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 28 August 1998 


Quadrat Distance Along Transect
I. Quadrat Survey

0 m
5 m
10 m
15 m
20 m

Algae





Lyngbya majuscula
0.3
0.2



Sponges





Spirastrella coccinea
0.1
0.7
1.2
1.4
1.1
Plakortis simplex




3.2
Chondrosia chucalla 
0.1




Soft Corals





Anthelia edmondsoni 


0.1
0.3

Palythoa tuberculosa 


0.4


Corals





Porites lobata
3.0
0.5
1.0
0.4
1.1
Pocillopora meandrina
0.5
0.7
1.4
1.3

Montipora verrucosa


0.2
0.2
0.1
Montipora patula


1.6

0.2
Montipora verrilli




0.2
Sand
21.0
15.0
3.0
6.0
3.0
Rubble
6.0
12.0
1.0
14.0
4.0
Hard Substratum
61.0
70.9
90.1
76.4
87.1


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


Phylum Mollusca

Conus lividus
1
Phylum Annelida

Spirobranchus giganteus corniculatus
23
Vermiliopsis sp.
1
Phylum Echinodermata

Echinothrix diadema
16
Echinothrix calamaris
12
Linckia diplax
1
Pseudoboletia indiana 
1


III. Fish Census (4 m ? 20 m)

23 Species
120 Individuals
Estimated Standing Crop = 74 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 2.5% (quadrat method).


