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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-12-01
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Series: | Sustainability |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/1/161 |