TABLE 5. Summary of Biological Observations Made at Transect T-3, East of Kalihi Entrance Channel 
(Station B, About 2.2 km Offshore of Mokauea Island in Keehi Lagoon), 8 September 1993


Quadrat Distance Along Transect (m)
I. Quadrat Survey

0
5
10
15
20

Sponge





Spirastrella coccinea
1
0.1
1.2
1
0.5
Soft Coral





Palythoa tuberculosa


0.1


Corals





Porites lobata
2.1
0.5
1
0.8
1
Pocillopora meandrina
0.1
1.4
0.5
0.3

Montipora verrucosa


0.1

0.2
M. patula
0.1

0.2

0.1
M. verrilli

0.1



Sand
14
9
3
14
2
Rubble
3
3
9
8

Hard Substratum
79.7
85.9
84.9
75.9
96.2


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





Phylum Mollusca

Spondylus tenebrosus
1
Conus marmoratus
1
Phylum Echinodermata

Echinostrephus aciculatum
6
Echinometra mathaei
2
Echinothrix calamaris
1
Holothuria atra
1

III. Fish Census (4 ? 20 m)






10 Species
43 Individuals
Estimated Standing Crop = 31 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 14.6 to 15 m; mean coral coverage is 1.7% (quadrat method).


