Water quality in anchialine pools of Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park: Summary report 2008–2011. Natural Resource Data Series NPS/PACN/NRDS—2014/661. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Raikow DF and Farahi A. 2014. Water quality in anchialine pools of Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park: Summary report 2008–2011. Natural Resource Data Series NPS/PACN/NRDS—2014/661. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/PACN/NRDS—2014/661. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
This Natural Resource Data Series Report (NRDS) presents data collected from anchialine pools in Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park on the west coast of the island of Hawai’i, Hawaii. This is a summary or “data report” as described in the Water Quality Vital Signs Monitoring Protocol for the Pacific Island Network Version 1.0, Natural Resource Report NPS/PACN/NRR-2011/418. This report is restricted to data presentation and limited description. The data presented in this report will be analyzed for the establishment of expected parameter value ranges and long-term trends in future reports published in the NPS Natural Resource Technical Report (NRTR) series. The purpose of collecting data on Vital Signs is to provide park managers information on current conditions and temporal trends in ecosystem health. Four anchialine “fixed site” pools were sampled quarterly, and 52 “temporary site” pools were sampled one to three times, from 2008 through 2011. During this time no major ecological events were detected in pools. Relatively minor algal blooms may have occurred in 2011 in HA_Kaloko_119 and HA_Kealak_084 as indicated by chlorophyll. Elevated nitrogen concentrations were observed in HA_Kaloko_119 in 2009. There was no evidence of biogeochemical alteration caused by the tsunami of March 11, 2011. Conditions in HA_Kealak_084 were notably different from other pools, but consistent with the presence of abundant macroalgae.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Raikow, David; Farahi, Anne
- Date of Issue
- 2014-05
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- KAHO , NRSS , PACN
- Keywords
- Chlorophyll, Dissolved Oxygen, Fresh and Brackish Water Quality Monitoring Report, Monitoring, nitrate + nitrite, NO3 + NO2, Optical Dissolved Oxygen, pH, Salinity, Specific Conductivity, TDN, TDP, Temperature, total dissolved nitrogen, total dissolved phosphorous, Turbidity, Water Quality, Water Quality Monitoring Report
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Water Chemistry , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Nutrient Dynamics