Table 32. Percent substrate cover by sessile-benthic categories surveyed by video transects at a
depth of 40 m on the SW Wall Reef, Isla Desecheo during 2004.
Transects
MEAN
Substrate Categories
T1
T2
T3
T4
T5
T6
%
Cover
Scleractinian Corals
Montastrea annularis ( faveolata)
4.17
5.12
0.57
13.33
12.00
5.87
Montastrea cavernosa
0.16
1.43
7.13
1.45
Agaricia spp
0.83
1.00
0.17
0.70
0.45
Meandrina meand rites
0.17
0.16
0.70
0.17
Montastrea annularis
1.00
0.17
Colpophyllia natans
0.83
0.14
Siderastrea siderea
0.43
0.07
Porites astreoides
0.29
0.05
Eusmilia fastigiata
0.17
0.03
Madracis decactis
0.17
0.03
Total Scleractinian Corals
5.34
5.44
1.83
2.72
14.50
20.70
8.42
Antipatharian Corals
Stichopathes lutkeni
0.16
0.03
Sponges
21.83
21.44
18.3
18.57
10.83
16.17
17.86
Agelas conifera
10.00
1.12
0.17
5.71
6.67
5.39
4.84
Aplysina cauliformis
1.76
0.83
0.43
Aplysina sp.
3.00
1.44
11.67
6.29
5.83
1.91
5.02
Xestospongia muta
0.48
3.50
2.14
1.83
1.33
Benthic Algae
Alg l Turf
3.00
6.08
12.0
15.14
9.83
12.00
a
9.68
Flesh
0.67
0.48
0.83
0.29
0.67
0.87
0.64
y Algae
Lobophora variegata
28.17
28.96
26.50
26.57
23.50
21.22
25.82
Coralline Algae
8.67
14.72
12.67
5.29
8.83
9.22
9.90
A b i o t i c
Sand
19.33
17.92
11.67
17.3
17.50
16.04
12.52
Corals Outside Transects: A
ia
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A. la
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cites,
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Mycetophyllia aliciae,
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