Anchialine pond water quality concerns: Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park, North Kona, Hawaii
Jackson WL, National Park Service, Rosenlieb G. 1989. Anchialine pond water quality concerns: Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park, North Kona, Hawaii. Fort Collins, Colorado
At least twelve ponds at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park are classified as anchialine, thereby possessing measurable salinity and dampened tidal fluctuations but lacking a surface connection to the sea. Anchialine pond water results from a mixing of sea water with fresh groundwater inflows and the natural quality of water varies between ponds. Because the anchialine pond water at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park largely does not originate within park boundaries, it is susceptible to contamination from nearby commercial, industrial and residential sources. A three-step process of (1) general synoptic inventory, (2) fixed-station characterization of pond dynamics, and (3) long-term, low-intensity sampling is recommended to characterize and monitor pond water quality.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Jackson, William; National Park Service; Rosenlieb, Gary
- Date of Issue
- 1989-05-17
- Units
- KAHO , WRD
- Keywords
- Anchialine Pools, Aquatic Science, Commercial, Contamination, Ground Water, industrial use, Inventory, Monitoring, pond water, residential, Salinity, Sampling, Seawater, tidal fluctuations, Water Quality, Water Resource Management, WRBIB