Saving Maui's Reefs Table 2

Saving Maui's Reefs

Table 2: Coral coverage (%) at our long term monitoring sites from 1989 to 1998 using identical transect locations (N=number of quadrat samples).

Survey Site	1989†	1991†	1992†	1993†	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Honolua Bay - South	38.4	38.8	35.0	24.4	42.0	43.5	36.9	33.5	27.9
N	14	9	16	71	77	72	119	68	89
Honolua Bay - North	63.5	53.9	56.0	46.8	43.9	34.9	26.9	28.7	23.5
N	15	11	12	72	69	111	128	85	99
Puamana - Offshore	*	11.7	12.6	0.9	1.25	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.2
N		11	16	63	77	93	68	37	73
Puamana - Nearshore	*	*	*	*	4.2	7.2	6.3	10.4	12.5
N					24	72	56	44	100
Olowalu - Offshore	*	34.5	34.9	27.6	33.1	28.7	30.4	29.2	20.8
N		32	30	53	62	58	92	81	59
Olowalu - Nearshore	*	*	*	*	30.8	29.6	23.3	28.4	30.1
N					68	91	74	60	68
Kahekili-Park Front Site 1	*	*	*	58.6	57.1	44.1	50.6	51.7	49.6
N				20	69	94	83	63	67
Kahekili-Treatment Site 2	*	*	*	*	50.0	51.3	56.2	57.4	56.4
N					61	72	84	61	49
Kahekili-Treatment Site 3	*	*	*	*	36.7	23.8	25.1	31.5	32.7
N					52	67	68	28	34

* These sites were not sampled for coral cover during the year indicated.

† Only transects 1 and 4 were sampled during this year.


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