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american samoa - University of Hawaii at Manoa Botany Department

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TABLE 4-8LONG-TERM RESOURCE MONITORING REQUIREMENTSAMERICAN SAMOA WETLAND RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT PLANAOA WETLANDResource Inform<strong>at</strong>ion Monitoring Monitoring Monitoring Evalu<strong>at</strong>ionRequirement Frequency Method Loc<strong>at</strong>ion(s) ParametersWetland/Stream Stream Flow 1 x (Dec-March) Visual observ<strong>at</strong>ion Tapua Stream mouth to 300 feet upstream Presence <strong>of</strong> stream flow or obstructions to stream flowHydrology 1 x (April-Nov) Visual observ<strong>at</strong>ion Puna Stream to 200 feet upstreamWetland Outlet 1 x (Dec-March) Visual observ<strong>at</strong>ion Tapua Stream mouth Presence <strong>of</strong> stream flow or obstructions to stream flow1 x (April-Nov) Visual observ<strong>at</strong>ion Puna Stream mouthW<strong>at</strong>er Quality Changes in land 1 x (Dec-March) Take digital photos, document type and Between Tapua and Puna Stream mouths and Do new land uses gener<strong>at</strong>e non-point surface or subsurface<strong>of</strong> Lower Alao Wetland uses 1 x (April-Nov) estim<strong>at</strong>ed size, loc<strong>at</strong>e changes on field Tapua Stream Estuary discharges into wetland or Mulivaitele Stream channels?mapVeget<strong>at</strong>ion Survival <strong>of</strong> new 1 x (Dec-March) Take visual count <strong>of</strong> new mangrove Between most downstream culverts <strong>of</strong> Tapua Number <strong>of</strong> trees th<strong>at</strong> remaintrees 1 x (April-Nov) propagules and riparian tree seedlings and Puna Streams, and Tapua Stream EstuaryAqu<strong>at</strong>ic Fish Type and number 2 x (Dec-March) Collect driftnet samples <strong>of</strong> outgoing 100 feet upstream <strong>of</strong> Tapua Stream mouth. Changes in diversity and abundance <strong>of</strong> fish andand <strong>of</strong> fish and 2 x (April-Nov) larvae for 3-4 hour evening periods crustaceansInvertebr<strong>at</strong>es crustaceans (see report narr<strong>at</strong>ive).Molluscs Type and number 2 nights (Dec-Mar) Mark-recapture technology or quadrant 100 feet upstream <strong>of</strong> Tapua Stream mouth. Changes in diversity and abundance <strong>of</strong> molluscs<strong>of</strong> molluscs 2 nights (Apr-Nov) counts <strong>at</strong> night.

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