Research Article

Defining Boundaries for Ecosystem-Based Management: A Multispecies Case Study of Marine Connectivity across the Hawaiian Archipelago

Table 2

Sample size per location (refer to Figure 1 for Hawaiian names of sites) for each of the 27 species included in the combined multispecies analysis of population genetic structure across the Hawaiian Archipelago to date. Locations with fewer than 5 individuals were excluded from all analyses and are not included here (see text). Species with show a significant isolation-by-distance signature across the archipelago.

Species NameHawai‘i  
(=Big Island)
Maui NuiO‘ahuKaua‘iNi‘ihauNihoaNecker IslandFrench Frigate ShoalsGardner PinnaclesMaro ReefLaysan IslandLisianskiPearl & Hermes ReefMidway AtollKure Atoll

Hyporthodus (=Epinephelus) quernus 3630930443030462927
Stegastes fasciolatus27424924152042
Dascylus albisella1082528714
Ctenochaetus strigosus102100402829372931333238
*Zebrasoma flavescens1461223542204026293335
Acanthurus nigrofuscus336539263933282869
Lutjanus kasmira101395036494021409
*Cellana exarata411821112336
*Cellana sandwicensis422120188
*Cellana talcosa432438
Dendropoma gregaria532539205555555
Dendropoma platypus16204021555556555
Dendropoma rhyssoconcha29242565
Serpulorbis variabilis1325158
Calcinus haigae5121
Calcinus hazletti213112734332211
Calcinus seurati9307844
Panulirus marginatus19485656535336472946
Panulirus penicillatus46434753351830
Holothuria atra30243052812373523
Holothuria whitmaei26332622572459
Acanthaster planci106812524301327
*Montipora capitata4747512540474850444351
*Porites lobata23161821233433442122
Squalus mitsukurii7918
Monachus schauinslandi547766656310260134222
*Stenella longirostris7959403245334711951