Strong alien seaweed may be killing Kaneohe Bay coral

From: Honolulu Star - Bulletin | Date: July 27, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

A beefy alien seaweed appears to be killing coral in Kaneohe Bay, and researchers want to find out why.

The seaweed, Kappaphycus alvarezii, nicknamed "brown licorice," is thicker, taller, bushier and bumpier than the local ogo seaweed.

"The seaweed is growing all over the coral and perhaps smothering it. We don't know why," said Dave Eckert, aquatic biologist with the Department of Land and Natural Resources. "We want to find out more. We don't want to push the panic button yet and say this is the monster that ate Cleveland."

Scientists have spotted dead coral underneath the thick canopy of ...

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