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Assessment of invasiveness of the Orange Keyhole Sponge, Mycale Armata, in Kaneohe Bay Oahu, Hawaii, based on surveys 2004-2005 (NCEI Accession 0002602)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 29, 2026 | Last Modified: 2014-09-17T00:00:00.000+00:00
The Orange Keyhole Sponge, Mycale armata Thiele, was unknown in Hawaii prior to 1996. First reported in Pearl Harbor, it now occurs in virtually every commercial harbor in the main Hawaiian islands, where it can be a major component of the fouling community on harbor piers and jetties. It has been reported from a few coral reef locations near harbors, but in Kaneohe Bay it has become a major component of the benthic biota in the south bay in the last 5-10 years. A study was conducted in 2004-2005 to determine Mycale armata's distribution, abundance throughout the bay, its growth rates on permanent quadrats, and whether mechanical removal would be an effective management technique for its control. Results from 190 manta board surveys on 28 reefs and paired 25 m belt transects using photo quadrats on 19 reefs indicated that the sponge had maximal coverage in the south-central part of the bay, in the vicinity of Coconut Island.

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0002602 ANIMALS - GROUP - BEHAVIOR BENTHIC COMMUNITIES BENTHIC SPECIES biological data CORAL HABITAT HABITAT - BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE SPECIES MACROALGAE MACROFAUNA MACROINVERTEBRATE CENSUS PHOTOQUADRAT IMAGES SPECIES - PERCENT OCCURRENCE SPECIES IDENTIFICATION SPECIES WET WEIGHT PER SAMPLE camera GPS laboratory analysis swimmer/diver visual estimate visual observation benthic biological composition & location survey - biological survey - coral reef survey - swimmer/diver visual estimate visual observation SWIMMER/DIVER Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum COASTAL Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS) CORAL REEF STUDIES Coastal Waters of Hawaii Kaneohe Bay North Pacific Ocean Northeast Pacific Ocean (limit-180) oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Numeric Data Sets > Biology EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Algal Cover EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Coral Cover EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Habitats EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > ANIMAL SCIENCE > ANIMAL ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MACROALGAE (SEAWEEDS) EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > COASTAL LANDFORMS > CORAL REEFS EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS > VISIBLE IMAGERY Biological survey algae species coastal studies coral reef coral species distribution and relative abundance of Mycale armata frequency of occurrence of species marine organisms nonindigenous and crytogenic marine tax percent cover of Mycale armata, macroalgae, corals and other invertebrates, and substratum types within the photoquadrats relative abundance of the invasive algae Dictyosphaeria cavernosa, Gracilaria salicornia, and Kappaphycus sp. taxa total biota CAMERA > CAMERA GPS RECEIVERS > GPS RECEIVERS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS SWIMMER/DIVER (ICES code: 33DV) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Coconut Island ( Moku o loe ) (21N157W0005) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Kaneohe Bay (21N157W0004) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Oahu (21N157W0003) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Oahu Island > Coconut Island ( Moku o loe ) (21N157W0005) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Oahu Island > Kaneohe Bay (21N157W0004) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Oahu Island > Oahu (21N157W0003) OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN Coconut Island Hawaiian Islands Kaneohe Bay North Pacific Ocean Oahu

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