Benthic and Fish Communities on the USS Arizona and USS Utah World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument Pearl Harbor, O‘Ahu, Hawai‘I, 2010-11
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National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Benthic and Fish Communities on the USS Arizona and USS Utah World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument Pearl Harbor, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i, 2010-11 Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/PACN/NRTR—2013/813 ON THE COVER Number one gun turret on the USS Arizona Photograph from: VALR 2D3D streaming video Benthic and Fish Communities on the USS Arizona and USS Utah World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument Pearl Harbor, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i, 2010-11 Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/PACN/NRTR—2013/813 Steve L. Coles Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology P.O. Box 1346 Kāne‘ohe, HI 96744 Daniel Lager, Claire Lager, Paul L. Jokiel, Ku‘ulei Rodgers Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology P.O. 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NPS 474/122790, November 2013 ii Contents Page Figures............................................................................................................................................. v Tables ............................................................................................................................................. ix Appendices ..................................................................................................................................... xi Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................... xiii Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1 Historical Perspective .............................................................................................................. 1 Vessels and Location Description ........................................................................................... 2 USS Arizona ....................................................................................................................... 2 USS Utah ............................................................................................................................ 2 Sampling Locations ................................................................................................................. 5 USS Arizona ....................................................................................................................... 5 USS Utah ............................................................................................................................ 5 Sedimentation and Biofouling of Hull Surfaces .................................................................... 11 Benthic Communities ............................................................................................................ 11 Coral Surveys ......................................................................................................................... 12 Fish Surveys........................................................................................................................... 12 Results ........................................................................................................................................... 15 Sedimentation and Biofouling of Hull Surfaces .................................................................... 15 USS Arizona ..................................................................................................................... 15 USS Utah .......................................................................................................................... 15 Benthic Communities ............................................................................................................ 24 General Observations ........................................................................................................ 24 USS Arizona ..................................................................................................................... 24 iii Contents (continued) Page USS Utah .......................................................................................................................... 37 Coral Surveys ......................................................................................................................... 45 USS Arizona ..................................................................................................................... 45 USS Utah .......................................................................................................................... 46 Fish Surveys........................................................................................................................... 50 General Observations ........................................................................................................ 50 USS Arizona ..................................................................................................................... 50 USS Utah .......................................................................................................................... 61 Discussion ..................................................................................................................................... 71 Previous Pearl Harbor Studies ............................................................................................... 71 Sediments, Sediment Thickness, and Hull Biofouling .......................................................... 71 Benthic Communities ............................................................................................................ 72 Coral Surveys ......................................................................................................................... 74 Fish Surveys........................................................................................................................... 75 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................... 77 Literature Cited ............................................................................................................................. 79 iv Figures Page Figure 1. Horizontal (deck) (a), port (b) and starboard (c) views of USS Arizona. ...................... 3 Figure 2. Oblique (a), horizontal (deck) (b) and starboard vertical (c) views of USS Utah. ................................................................................................................................................ 4 Figure 3. Sampling sites on USS Arizona horizontal (deck) stern (a), mid ships (b) and bow-foredeck (c) (from Lenihan et al 1990). ........................................................................... 6 Figure 4. Sampling sites on USS Arizona starboard bow-foredeck (a), mid ships (b) and stern (c) (from Lenihan et al. 1990). ........................................................................................ 7 Figure 5. Sampling sites on USS Arizona port stern (a), mid ships (b) and bow- foredeck (c) (from Lenihan et al. 1990). ......................................................................................... 8 Figure