Kauaʻi record · KCA-HAB-0062
Mesophotic coral ecosystem
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About Mesophotic coral ecosystem
Mesophotic coral ecosystem is a documented Kauaʻi habitat type in the marine system.
Kauaʻi evidence
Classification/source support: SRC-HAB-014
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Not applicable
- Common names
- Mesophotic coral ecosystem
- Hawaiian names
- Not assessed
- Record type
- habitat
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Native natural habitat
- Conservation status
- Not formally assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- This record represents an operational habitat class, not every site-specific plant association or mapped polygon.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Mesophotic coral ecosystem
- Food and resource needs
- Not applicable
- Reproduction
- Not applicable
- Shelter
- Not applicable
- Substrate
- Reef/hardbottom/limestone terraces
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Erosion, sedimentation, pollution, warming, storms, invasive species, shoreline alteration and human disturbance can change habitat condition.
- Conservation actions
- Protect habitat extent and connectivity, control invasive species and damaging disturbance, restore native structure/processes, and monitor condition.
- Monitoring
- Track extent, condition, hydrology/physical structure, native/alien composition, disturbance exposure and restoration response.
- Data gaps
- Exact islandwide area, condition and trend may vary by source layer and mapping scale.
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Year-round unless hydrologically seasonal
- Seasonal description
- Mesophotic coral ecosystem is a documented Kauaʻi habitat type in the marine system.
Place and watershed context
- Habitat system
- Marine
- Habitat class
- natural
- Moisture regime
- Not applicable
- Salinity regime
- Marine
- Water regime
- Marine
- Vegetation structure
- Corals, sponges, algae