University of Hawaii Manoa Campus: Limu? Study Looks at Ways to Protect Native Seaweed Species
July 28, 2023
July 28, 2023
MANOA, Hawaii, July 28 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release:
Climate change and increased groundwater pumping are likely to decrease the abundance of limu palahalaha (Ulva sp.), a native and culturally important limu (native seaweed), and increase the habitat suitability of Hypnea musciformis, an invasive seaweed in coastal groundwater dependent ecosystems in Kona. A new study by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Hawa . . .
Climate change and increased groundwater pumping are likely to decrease the abundance of limu palahalaha (Ulva sp.), a native and culturally important limu (native seaweed), and increase the habitat suitability of Hypnea musciformis, an invasive seaweed in coastal groundwater dependent ecosystems in Kona. A new study by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Hawa . . .