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Launiupoko Beach Park

    



Latitude: 20 50 00 N

Longitude: 156 38 48 W

Island: Maui

Location: Half a mile south of Lahaina, on the NW coast of Maui.

Description: Shallow reef flat extending 70 yards into the ocean, with depths of 0.1 m to 1.3 m at the collection sites. The wave action is moderate, with waves up to 6 feet (1.8 m) high. There is a 40 meter stone enclosure with an opening facing North.

Freshwater Inputs: Although there are no streams in this area, there is a significant input of freshwater from natural springs and run-off. This is corroborated by the relative abundance of the green alga Ulva sp that thrives in low salinity levels.

Turbidity:

Nutrients:

Collection Dates: 02.Jun.2000; 19.Nov.2000; 07.Feb.2001; 24.May.2001

Samples: Samples were collected from an area 50 meters by 20 meters along the northern side of the wall.

Invasive Species Collected:
Acanthophora spicifera (Vahl) Børgesen
Cladophora socialis
Colpomenia sinuosa (Mert. ex Roth) Derbès & Solier
Dictyosphaeria cavernosa (Forssk.) Børgesen
Hincksia mitchelliae (Harvey) Silva
Hypnea musciformis (Wulfen) J.V.Lamour.
Hypnea spinella (C.Agardh) Kütz.
Turbinaria ornata (Turner) J.Agardh
Ulva fasciata Delile
Ulva reticulata Forssk.


All Species Collected:
Acanthophora spicifera
Acrochaetium seriatum
Ahnfeltiopsis divaricata
Ahnfeltiopsis pygmaea
Amphiroa rigida
Anotrichium secundum
Anotrichium tenue
Boodlea composita
Botryocladia skottsbergii
Centroceras clavulatum
Ceramium
Ceramium dumosertum
Ceramium flaccidum
Ceramium tenuissimum
Champia parvula
Chondria dangeardii
Chondria simpliciuscula
Cladophora socialis
Codium edule
Colpomenia sinuosa
Crouania mageshimensis
Dasya iridescens
Dasya murrayana
Dictyosphaeria cavernosa
Dictyota acutiloba
Dictyota ceylanica
Dictyota sandvicensis
Enteromorpha compressa
Enteromorpha intestinalis
Falkenbergia hillebrandii
Gelidiella machrisiana
Gracilaria coronopifolia
Grateloupia filicina
Griffithsia heteromorpha
Griffithsia metcalfii
Halimeda discoidea
Halimeda incrassata
Herposiphonia pacifica
Hincksia mitchelliae
Hypnea chordacea
Hypnea musciformis
Hypnea spinella
Hypneocolax stellaris
Jania adhaerens
Laurencia cartilaginea
Laurencia crustiformans
Laurencia decumbens
Laurencia dotyi
Laurencia galtsoffii
Laurencia majuscula
Laurencia mcdermidiae
Leveillea jungermannioides
Liagora ceranoides
Lyngbya majuscula
Martensia fragilis
Microdictyon japonicum
Microdictyon setchellianum
Monostroma oxyspermum
Neomeris annulata
Neomeris vanbosseae
Neosiphonia flaccidissima
Neosiphonia hawaiiensis
Neosiphonia sphaerocarpa
Neosiphonia tongatensis
Padina australis
Padina gymnospora
Padina sanctae-crucis
Peyssonnelia conchicola
Plocamium sandvicense
Polyopes hakalauensis
Polysiphonia
Pseudobryopsis oahuensis
Pterocladiella caerulescens
Pterocladiella capillacea
Sargassum echinocarpum
Sargassum obtusifolium
Sphacelaria novae-hollandiae
Sphacelaria tribuloides
Spyridia filamentosa
Stypopodium hawaiiensis
Trichogloea requienii
Tricleocarpa fragilis
Turbinaria ornata
Ulva fasciata
Ulva reticulata
Valonia aegagropila