TABLE 6. Summary of Biological Observations Made at Transect T-4, 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


Algae





Laurencia nidifica
0.1


0.1

Martensia fragilis




0.5
Sponge





Spirastrella coccinea
2.5
2.0


2.5
Chondrosia chucalla



0.1

Corals





Porites lobata
0.2
10.3
1.3
0.9
2.3
Pocillopora meandrina
0.3
0.1
1.4
2.0
2.7
Montipora verrucosa


0.1


Montipora patula
0.1
1.1



Sand
19.0
7.0
4.0
11.0
4.0
Rubble
6.0
17.0
2.0
9.0
9.0
Hard Substratum
71.8
62.5
91.2
76.9
79.0


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





Phylum Annelida





Spirobranchus giganteus corniculatus
9




Phylum Echinodermata





Echinostrephus aciculatum
7




Echinometra mathaei
1




Echinothrix diadema
11






III. Fish Census (4 m ? 20 m)






11 Species





20 Individuals





Estimated Standing Crop = 15 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 13.7 to 14.0 m; mean coral coverage is 4.6% (quadrat method).

