WRRC/'Ike Wai Spring Seminar

The Ala Wai Watershed from Nutrients to Microbes

by Jessica Bullington¹ and Sean Mahaffey²

University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Center for Microbial Oceanography¹ and Department of Oceanography²

The Ala Wai Watershed is an important hydrologic system in Honolulu surrounded by a highly populated area. That area includes the Makiki, Manoa, and Palolo streams, which flow into the Ala Wai Canal—an artificial estuary connected to the nearshore waters of Waikiki. The Strategic Monitoring and Resilience Training (SMART) Ala Wai program at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa was created to monitor the water quality throughout the watershed. SMART is multidisciplinary in approach and has cultivated learning and research experience among graduate, undergraduate, and high school students. In this talk, we will summarize major findings from two aspects of the SMART program: variability of nutrients in the streams and pathogenic bacteria in the canal.

Zoom Meeting:

https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/98968515802

Meeeting ID: 989 6851 5802

Passcode: 345781

Event Sponsor
WRRC, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Michael Mezzacapo, 956-3097, mmezz@hawaii.edu

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