Land-ocean connections
Monday, February 27, 2012 - 18:30
in Earth & Climate
Scientists from the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawaii Manoa (UHM) and colleagues recently discovered that land-based plant material and coastal macroalgae indirectly support the increased abundances of bottom fish in submarine canyons, like those off the north shore of Moloka'i. Less than a few miles from the shore, these underwater canyons connect to deep river valleys that cut across the landscape of north Moloka'i.