Surface slicks as biological hotspots in west Hawaii: biophysical interactions, larval behavior and their implications on transport and recruitment.

Jonathan Whitney1,2, Katharine Smith3, Jamison Gove2, Joey Lecky4, Donald Kobayashi5 and Margaret Anne McManus6, (1)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Honolulu, United States, (2)NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, United States, (3)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, (4)Lynker Technologies, Leesburg, VA, United States, (5)NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division, Honolulu, HI, United States, (6)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States