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June 1 - 3 , 1978 - University of Hawaii at Manoa

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STUDY SITE<br />

The ahupua'a <strong>of</strong> Manuka, Kaulanamauna, and Kapu'a lie upon<br />

the southwestern flank <strong>of</strong> the Mauna Loa shield volcano in the<br />

South Kona district <strong>of</strong> the island <strong>of</strong> Hawai'i. These triangular<br />

sections <strong>of</strong> land extend downslope from their common apex <strong>at</strong> Pu'u<br />

Ohohia (1690 m) along the Southwest Rift Zone <strong>of</strong> Mauna Loa, fan-<br />

ning outward to include a 12 km expanse <strong>of</strong> shoreline <strong>at</strong> their<br />

bases (USGS topographic quadrangles 1967).<br />

Transects and sample st<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

METHODS<br />

Field study was conducted from <strong>June</strong> 15 to July 31, 1977.<br />

The survey <strong>of</strong> insect fauna was one aspect <strong>of</strong> a holistic ecosystem<br />

baseline survey <strong>of</strong> the Manuka area conducted under the auspices<br />

<strong>of</strong> the N<strong>at</strong>ional Science Found<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />

Twelve sampling st<strong>at</strong>ions were established along two parallel<br />

transect access lines in altitudinal increments <strong>of</strong> 290 m running<br />

from Pu'u Ohohia downslope. The arrangement <strong>of</strong> sampling st<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

is illustr<strong>at</strong>ed in Figure 1. This placement established two rep-<br />

lic<strong>at</strong>e st<strong>at</strong>ions <strong>at</strong> the 1440, 1150, and 875 m elev<strong>at</strong>ions, and one<br />

replic<strong>at</strong>e <strong>at</strong> the 585 m elev<strong>at</strong>ion. The study area boundaries<br />

precluded establishing replic<strong>at</strong>es <strong>at</strong> the 1690 m level, while<br />

commercial agriculture <strong>at</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the 585 m plotsites made consid-<br />

er<strong>at</strong>ions <strong>of</strong> sampling <strong>at</strong> th<strong>at</strong> loc<strong>at</strong>ion moot.<br />

Whenever possible, the entomology sampling st<strong>at</strong>ion plotsites<br />

coincided with th<strong>at</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Manuka Research Project veget<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

ecology survey sites, in order to have available detail-ed vege-<br />

t<strong>at</strong>ion d<strong>at</strong>a.<br />

Sampling techniques<br />

In this study, only the night fauna was considered. Night<br />

collection commenced <strong>at</strong> 7:00 PM and ran continuously to 10:OO PM.<br />

Each night collection utilized a simple sheet light trap. A<br />

Coleman-type lantern provided <strong>at</strong>tractive illumin<strong>at</strong>ion. A1 1<br />

insects th<strong>at</strong> came to rest upon the sheet were collected during<br />

the 3-hour period, and kept for identific<strong>at</strong>ion. Large insects<br />

were collected with sweep nets, while smaller insects were<br />

aspir<strong>at</strong>ed into vials.<br />

D<strong>at</strong>a analysis<br />

The number <strong>of</strong> families encountered <strong>at</strong> each plot were cumu-<br />

l<strong>at</strong>ed, and mean values for isoaltitudinal plots were computed.<br />

The trends in the diversity <strong>of</strong> insect communities <strong>at</strong> the family

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