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WRRCTMR No.31 A Preliminary Study of Some Ecological Effects of Sugar Mill Waste Discharge on Water Quality and Marine Life, Kilauea, Kauai
ScholarSpace at University of Hawaii at Manoa
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | WRRCTMR No.31 A Preliminary Study of Some Ecological Effects of Sugar Mill Waste Discharge on Water Quality and Marine Life, Kilauea, Kauai |
| Creator | Russo, Anthony R. |
| Subject | Kilauea Sugar Company Marine organisms -- Effect of water pollution on -- Hawaii -- Kauai. Sugar factories -- Waste disposal -- Environmental aspects -- Hawaii -- Kauai. Sugarcane industry -- Environmental aspects -- Hawaii -- Kauai. Water -- Pollution -- Hawaii -- Kauai. Water quality -- Hawaii -- Kauai. |
| Description | Mill discharge from Kilauea Sugar Company discolors the receiving waters off the north coast of Kauai and increases the turbidity thirtyfold over that for normal waters. Coral growth is abundant in this area except near the mill discharge outfall. The epibenthic community is dominated by a single genus of coral, Montipora, and shows very little diversity. Bagasse and other cane debris were observed and photographed on intertidal reefs and in the subtidal zone as far as three miles from the... The National Science Foundation, the National Sea Grant Programs (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration), and the Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii |
| Date | 2009-02-03T02:53:06Z 2009-02-03T02:53:06Z 1971-09 |
| Type | Report Text |
| Identifier | Russo AR, 1971. A preliminary study of some ecological effects of sugar mill waste discharge on water quality and marine life, Kilauea, Kauai. Honolulu (HI): Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa. WRRC technical memorandum report, 31. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/5564 |
| Language | en-US |
| Relation | WRRC Technical Memorandum Report 31 |
| Format | iii + 39 pages application/pdf |
| Publisher | Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa |
