Coral reefs of Singapore

Site name: Terumbu Bukom (TBU1)				Date: 13 September 2000
Shallow transect depth: 0m crest

GCRMN Benthic Summary
Replicate: 5 x 20m			Collected by Jeffrey Low/Karenne Tun
Benthic Lifeform Categories			Codes	% cover-crest	Subtotal-crest
Live coral	Acropora	Branching	ACB	0.00	0.00
		Encrusting	ACE	0.00
		Submassive	ACS	0.00
		Digitate	ACD	0.00
		Tabulate	ACT	0.00
	Non-Acr	Branching	CB	0.00	26.69
		Encrusting	CE	0.12
		Foliose	CF	16.31
		Massive	CM	8.82
		Submassive	CS	0.88
		Mushroom	CMR	0.56
		Millepora	CME	0.00
		Heliopora	CHL	0.00
Dead coral		Dead coral	DC	0.00	45.96
		Dead coral with algae	DCA	45.96	45.96
Other Fauna		Soft coral	SC	0.00	1.49
		Sponge	SP	0.67
		Zoanthid	ZO	0.00
		Others	OT	0.82
Algae		Algal assemblage	AA	0.18	1.72
		Coralline algae	CA	1.28
		Halimeda	HA	0.00
		Macroalgae	MA	0.26
		Turf algae	TA	0.00
Abiotic		Sand	S	0.75	24.14
		Rubble	R	22.75
		Silt	SI	0.64
		Rock	RCK	0.00
Total					100.00

Site name: Terumbu Bukom (TBU2)				Date: 15 September 2000
Shallow transect depth: 0m crest

GCRMN Benthic Summary
Replicate: 5 x 20m			Collected by Jeffrey Low/Karenne Tun
Benthic Lifeform Categories			Codes	% cover-crest	Subtotal-crest
Live coral	Acropora	Branching	ACB	0.00	0.00
		Encrusting	ACE	0.00
		Submassive	ACS	0.00
		Digitate	ACD	0.00
		Tabulate	ACT	0.00
	Non-Acr	Branching	CB	0.00	8.71
		Encrusting	CE	1.46
		Foliose	CF	5.61
		Massive	CM	1.51
		Submassive	CS	0.13
		Mushroom	CMR	0.00
		Millepora	CME	0.00
		Heliopora	CHL	0.00
Dead coral		Dead coral	DC	0.00	46.52
		Dead coral with algae	DCA	46.52	46.52
Other Fauna		Soft coral	SC	0.00	0.97
		Sponge	SP	0.00
		Zoanthid	ZO	0.00
		Others	OT	0.97
Algae		Algal assemblage	AA	3.37	13.60
		Coralline algae	CA	1.55
		Halimeda	HA	0.00
		Macroalgae	MA	1.96
		Turf algae	TA	6.72
Abiotic		Sand	S	0.72	30.20
		Rubble	R	29.48
		Silt	SI	0.00
		Rock	RCK	0.00
Total					100.00

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