TABLE 3. Summary of Biological Observations Made at Transect T-2, Offshore of Kewalo Landfill (Station 
A) on 20 November 1996 


Quadrat Distance Along Transect
I. Quadrat Survey

0 m
5 m
10 m
15 m
20 m

Algae





Amansia glomerata
2.0
0.4
2.2
3.1
4.0
Porolithon onkodes


3.8


Sponges





Spirastrella coccinea
0.9


0.2

Corals





Porites lobata
33.0
8.3
36.0
28.0
39.0
Porites compressa


2.1
0.9
0.7
Pocillopora meandrina
0.2
1.4
4.0
5.0
1.2
Pocillopora eydouxi



3.0

Montipora verrucosa

0.3
3.8

0.2
Montipora patula
0.3

0.2
0.4

Pavona varians



0.1

Leptastrea purpurea


0.2
0.1
0.4
Sand
1.7



1.5
Rubble


2.5

2.0
Hard Substratum
61.9
89.6
45.2
59.2
51.0


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





Phylum Mollusca





Spondylus tenebrosus
1




Conus miles
1




Pinctado marginifera
1




Phylum Annelida





Spirobranchus giganteus corniculatus
6




Phylum Echinodermata





Echinothrix calamaris
1




Echinothrix diadema
32




Echinometra mathaei
1






III. Fish Census (4 m ? 20 m)






27 Species





266 Individuals





Estimated Standing Crop = 868 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 17.0 to 18.2 m; mean coral coverage is 33.8% (quadrat method).


