TABLE 3. Summary of Biological Observations Made at Transect T-2, Offshore of Kewalo Landfill (Station 
A) on 14 August 1997 


Quadrat Distance Along Transect
I. Quadrat Survey

0 m
5 m
10 m
15 m
20 m

Algae





Amansia glomerata



4.6
1.1
Porolithon onkodes


2.0


Tolypiocladia sp.

0.5



Botryocladia skottsbergii




0.2
Sponges





Spirastrella coccinea
1.0


0.7
0.2
Plakortis simplex
0.1




Corals





Porites lobata
27.0
12.2
74.0
37.0
29.0
Porites compressa

2.5



Pocillopora meandrina

6.1
2.0
4.0
4.0
Montipora verrucosa
0.1
0.4

0.1

Montipora patula
0.7
0.9



Sand


1.5

2.0
Rubble


3.0
3.0

Hard Substratum
71.1
73.8
17.5
50.6
63.5


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





Phylum Mollusca





Spondylus tenebrosus
1




Conus lividus
1




Pinctado marginifera
2




Phylum Annelida





Spirobranchus giganteus corniculatus
53




Phylum Echinodermata





Echinothrix calamaris
1




Echinothrix diadema
25




Echinometra mathaei
2






III. Fish Census (4 m ? 20 m)






28 Species





213 Individuals





Estimated Standing Crop = 720 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 40.0% (quadrat method).



