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Sam Kahng

College of Natural Science
Hawaii Pacific University
USA

Contact details
AddressHawaii Pacific University Marine Science Program Office 41-202 Kalaniana\'ole Highway Waimanalo, HI 96795, USA
Phone808-236-3562
Emailskahnghpu.edu
Websiteexternal website
 
Information
Regions of interest:
Micronesia, Southeast and Central Pacific, Southwest Pacific, US Pacific Islands

Expertise:
Benthic Biodiversity, Benthic Community Structure, Benthic Ecology, Disturbances / impacts, Physical Processes, Physiology of benthic fauna, Remotely Operated underwater Vehicles (ROVs), Submersibles, Technical Diving - Open Circuit


Related publications (only includes publications related to mesophotic coral ecosystems)

Kahng SE, Garcia-Sais JR, Spalding HL, Brokovich E, Wagner D, Weil E, Hinderstein L, Toonen RJ (2010) Community ecology of mesophotic coral reef ecosystems. CORAL REEFS 29: 255-275

, Kahng SE, Crepeau M, Franklin EC, Coles S, Toonen RJ (2010) Resolving natural ranges and marine invasions in a globally distributed octocoral (genus Carijoa). Marine Ecology Progress Series 401: 113-127

Chan YL, Pochon X, Fisher MA, Wagner D, Concepcion GT, Kahng SE, Toonen RJ, Gates RD (2009) Generalist dinoflagellate endosymbionts and host genotype diversity detected from mesophotic (67-100m depths) coral Leptoseris. BMC Ecology 9: 21-21

Wagner D, Kahng SE, Toonen RJ (2009) Observations on the life history and feeding ecology of a specialized nudibranch predator (Phyllodesmium poindimiei), with implications for biocontrol of an invasive octocoral (Carijoa riisei) in Hawaii. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 372: 64-74

, Crepeau M, Kahng SE, Toonen RJ (2008) An alternative to ITS, a hypervariable, single-copy nuclear intron in corals, and its use in detecting cryptic species within the octocoral genus Carijoa. CORAL REEFS 27: 323-336

Kahng SE, Kelley CD (2007) Vertical zonation of megabenthic taxa on a deep photosynthetic reef (50-140 m) in the Au'au Channel, Hawaii. CORAL REEFS 26: 679-687

Wagner D, Kahng SE, Toonen RJ (2007) New report of nudibranch predators of the invasive octocoral Carijoa riisei in the Hawaiian Islands. CORAL REEFS 26: 411-411

Kahng SE, Maragos JE (2006) The deepest, zooxanthellate scleractinian corals in the world?. CORAL REEFS 25: 254-254

Kahng SE, (2005) Impact of an alien octocoral, Carijoa riisei, on black corals in Hawaii. CORAL REEFS 24: 556-562



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