Table 3.
Comparison of mean coral recruitment rates (number of recruits m−2 year−1) from the main Hawaiian Islands measured on standard terracotta coral recruitment tiles.
| Site | Mean recruits (recruits m−2 yr−1) |
Range | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanalei Bay, Kaua‘i | 7,924 | 403–15,386 | Friedlander & Brown (2005) |
| Puamana, Maui | 415 | 8–1,792 | Brown (2004) |
| Olowalu, Maui | 122 | 95–233 | Brown (2004) |
| Honolua Bay, Maui | 41 | 7–92 | Brown (2004) |
| West Hawai’i | 24 | 0–411 | Martin & Walsh (2014) |
| N. Puako, Hawai’i | 167 | 0–26 | Y Stender, pers. com., 2014 |
| Pelekane, Hawai’i | 138 | 0–29 | Y Stender, pers. com., 2014 |
| Kawaihae, Hawai’i | 304 | 5–45 | Y Stender, pers. com., 2014 |
| Kaunaoa, Hawai’i | 282 | 0–37 | Y Stender, pers. com., 2014 |
| South Moloka‘i | 5.1 | 0–2 | This study |