TABLE 3. Summary of Biological Observations made at Transect T-3 (Station B) South of 
Mo(¯,o)ko(¯,o)lea Rock in Kailua Bay on 27 April 1998. (Sampling began at the main stake marking this 
transect and continued in a northwest direction.)


Percent Cover
I. Quadrat Survey

Quadrat Distance Along Transect


0 m
5 m
10 m
15 m
20 m

Algae





Hydrolithon reinboldii 

6.0
5.0
5.0
4.0
Porolithon onkodes 
6.0
15.0
12.0
2.0
6.0






Corals





Porites lobata
0.6
39.0



Porites compressa 
1.5




Pavona varians 
7.0
5.0
14.0
4.5
2.0
Pavona duerdeni 
11.0

8.0
14.5
12.0
Montipora verrucosa
20.0
0.2
1.0
2.0
5.0
Montipora patula 
11.0
15.0
8.0
13.5
2.0
Montipora flabellata 



6.0







Hard Substratum
37.5
19.8
52.0
52.5
69.0


II. Macroinvertebrate Census (4 m ? 20 m)
No. of 
Individuals





Phylum Annelida

Spirobranchus giganteus corniculatus
9


Phylum Mollusca

Spondylus tenebrosus
1


Phylum Echinodermata

Tripneustes gratilla
1
Linckia diplax
1


III. Fish Census (4 m ? 20 m)






28 Species





212 Individuals





Estimated Standing Crop = 140 g/m2






NOTE: Results of the 5-m2 quadrat sampling of the benthic community are presented in Part I as percent cover, counts of 
diurnally exposed macroinvertebrates are given in Part II, and a summary of the fish census is given in Part III. Water depth 
is 20.0 m; mean coral coverage is 40.6% (quadrat method).