TABLE 3. Summary of Biological Observations Made at Transect T-2, Offshore of Kewalo Landfill (Station 
A) on 28 August 1998 


Quadrat Distance Along Transect
I. Quadrat Survey

0 m
5 m
10 m
15 m
20 m

Algae





Amansia glomerata 
1.0


7.0

Porolithon onkodes


2.5


Liagora tetrasporifera



0.1

Sponges





Spirastrella coccinea
0.6

2.5
0.3

Plakortis simplex
0.3




Soft Corals





Anthelia edmondsoni 

0.7



Corals





Porites lobata
33.0
46.0
32.0
43.0
63.0
Porites compressa

1.4
3.1
2.3
3.5
Pocillopora meandrina
0.5
0.6
3.4
5.0
1.0
Montipora verrucosa
0.1


0.2
0.3
Montipora patula
0.6
2.5
3.0
0.9

Leptastrea purpurea 




0.5
Sand


1.0


Rubble


4.0
3.0
2.0
Hard Substratum
63.9
47.8
49.5
38.2
29.7


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


Phylum Mollusca

Spondylus tenebrosus
1
Lithophaga sp.
2
Phylum Annelida

Spirobranchus giganteus corniculatus
54
Phylum Echinodermata

Echinothrix calamaris
1
Echinothrix diadema
132
Echinometra mathaei
3
Tripneustes gratilla 
2


III. Fish Census (4 m ? 20 m)

27 Species
140 Individuals
Estimated Standing Crop = 132 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 49.0% (quadrat method).

