TABLE 7. Summary of Biological Observations Made at Transect T-5, Approximately 760 m Offshore of 
Honolulu Airport Reef Runway (Station C), 8 September 1993


Quadrat Distance Along Transect (m)
I. Quadrat Survey

0
5
10
15
20

Algae





Porolithon onkodes

5
14
19
18
P. gardineri




0.2
Jania sp.
0.1




Dictyota divaricata
18




Soft Coral





Palythoa tuberculosa

0.2

0.2
4
Corals





Porites compressa
0.1

0.2

0.1
Pocillopora meandrina


0.1
0.1
0.7
Pavona duerdeni



3.5
1
P. varians

0.3



Montipora patula

0.1

1.3
0.1
Sand
3

1


Rubble
56.8
8
3


Hard Substratum
22
86.4
81.7
75.9
75.9


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





Phylum Arthropoda

Aniculus strigatus
1
Phylum Echinodermata

Tripneustes gratilla
5


III. Fish Census (4 ? 20 m)






23 Species
152 Individuals
Estimated Standing Crop = 61 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 9.1 to 11 m; mean coral coverage is 1.5% (quadrat method).


