald, G.A., Abbott, A.T. & Peterson, F.L. 1983. Volcanoes in the sea: the geology of Hawaii. Second. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 528 p.

Megysi, J.L. & O'Daniel, D.L. 1997. Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii), p. 33. In: Gill, A.P.a.F. (ed.), The Birds of North America. Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA281.

Morin, M. 1982. State Seabird Sanctuary brief legislative history, p. 6. In: Department of Land and Natural Resources, D.o.F.a.W. (ed.), State of Hawaii6.

Munro, G.C. 1940. Birds of Hawaii and adventures in bird study. 'Elepaio 1(7): 3.

Munro, G.C. 1941. Bird islands off the coast of Oahu. 'Elepaio 1(9): 4.

Munro, G.C. 1941. The Noddy in Hawaii. 'Elepaio 1(12): 4.

Munro, G.C. 1946. The Hawaiian bird survey 1935-37 (continued from last issue). 'Elepaio 7(3): 2.

Munro, G.C. 1956. Our interesting offshore islands. 'Elepaio 16(10): 2.

Smith, D., VanderWerf, E., Polhemus, J. & Yen. 2000. Survey of Moku manu and Mokulea Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Honolulu. 1 p. [Follow up to 6/28/00 survey]

Smith, D.G. 2006. Oahu offshore island seabird habitat restoration and monitoring program. Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Honolulu. 17 p.

Starr, F. & Starr, K. 2006. O'ahu offshore islets botanical survey. Department of Land and Natural Resources, Divsion of Forestry and Wildlife, Honolulu. 165 p.

Telfer, T.C., Burr, T.A., Saito, R.S. & Morin, M. 1981. Limited survey and inventory of seabirds in the State of Hawaii. Statewide Non-Game and Endangered Species Program, R-VI-A. 8 p.

Tomich, P.Q. 1986. Mammals in Hawai'i. 2. Bishop Musuem Press, Honolulu, HI. 375 p.

Walker, R. 1978. Named islands, islets, rocks, sandspits in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Department of Land and Natural Resources: Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Honolulu. 16 p.

Walker, R. 1998. Wildlife sanctuaries in Hawaii. Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Honolulu. 3 p.

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