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Hilo Harbor

    



Latitude: 19 44 00 N

Longitude: 155 03 08 W

Island: Hawaii

Location: Collections were made in 2 locations. The inner breakwater wall and intertidal area and one collection in the deeper zone and inner reef west of the breakwater entrance.

Description: The bay recieves the discharge of two main freshwater sources, the Wailoa and Wailuku Rivers, as well as the waters of natural springs ("all by the Leleiwi"). There are two harbors inside the bay: Hilo Harbor, built in 1930, and the Wailoa Sampan Basin and Boat Harbor, frequented by a wide variety of vessels, from large cruise ships to small 3 m long whalers. The Wailoa Harbor is located to the south of the Wailoa river mouth and occupies 0.408 acres. It has two boat ramps and 55 moorings

Freshwater Inputs:

Turbidity:

Nutrients:

Collection Dates: 19.May.2000; 14.Nov.2000; 25.Jan.2001; 07.May.2001

Samples:

Invasive Species Collected:
Bryopsis pennata J.V.Lamour.
Cladophora vagabunda (L.) Hoek


All Species Collected:
Acanthophora pacifica
Aglaothamnion boergesenii
Ahnfeltiopsis divaricata
Ahnfeltiopsis flabelliformis
Amphiroa beauvoisii
Amphiroa rigida
Anotrichium tenue
Antithamnionella breviramosa
Antithamnionella graeffei
Bryopsis pennata
Centroceras clavulatum
Ceramium
Ceramium borneense
Ceramium flaccidum
Champia parvula
Champia vieillardii
Chondria minutula
Chondria simpliciuscula
Chondrus ocellatus
Cladophora vagabunda
Cladophoropsis sundanensis
Cryptopleura corallinara
Dasya iridescens
Derbesia minima
Dictyota sandvicensis
Diplothamnion jolyi
Enteromorpha compressa
Fosliella farinosa
Galaxaura marginata
Gelidiopsis variabilis
Halimeda opuntia
Halymenia
Herposiphonia crassa
Hypnea pannosa
Jania adhaerens
Martensia fragilis
Melanamansia glomerata
Neomartensia flabelliformis
Neosiphonia sphaerocarpa
Peyssonnelia
Peyssonnelia inamoena
Peyssonnelia rubra
Polyopes hakalauensis
Polysiphonia
Pterocladiella caerulescens
Pterocladiella caloglossoides
Ptilothamnion cladophorae
Taenioma perpusillum
Tolypiocladia condensata
Ululania stellata
Ulva rigida