Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID 2010HI285B

Determination of the Relationship between Biodiversity and the Trophic State of Wahiawa Reservoir, Phase II

Institute: Hawaii
Year Established: 2010 Start Date: 2010-03-01 End Date: 2011-02-28
Total Federal Funds: $20,103 Total Non-Federal Funds: $47,181

Principal Investigators: Clark Liu, Tao Yan

Abstract: The focus of this proposed research is to investigate water quality and eutrophication potential of Wahiaweservoir by conducting parallel laboratory and field experiments using existing environmental engineering methods and recently available molecular tools. Existing methods are to be used to investigate reservoir bioproductivity based on chlorophyll (Chl-a) growth kinetics and diurnal variation dissolved oxygen (DO). Molecular tools are to be used to investigate microeukaryotic and prokaryotic biodiversity. As an added research activity for this second year project, Ecoli die-off kinetics in Wahiaweservoir under difference trophic states is to be evaluated.