TABLE 9. Summary of Biological Parameters Measured at the Six Transect Locations in the Nine Annual 
Surveys 


1990 

1991 
Parameter

Transect (T-)

Transect (T-)


1
2
3
4
5
6

1
2
3
4
5
6

% Coral Cover
18
30
4
3
2
10
18
29
4
3
2
7













No. of Coral 
Species
4
5
4
3
5
5
5
4
3
3
5
4













No. of Invertebrate
Species
4
5
6
6
2
2
4
4
4
6
2
2













No. of Invertebrate 
Individuals
12
15
25
25
3
5
13
18
17
44
10
10













No. of Fish 
Species
38
37
24
16
29
31
31
26
22
12
28
29













No. of Fish 
Individuals
455
481
310
126
197
267
260
240
138
68
176
202













Fish Biomass 
(g/m2)
763
824
91
30
129
293
148
221
72
20
101
183



1992

1993
Parameter

Transect (T-)

Transect (T-)


1
2
3
4
5
6

1
2
3
4
5
6

% Coral Cover
20
21
2
3
0.4
3
26
26
2
4
2
5













No. of Coral 
Species
6
6
4
4
4
6
6
7
5
4
5
6













No. of Invertebrate 
Species
6
5
6
5
3
3
8
7
6
6
2
4













No. of Invertebrate
Individuals
15
12
21
14
7
6
22
20
12
12
6
6













No. of Fish 
Species
36
19
15
9
23
36
31
30
10
19
23
29













No. of Fish 
Individuals
312
153
33
27
136
247
343
150
43
63
152
247













Fish Biomass 
(g/m2)
736
247
30
14
69
108
1,039
273
31
96
61
79



1994

1995
Parameter

Transect (T-)

Transect (T-)


1
2
3
4
5
6

1
2
3
4
5
6

% Coral Cover
26.2
31.4
1.6
3.9
1.9
8.3
23.1
37.8
1.7
3.6
3.5
5.3













No. of Coral 
Species
6
6
5
4
6
6
6
7
3
4
5
6













No. of Invertebrate 
Species
7
7
8
6
4
4
9
7
5
7
4
6













No. of Invertebrate
Individuals
27
32
16
14
6
12
62
99
5
7
4
11













No. of Fish 
Species
27
22
13
9
26
27
37
37
17
19
32
34













No. of Fish 
Individuals
289
168
30
20
169
224
256
329
95
128
240
257













Fish Biomass 
(g/m2)
726
723
27
23
63
86
301
457
27
25
77
93


TABLE 9Continued


1996

1997
Parameter

Transect (T-)

Transect (T-)


1
2
3
4
5
6

1
2
3
4
5
6

% Coral Cover
27.3
33.8
2.6
4.6
3.7
6.6
27.6
40.0
2.5
5.8
3.6
6.9













No. of Coral 
Species
5
8
5
4
7
6
5
5
6
4
6
5













No. of Invertebrate 
Species
6
7
6
4
4
3
6
7
5
7
4
4













No. of Invertebrate
Individuals
22
43
7
28
12
5
49
85
38
45
6
6













No. of Fish 
Species
33
27
25
11
19
30
37
28
24
13
27
28













No. of Fish 
Individuals
554
266
160
20
166
234
356
213
136
40
156
182













Fish Biomass 
(g/m2)
444
868
157
15
72
83
602
720
35
9
71
71



1998


Parameter

Transect (T-)




1
2
3
4
5
6








% Coral Cover
26.3
49.0
2.5
9.3
5.1
9.4



















No. of Coral 
Species
5
6
5
4
8
5



















No. of Invertebrate 
Species
8
7
7
8
4
7



















No. of Invertebrate
Individuals
112
195
55
53
5
13



















No. of Fish 
Species
34
27
23
20
22
29



















No. of Fish 
Individuals
324
140
120
88
150
171



















Fish Biomass 
(g/m2)
151
132
74
42
70
89







NOTE: Each transect samples 80 m2 of substratum for fishes and invertebrates other than corals. Coral data (given in percent 
cover) are from 5 m2 of substratum sampled on each transect. Data for the 1990 through 1997 surveys are from Brock 
(1992a, 1992b, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998).


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