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Submarine Groundwater Discharge and Fate Along the Coast of Kaloko- Honokohau National Historical Park, Island of Hawai?i Part 3, Spatial and Temporal

Submarine Groundwater Discharge and Fate Along the Coast of Kaloko- Honokohau National Historical Park, Island of Hawai?i Part 3, Spatial and Temporal

U. S. Department of the Interior

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ISBN10: 1497596343
ISBN13: 9781497596344
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Apr 28 2014
Pages: 86
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.18 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.02
Language: English
During seven surveys between December 2003 and April 2006, 1,045 depth profiles of surface water temperature and salinity were collected to examine variability in water column properties and the influence of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) on the nearshore waters and coral reef complex of Kaloko-Honoköhau National Historical Park, Island of Hawai'i. This effort was made to characterize the variability in nearshore water properties with seasonality and hydrodynamic forcing (tides, winds, and waves) and to determine the spatial and vertical extent of influence of SGD plumes on the Park's marine biological resources. The results of this study reveal that nearshore waters of the Park were persistently influenced by plumes of submarine groundwater discharge that are generally colder, less saline, and more concentrated in nutrients than the surrounding seawater. These plumes extended between 100 and 1,000 m offshore to depths ranging between 1 and 5 m and often contained several million to hundreds of millions of gallons of brackish water.

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