Hawaiian Stream Gobies (O'opu)

This research has been supported by;

• UH Manoa Zoology Department
• UH Manoa Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC)
• NSF EPSCoR Fellowship
• EECB

Many thanks to the following faculty members of UH Manoa;

• Dr. Robert Kinzie III
• Mike Kido
• Dr. Kathleen Cole
• Dr. Kenneth Kaneshiro
• Tina Carvalho
• Dr. Qingping He
• Dr. Daniel Lindstrom
• Dr. Patricia Couvillon
• Dr. Bradley Jones
• Dr. Marilyn Dunlap
• Dr. Athula Wikramanayake
• Dr. Marilou Andres

A special thank you to;

• My Family
  • Henry
  • Iris
  • Keriann and Erin
• Phyllis Ha
• Stanford Togashi
• Grant Arakaki
• Ron Shimojo
• Brian Kodama
• Hinano Akaka
• Layne Takahashi
• Kawika Winter
• Kawika Goodale
• Ann Togashi
• Shawn Nakamoto
• Lance Sewake
• Limahuli Staff and Volunteers

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