Kū Hou Kuapā: Cultural Restoration Improves Water Budget and Water Quality Dynamics in Heʻeia Fishpond

In Hawaiʻi, the transition from customary subsistence flooded taro agroecosystems, which regulate stream discharge rate trapping sediment and nutrients, to a plantation-style economy (c. the 1840s) led to nearshore sediment deposition—smothering coral reefs and destroying adjacent coastal...

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Main Authors: Paula Möhlenkamp, Charles Kaiaka Beebe, Margaret A. McManus, Angela Hiʻilei Kawelo, Keliʻiahonui Kotubetey, Mirielle Lopez-Guzman, Craig E. Nelson, Rosanna ʻAnolani Alegado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/1/161