TABLE 5. Summary of Biological Observations made at Transect T-5 Inshore 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 
northeast direction.)


Percent Cover
I. Quadrat Survey

Quadrat Distance Along Transect


0 m
5 m
10 m
15 m
20 m

Algae





Turbinaria ornata 
0.1
0.5

0.3
0.2
Desmia hornemannii 




0.1






Soft Corals 





Palythoa tuberculosa 

1.5

1.3
0.2






Corals





Porites lobata
43.0

9.0
17.0
2.0
Porites compressa 



1.0
0.8
Pocillopora meandrina 
1.0
3.5
3.0
0.2
4.0
Pocillopora damicornis 
1.0




Montipora verrucosa 
11.0
17.0
1.0
13.0
11.0
Montipora patula
6.0
14.0
62.0
27.0
9.0
Montipora verrilli 
7.0
4.0



Pavona duerdeni 



1.0







Sand



1.0

Rubble
2.0




Hard Substratum
28.9
59.5
25.0
38.2
72.7


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





Phylum Mollusca

Spondylus tenebrosus
1
Conus ebreus
1


Phylum Echinodermata

Echinostrephus aciculatum
1
Echinometra mathaei 
1
Linckia multiflora 
1


III. Fish Census (4 m ? 20 m)






32 Species





151 Individuals





Estimated Standing Crop = 138 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 
ranges from 5.2 to 6.7 m; mean coral coverage is 53.7% (quadrat method).


