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Human Impacts on Coral Reefs. Part 4 The Kane‘ohe Bay Story. Kane‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu. Length = 13.5 km Width = 4.5 km Shoreline = 30.7 km Average Depth = 8.4 m. Kane‘ohe Bay. Formation of O‘ahu. Kane‘ohe Bay Watershed. Watershed drains 97 km 2 of land area.
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Human Impacts on Coral Reefs Part 4 The Kane‘ohe Bay Story
Kane‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu Length = 13.5 km Width = 4.5 km Shoreline = 30.7 km Average Depth = 8.4 m
Kane‘ohe Bay Formation of O‘ahu
Kane‘ohe BayWatershed Watershed drains 97 km2 of land area. Annual rainfall averages 140-240 cm/year. Total stream discharge rate is 214,000 m3/day. http://cramp.wcc.hawaii.edu/Downloads/Publications/OD_JOKIELs_Scientific_Guide_to_K-Bay.pdf
Generalized profile of a barrier reef complex in Kaneohe Bay
Effects of Freshwater The Phoenix Effect in Porites compressa Cut surface of a broken finger showing living tissue beneath the surface of the skeleton Normal colony next to a colony exposed to freshwater
Effects of Freshwater Parricidal Budding in Fungia scutaria The Phoenix Effect
Population Growth in Kane‘ohe Area Year Population size 1920: 2,990 1940: 5,387 1960: 29,662 1990: 66,760