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Kahului Bay

    



Latitude: 20 53.6 00N

Longitude: 156 28.4 00 W

Island: Maui

Location: North Coast

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.

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