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Description:
Title:
Results brief : 5 years of protection at Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area
Alternate Title:
5 years of protection at Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area
Author(s):
Sparks, Russell
Williams, Ivor D. (Ivor Douglas)
United States. National Marine Fisheries Service,
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Corporate Name:
United States. National Marine Fisheries Service,
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Dates of Publication:
2015
Abstract:
In response to concerns about long-term declines on local reefs, in 2009, the State of Hawaii established the Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area (KHFMA) in Ka'anapali, West Maui. Within the KHFMA, herbivorous fishes and sea urchins are protected, with the goal of restoring natural grazing processes and thereby ultimately increasing the reef's ability to resist and recover from excessive algal growth. Over the first 5 years of closure, parrotfish biomass increased by 138%, and surgeonfish biomass by 42%. Likely as a response to increased herbivory, there has been a concurrent increase in crustose coralline algae (CCA) that is preferred habitat for coral settlement and growth. Following a period of decline, coral cover has stabilized and even slightly increased in recent years. These encouraging early results indicate that a more naturally resilient reef ecosystem is developing at the KHFMA, but sustained protection will be necessary before the full effects of this form of management will be known"--Summary. [doi:10.7289/V55X26X9 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V55X26X9)]
Keywords:
Benthos
Coral reef ecology
Coral reef fisheries
Coral reef fishes
Coralline algae
Corals
Estimates
Fish populations
Fish stock assessment
Management
Marine parks and reserves
Monitoring
Research
Place Keywords:
Hawaii
Local Corporate Name:
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Type of Resource:
Technical Report
Genre:
PIFSC data report ; DR-15-018
Note:
In response to concerns about long-term declines on local reefs, in 2009, the State of Hawaii established the Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area (KHFMA) in Ka'anapali, West Maui. Within the KHFMA, herbivorous fishes and sea urchins are protected, with the goal of restoring natural grazing processes and thereby ultimately increasing the reef's ability to resist and recover from excessive algal growth. Over the first 5 years of closure, parrotfish biomass increased by 138%, and surgeonfish biomass by 42%. Likely as a response to increased herbivory, there has been a concurrent increase in crustose coralline algae (CCA) that is preferred habitat for coral settlement and growth. Following a period of decline, coral cover has stabilized and even slightly increased in recent years. These encouraging early results indicate that a more naturally resilient reef ecosystem is developing at the KHFMA, but sustained protection will be necessary before the full effects of this form of management will be known"--Summary. [doi:10.7289/V55X26X9 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V55X26X9)]
2015
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Library
http://doi.org/10.7289/V55X26X9
Public Domain
1930
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