About the Project
This project performed an in-depth characterization of surface and groundwater flow throughout Heʻeia to inform biocultural restoration and future groundwater management. Building on previous conceptual understandings, the project team modeled surface and groundwater flow within Heʻeia. The project’s collaborative process was essential to this work and included the convenings of a project advisory group and intended users (named Hui WAI). Iterative Hui WAI meetings shaped the project from its beginning to end, through the co-development of the proposal and research methods to its culminating workshops, and outputs. This process enhanced communication and relationships among investigators, resource managers, educators and helped build collective knowledge of the ways WAI links biocultural restoration projects at partner sites.
About this Resource
This project generated three datasets from sampling in the Heʻeia ahupuaʻa (Native Hawaiian social-ecological land division, roughly following watershed boundaries). The dataset description provides more information about each dataset.
- Heʻeia watershed geochemical tracer, nutrient concentrations, and water flux measurements.
- Submarine groundwater discharge and nutrient concentrations to the coastal Indigenous aquaculture system.
- Relative groundwater level in the Heʻeia wetland.
Data access and archival:
This study utilized and generated local, generational, and Indigenous data belonging to the stewards of the Heʻeia ahupuaʻa. While the datasets are publicly accessible, additional permissions are associated with the datasets to protect the rights of the project’s partners.
Express permission and approval from the stewards of Heʻeia ahupuaʻa (Paepae o Heʻeia, Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi, and Papahana Kuaola) should be obtained before using these data for any future work. Please contact the Heʻeia National Estuarine Research Reserve ([email protected]) for facilitation.
Data may be accessed using the blue button on the upper right side of this page.
Questions about these datasets can be directed to:
Shimi Rii, He‘eia NERR, Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, [email protected]