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Cyrene Reefs Survey Data

1999	1993	1991
1989	1987	1986

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1999

Site name: Cyrene Reefs (C1)				Date: 19 May 1999
Shallow transect depth: 0m crest				Deep transect depth: 10m
GCRMN Benthic Summary
Replicate: 5 x 20m			Collected by TMSI
Benthic Lifeform Categories			Codes	% cover-crest	Subtotal-crest	% cover-3m	Subtotal-3m	% cover-6m	Subtotal-6m	% cover-Deep	Subtotal-Deep
Live coral	Acropora	Branching	ACB	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
		Encrusting	ACE	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
		Submassive	ACS	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
		Digitate	ACD	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
		Tabulate	ACT	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
	Non-Acr	Branching	CB	0.00	21.13	0.00	0.00	1.02	48.16	0.00	28.00
		Encrusting	CE	1.86		0.00		1.30		3.08
		Foliose	CF	7.82		0.00		25.52		20.89
		Massive	CM	9.18		0.00		5.11		1.26
		Submassive	CS	1.49		0.00		13.88		1.25
		Mushroom	CMR	0.78		0.00		1.33		1.52
		Millepora	CME	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
		Heliopora	CHL	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
Dead coral		Dead coral	DC	0.15	29.36	0.00	12.36	0.00	18.23	0.00	24.68
		Dead coral with algae	DCA	29.21		12.36		18.23		24.68
Other Fauna		Soft coral	SC	0.00	3.60	0.19	2.97	0.00	5.19	0.00	3.11
		Sponge	SP	3.19		0.05		4.09		2.27
		Zoanthid	ZO	0.00		0.00		0.34		0.08
		Others	OT	0.41		2.73		0.76		0.76
Algae		Algal assemblage	AA	20.58	25.89	0.93	4.27	1.68	6.37	1.63	2.77
		Coralline algae	CA	0.40		2.59		0.10		0.20
		Halimeda	HA	0.00		0.75		0.00		0.00
		Macroalgae	MA	0.54		0.00		4.05		0.46
		Turf algae	TA	0.00		0.00		0.54		0.48
Abiotic		Sand	S	0.17	20.01	15.96	80.40	3.87	21.86	5.96	41.44
		Rubble	R	19.42		63.71		17.45		31.07
		Silt	SI	0.42		0.73		0.54		4.41
		Rock	RCK	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
Total					100.00		100.00		100.00		100.00

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Site name: Cyrene Reefs (C2)				Date: 19 May 1999
Shallow transect depth: 0m crest				Deep transect depth: 10m
GCRMN Benthic Summary
Replicate: 5 x 20m			Collected by TMSI
Benthic Lifeform Categories			Codes	% cover-crest	Subtotal-crest	% cover-3m	Subtotal-3m	% cover-6m	Subtotal-6m	% cover-Deep	Subtotal-Deep
Live coral	Acropora	Branching	ACB	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.62	0.00	0.00
		Encrusting	ACE	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
		Submassive	ACS	0.00		0.00		0.05		0.00
		Digitate	ACD	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
		Tabulate	ACT	0.00		0.00		0.57		0.00
	Non-Acr	Branching	CB	0.00	22.86	0.00	15.99	0.81	43.03	0.00	31.90
		Encrusting	CE	1.18		3.56		2.60		2.16
		Foliose	CF	9.43		9.08		20.96		20.80
		Massive	CM	10.08		2.44		3.88		2.91
		Submassive	CS	0.70		0.54		13.47		2.52
		Mushroom	CMR	1.48		0.38		1.31		3.34
		Millepora	CME	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
		Heliopora	CHL	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.17
Dead coral		Dead coral	DC	0.18	38.78	0.00	8.52	0.00	10.01	0.00	10.40
		Dead coral with algae	DCA	38.61		8.52		10.01		10.40
Other Fauna		Soft coral	SC	0.00	3.18	0.05	8.12	0.00	2.92	0.00	2.85
		Sponge	SP	2.41		1.40		2.51		2.55
		Zoanthid	ZO	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
		Others	OT	0.78		6.67		0.41		0.30
Algae		Algal assemblage	AA	14.62	18.12	45.06	45.08	15.23	20.09	10.76	11.00
		Coralline algae	CA	0.00		0.02		0.00		0.00
		Halimeda	HA	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
		Macroalgae	MA	1.00		0.00		4.86		0.24
		Turf algae	TA	2.51		0.00		0.00		0.00
Abiotic		Sand	S	0.43	17.05	2.72	22.29	1.63	23.33	5.01	43.85
		Rubble	R	16.12		19.58		21.70		33.90
		Silt	SI	0.50		0.00		0.00		4.94
		Rock	RCK	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
Total					100.00		100.00		100.00		100.00

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1993

Site name: Cyrene Reefs (C1)				Date: 09 July 1993(3m/6m) & 20 July 1993(crest/10m)
Shallow transect depth: 0m crest				Deep transect depth: 10m
GCRMN Benthic Summary
Replicate: 5 x 20m			Collected by Reef Ecology Study Team, NUS
Benthic Lifeform Categories			Codes	% cover-crest	Subtotal-crest	% cover-3m	Subtotal-3m	% cover-6m	Subtotal-6m	% cover-Deep	Subtotal-Deep
Live coral	Acropora	Branching	ACB	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
		Encrusting	ACE	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
		Submassive	ACS	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
		Digitate	ACD	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
		Tabulate	ACT	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
	Non-Acr	Branching	CB	0.00	4.34	0.00	6.91	0.00	6.08	0.00	0.00
		Encrusting	CE	1.78		1.11		0.73		0.00
		Foliose	CF	0.63		4.35		4.27		0.00
		Massive	CM	1.63		0.59		0.22		0.00
		Submassive	CS	0.13		0.44		0.21		0.00
		Mushroom	CMR	0.17		0.42		0.64		0.00
		Millepora	CME	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
		Heliopora	CHL	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
Dead coral		Dead coral	DC	0.00	20.29	0.09	19.91	0.00	28.20	0.00	0.26
		Dead coral with algae	DCA	20.29		19.82		28.20		0.26
Other Fauna		Soft coral	SC	0.15	3.45	0.00	7.13	0.00	9.09	0.08	2.84
		Sponge	SP	1.35		3.23		6.84		0.96
		Zoanthid	ZO	0.00		0.00		0.00		0.00
		Others	OT	1.95		3.90		2.26		1.80
Algae		Algal assemblage	AA	3.24	15.55	1.00	2.07	0.00	0.05	0.00	0.06