TABLE 4. Summary of Biological Observations made at Transect T-4 (Station B) South of 
Mo(,o)ko(,o)lea Rock in Kailua Bay on 27 April 1998. (Sampling began at the main stake marking this 
transect and continued in a southeast direction.)


Percent Cover
I. Quadrat Survey

Quadrat Distance Along Transect


0 m
5 m
10 m
15 m
20 m

Algae





Hydrolithon reinboldii 


4.0

14.0
Porolithon onkodes 
8.0
6.0
3.0
13.0
6.0






Corals





Porites lobata
75.0
6.0
2.0
22.0

Porites compressa 

12.0
3.0


Pavona varians 

15.0
9.0
3.0
8.0
Pavona duerdeni 

2.5

5.0
13.0
Montipora verrucosa
8.0

21.0
8.0
2.0
Montipora patula 
3.0
3.0
23.0
4.0
2.0
Montipora flabellata 

2.5









Hard Substratum
6.0
59.0
35.0
45.0
55.0


II. Macroinvertebrate Census (4 m ? 20 m)
No. of 
Individuals





Phylum Annelida

Spirobranchus giganteus corniculatus
13


Phylum Mollusca

Spondylus tenebrosus
1


Phylum Echinodermata

Echinothrix diadema 
1


III. Fish Census (4 m ? 20 m)






23 Species





206 Individuals





Estimated Standing Crop = 127 g/m2






NOTE: Results of the 5-m2 quadrat sampling of the benthic community are presented in Part I as percent cover, counts of 
diurnally exposed macroinvertebrates are given in Part II, and a summary of the fish census is given in Part III. Water depth 
is 20.0 m; mean coral coverage is 50.4% (quadrat method).

