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Pulau Semakau Coral Reef Survey Data

2005

Site name: Pulau Semakau western fringing reef Date: 27 February 2005
Shallow transect depth: 3m Deep transect depth: 6m

GCRMN Benthic Summary

Replicate: 5 x 20m

Collected by Blue Water Volunteers

Benthic Lifeform Categories

Codes

% cover-crest

Subtotal-crest

% cover-deep

Subtotal-deep

Live coral

Acropora

Branching

ACB

0.00
0.19
   

Encrusting

ACE

0.00  

Submassive

ACS

0.00  

Digitate

ACD

0.00  

Tabulate

ACT

0.19  

Non-Acr

Branching

CB

0.00
13.99
   

Encrusting

CE

2.15  

Foliose

CF

7.75  

Massive

CM

3.20  

Submassive

CS

0.53  

Mushroom

CMR

0.36  

Millepora

CME

0.00  

Heliopora

CHL

0.00  

Dead coral

Dead coral

DC

0.00
25.92
   

Dead coral with algae

DCA

25.92  

Other Fauna

Soft coral

SC

0.00
3.02
   

Sponge

SP

1.93  

Zoanthid

ZO

0.00  

Others

OT

1.09  

Algae

Algal assemblage

AA

0.99
17.13
   

Coralline algae

CA

3.14  

Halimeda

HA

0.00  

Macroalgae

MA

13.00  

Turf algae

TA

0.00  

Abiotic

Sand

S

5.75
39.74
   

Rubble

R

19.22  

Silt

SI

14.77  

Rock

RCK

0.00  

Total

100.00

100.00


Number of Reef Check Target Fish and Invertebrates over four 20m transects

Fish Shallow Deep
Butterflyfish
7
12
Haemulidae
5
0
Snapper
1
0
Barramundi cod
0
0
Grouper (>30cm)
2
0
Humphead wrasse
0
0
Bumphead parrot
0
0
Parrotfish
0
0
Moray eel
0
0

Invertebrates Shallow Deep
Banded coral shrimp 0 0
Diadema 8 3
Pencil urchin 0 0
Sea cucumber 2 0
Crown of thorns 0 0
Giant clam 0 0
Triton 0 0
Collector urchin 0 0
Lobster 0 0

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Site name: Pulau Semakau patch Date: 27 February 2005
Shallow transect depth: 0.0m (crest) Deep transect depth: 3.0m

GCRMN Benthic Summary

Replicate: 5 x 20m

Collected by Blue Water Volunteers

Benthic Lifeform Categories

Codes

% cover-crest

Subtotal-crest

% cover-deep

Subtotal-deep

Live coral

Acropora

Branching

ACB

0.00
0.77
0.00 0.00

Encrusting

ACE

0.00 0.00

Submassive

ACS

0.00 0.00

Digitate

ACD

0.77 0.00

Tabulate

ACT

0.00 0.00

Non-Acr

Branching

CB

0.00
36.05
0.00 15.28

Encrusting

CE

8.57 0.75

Foliose

CF

14.36 11.74

Massive

CM

6.72 0.00

Submassive

CS

5.90 0.70

Mushroom

CMR

0.50 2.09

Millepora

CME

0.00 0.00

Heliopora

CHL

0.00 0.00

Dead coral

Dead coral

DC

8.3.8
26.84
0.00 19.14

Dead coral with algae

DCA

18.46 19.14

Other Fauna

Soft coral

SC

0.00
1.73
0.00 2.02

Sponge

SP

1.18 1.40

Zoanthid

ZO

0.00 0.00

Others

OT

0.55 0.62

Algae

Algal assemblage

AA

0.11
0.11
0.00 0.00

Coralline algae

CA

0.00 0.00

Halimeda

HA

0.00 0.00

Macroalgae

MA

0.00 0.00

Turf algae

TA

0.00 0.00

Abiotic

Sand

S

1.84
34.50
10.08 63.56

Rubble

R

25.59 48.12

Silt

SI

7.07 5.36

Rock

RCK

0.00 0.00

Total

100.00

100.00


Number of Reef Check Target Fish and Invertebrates over four 20m transects

Fish Shallow Deep
Butterflyfish
41
28
Haemulidae
4
15
Snapper
0
25
Barramundi cod
0
1
Grouper (>30cm)
0
0
Humphead wrasse
0
0
Bumphead parrot
0
0
Parrotfish
0
0
Moray eel
0
0

