TABLE 3. Summary of Biological Observations Made at Transect T-2, Offshore of Kewalo Landfill (Station 
A), 7 September 1993


Quadrat Distance Along Transect (m)
I. Quadrat Survey

0
5
10
15
20

Algae





Liagora tetrasporifera

0.1



Corals





Porites lobata
18
12
52
10
14
P. compressa


1
2.6

Pocillopora meandrina
0.5
2.5
4.8
6
1.7
P. eydouxi




0.3
Montipora verrucosa

0.1
2.3
0.1

M.patula
0.1
0.1
1


Leptastrea purpurea


0.1


Sand

1


1
Hard Substratum
81.4
84.2
38.8
81.3
83


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





Phylum Mollusca

Conus lividus
2
Spondylus tenebrosus
2
Phylum Annelida

Spirobranchus giganteus corniculatus
2
Sabellastarte sanctijosephi
3
Phylum Echinodermata

Echinothrix diadema
6
E. calamaris
2
Echinostrephus aciculatum
1
Echinometra mathaei
2


III. Fish Census (4 ? 20 m)






30 Species
150 Individuals
Estimated Standing Crop = 273 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 17 to 18.2 m; mean coral coverage is 25.8% (quadrat method).


