In old Hawai‘i, Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau was considered a sacred place of refuge for the Hawaiian people. Although the landscape has been altered by humans for hundreds of years, Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park remains a refuge for plant species, birds, bats, and marine life and is home to thousands of archaeological sites and features.
What's Monitored Here
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Anchialine Pool Monitoring
Anchialine pools are unique brackish water environments that form in lava fields near the ocean.
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Climate
Climate is widely recognized as a major driver for both terrestrial and marine ecosystems
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Landscape Dynamics
Landscape dynamics monitoring in parks provides information on land use and land cover change
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Fresh & Brackish Water Quality
Fresh and brackish water quality monitoring occurs in places like streams and anchialine pools
![An anchialine pool in Pu‘uhonua O Hōnaunau National Historical Park](/common/uploads/grid_builder/pacn/crop16_9/A1985764-1DD8-B71B-0B40B506A61F0A41.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
PACN I&M Inventory and Monitoring Reports, Protocols, and Articles from Pu‘uhonua O Hōnaunau National Historical Park
![Observing a Trematolobelia wimmeri in Hawai‘i](/common/uploads/grid_builder/pacn/crop16_9/A15882D7-1DD8-B71B-0B2466C1892E4238.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Discovering species in our parks
Last updated: December 21, 2023