Invertebrates Shallow Deep
Banded coral shrimp 0 0
Diadema 12 9
Pencil urchin 0 0
Sea cucumber 0 1
Crown of thorns 0 0
Giant clam 0 0
Triton 0 0
Collector urchin 0 0
Lobster 0 0

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2003

Site name: Pulau Semakau (S2) Date: 07July 2003
Shallow transect depth: 0.0m (crest) Deep transect depth: 3.0m

GCRMN Benthic Summary

Replicate: 5 x 20m

Collected by NUS Marine Bio Lab

Benthic Lifeform Categories

Codes

% cover-crest

Subtotal-crest

% cover-deep

Subtotal-deep

Live coral

Acropora

Branching

ACB

0.00
0.00
0.00 0.00

Encrusting

ACE

0.00 0.00

Submassive

ACS

0.00 0.00

Digitate

ACD

0.00 0.00

Tabulate

ACT

0.00 0.00

Non-Acr

Branching

CB

0.29
19.57
0.00 12.21

Encrusting

CE

1.85 1.39

Foliose

CF

7.80 3.94

Massive

CM

8.31 6.68

Submassive

CS

0.67 0.00

Mushroom

CMR

0.54 0.20

Millepora

CME

0.00 0.00

Heliopora

CHL

0.11 0.00

Dead coral

Dead coral

DC

0.08
25.08
0.03 29.75

Dead coral with algae

DCA

25.01 29.72

Other Fauna

Soft coral

SC

0.11
18.06
0.00 7.20

Sponge

SP

1.62 6.21

Zoanthid

ZO

0.10 0.05

Others

OT

16.22 0.95

Algae

Algal assemblage

AA

3.08
8.26
0.37 0.73

Coralline algae

CA

1.01 0.32

Halimeda

HA

0.00 0.00

Macroalgae

MA

4.17 0.00

Turf algae

TA

0.00 0.05

Abiotic

Sand

S

0.17
29.04
1.77 50.11

Rubble

R

28.24 44.48

Silt

SI

0.63 3.87

Rock

RCK

0.00 0.00

Total

100.00

100.00


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Site name: Pulau Semakau (S1) Date: 13 June 2003
Shallow transect depth: 0.0m (crest) Deep transect depth: 3.0m

GCRMN Benthic Summary

Replicate: 5 x 20m

Collected by NUS Marine Bio Lab

Benthic Lifeform Categories

Codes

% cover-crest

Subtotal-crest

% cover-deep

Subtotal-deep

Live coral

Acropora

Branching

ACB

0.00
0.00
0.00 0.00

Encrusting

ACE

0.00 0.00

Submassive

ACS

0.00 0.00

Digitate

ACD

0.00 0.00

Tabulate

ACT

0.00 0.00

Non-Acr

Branching

CB

0.00
23.36
0.00 13.66

Encrusting

CE

2.88 1.96

Foliose

CF

15.10 7.70

Massive

CM

4.82 3.05

Submassive

CS

0.16 0.68

Mushroom

CMR

0.41 0.26

Millepora

CME

0.00 0.00

Heliopora

CHL

0.00 0.00

Dead coral

Dead coral

DC

0.00
38.97
0.00 32.57

Dead coral with algae

DCA

38.97 32.57

Other Fauna

Soft coral

SC

0.00
0.66
0.00 1.85

Sponge

SP

0.51 1.48

Zoanthid

ZO

0.00 0.00

Others

OT

0.15 0.37

Algae

Algal assemblage

AA

1.20
3.91
1.26 4.69

Coralline algae

CA

0.32 2.12

Halimeda

HA

0.00 0.00

Macroalgae

MA

2.39 1.31

Turf algae

TA

0.00 0.00

Abiotic

Sand

S

0.63
33.09
3.04 47.23

Rubble

R

29.15 37.01

Silt

SI

2.86 6.78

Rock

RCK

0.44 0.39

Total

100.00

100.00


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2000

Site name: Pulau Semakau (S2) Date: 19 July 2000
Shallow transect depth: 0m crest Deep transect depth: 3m

GCRMN Benthic Summary

Replicate: 5 x 20m

Collected by Jeffrey Low/TMSI

Benthic Lifeform Categories

Codes

% cover-crest

Subtotal-crest

% cover-deep

Subtotal-deep

Live coral

Acropora

Branching

ACB

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

Encrusting

ACE

0.00
0.00

Submassive

ACS

0.00
0.00

Digitate

ACD

0.00
0.00

Tabulate

ACT

0.00
0.00

Non-Acr

Branching

CB

0.00
23.14
0.00