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Kusu
Island Coral Reef Survey Data
2004
| Site name: Kusu Island | Date: 25 April 2004 |
| Shallow transect depth: 2.1m | Deep transect depth: 4.5m |
| Scientific Officer: Jani | |
| Data collected by Reef Friends, Blue Water Volunteers | |
| Benthic Data | ||
| Lifeform | Shallow- Percentage cover (%) | Deep (%) |
| HC |
45.91 |
19.50 |
| SC | 2.51 | 0 |
| RKC | 0 | 0 |
| NIA | 31.45 | 14.46 |
| SP | 0.63 | 0 |
| RC | 3.14 | 0 |
| RB | 6.92 | 15.72 |
| SD | 0 | 0 |
| SI | 5.66 | 49.06 |
| OT | 3.77 | 1.26 |
| Fish | Shallow | Deep |
| Butterflyfish | 24 | 6 |
| Sweetlips | 0 | 0 |
| Barramundi Cod | 0 | 0 |
| Other Groupers (>30cm) | 0 | 0 |
| Napolean Wrasse | 0 | 0 |
| Bumphead parrotfish | 0 | 0 |
| Other parrotfish (>20cm) | 1 | 1 |
| Moray eels | 0 | 1 |
| Invertebrates | Shallow | Deep |
| Banded coral shrimp |
0 | 0 |
| Diadema urchin | 2 | 0 |
| Pencil urchin | 0 | 0 |
| Sea cucumber | 0 | 0 |
| Crown of Thorns | 0 | 0 |
| Giant clam | 0 | 0 |
| Triton shell | 0 | 0 |
| Tripnustes | 0 | 0 |
| Lobster | 0 | 0 |
| Site name: Kusu Island (K1) | Date: 9 May 2003 | ||||||
| Shallow transect depth: 0.0m | Deep transect depth: 3.0m |
GCRMN Benthic Summary |
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Replicate: 5 x 20m |
Collected by NUS Marine Bio Lab |
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Benthic Lifeform Categories |
Codes |
% cover-crest |
Subtotal-crest |
% cover-deep |
Subtotal-deep |
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Live coral |
Acropora |
Branching |
ACB |
0.00 | 1.07 |
0.00 | 0.00 |
|
Encrusting |
ACE |
0.00 | 0.00 | |||
Submassive |
ACS |
0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
Digitate |
ACD |
0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
Tabulate |
ACT |
1.07 | 0.00 | ||||
|
Non-Acr |
Branching |
CB |
0.00 | 21.81 |
0.00 | 9.41 |
|
Encrusting |
CE |
1.26 | 3.65 | |||
Foliose |
CF |
8.97 | 4.15 | ||||
Massive |
CM |
9.86 | 1.51 | ||||
Submassive |
CS |
0.89 | 0.00 | ||||
Mushroom |
CMR |
0.10 | 0.10 | ||||
Millepora |
CME |
0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
Heliopora |
CHL |
0.73 | 0.00 | ||||
Dead coral |
Dead coral |
DC |
0.00 | 38.25 |
0.00 | 28.45 | |
|
Dead coral with algae |
DCA |
38.25 | 28.45 | |||
Other Fauna |
Soft coral |
SC |
1.22 | 8.52 |
0.00 | 4.62 | |
|
Sponge |
SP |
3.91 | 1.04 | |||
Zoanthid |
ZO |
2.65 | 0.44 | ||||
Others |
OT |
0.74 | 3.14 | ||||
Algae |
Algal assemblage |
AA |
6.15 | 13.51 |
3.04 | 3.58 | |
|
Coralline algae |
CA |
0.52 | 0.10 | |||
Halimeda |
HA |
0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
Macroalgae |
MA |
6.62 | 0.44 | ||||
Turf algae |
TA |
0.22 | 0.00 | ||||
Abiotic |
Sand |
S |
0.16 | 16.84 |
0.29 | 53.94 | |
|
Rubble |
R |
15.53 | 40.31 | |||
Silt |
SI |
1.15 | 13.34 | ||||
Rock |
RCK |
0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
Total |
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|
100.00 |
|
100.00 |
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