TABLE 5. Summary of Biological Observations Made at Transect T-3, East of the Kalihi Entrance Channel 
(Station B, about 2.2 km Offshore of Mokauea Island in Keehi Lagoon) on 20 November 1996 


Quadrat Distance Along Transect
I. Quadrat Survey

0 m
5 m
10 m
15 m
20 m

Sponge





Spirastrella coccinea

0.5
1.0
2.1
1.1
Plakortis simplex




2.3
Soft Coral





Anthelia edmondsoni
0.1




Corals





Porites lobata
2.8
1.2
1.0
0.9
1.3
Pocillopora meandrina
0.4
1.0
0.6
1.0
0.1
Montipora verrucosa



0.1

Montipora patula
0.2

1.1

1.2
Leptastrea purpurea


0.1


Sand
9.5
12.0
4.0
12.0
4.0
Rubble
12.0
7.0
7.0
13.0
6.0
Hard Substratum
75.0
78.3
85.2
70.9
84.0


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





Phylum Mollusca





Cypraea isabella
1




Cypraea helvola
1




Phylum Annelida





Loimia medusa
1




Phylum Echinodermata





Culcita novaeguinaea
1




Echinothrix diadema
2




Echinostrephus aciculatum
1






III. Fish Census (4 m ? 20 m)






25 Species





160 Individuals





Estimated Standing Crop = 157 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 15.0 m; mean coral coverage is 2.6% (quadrat method).


