Table
ractinian cora olon
ithin
ct areas at a epth
W
ef,
esec eo during 2004.
33. Density of scle
l c
ies w
video transe
d
of
40 meters, SW all Re Isla D
h
1
3
T4
T5
T6
M
Scleractinian Corals
T
T2
T
ean
(# col/m
2
)
Monta
0.69
0.33
0.15
0.52
0.72
0.40
strea faveolata
Montastrea caver
5
72
nosa
0.17
0.17
0.1
0.
0.20
Meandrina meandrites
0.52
0.17
0.15
0.17
0.18
20
0.
Ag
17
18
aricia sp
0.17
0.17
0.
0.
0.12
Siderastrea
0
siderea
0.3
0.05
Montastrea a
17
nnularis
0.
0.03
Colpophyllia tans
0
0.
na
.17
03
Eusmilia fastigiata
0.
0.17
03
Madrac
0.1
is decactis
8
0.03
Pori
.15
tes astreoides
0
0.02
TOTALS (# col/m
2
)
1.56
.52
.89
1.04
1.99
11
0.67
0
0
1.
Table 34.
ndex of ecies diversity for scleractinian corals rveye
w
at a
o
,
al
Shannon Weiner i
sp
su
d
ithin video transects
depth f 40 m SW W l Reef, Isla Desecheo
during 2004.
Video
No. of
Species
o.
i
ie
er
Station
Transect
4
1. 1
N Colon es
Spec s Div
(H
sity
')
130
1
9
2
2
3
4
1.04
3
3
3
1.10
4
5
6
1.56
5
4
6
1.24
6
5
11
1.39
Mean
4
6
1.24
Soft corals, or gorgonians were rare at the SW Wall Reef. None were present w
transect areas and only a few small colonies of sea plumes (Pseudopterogorgia sp.)
were observed during random swim surveys. Wire (black) coral (Stichopathes lutk
was common at 40 meters and throughout the reef wall habitat. Substrate cover by
coralline sand and coral rubble averaged 16.0 % (range: 11.7 – 19.3 %) at a depth of 4
meters on the SW Wall.
ithin
eni)
0
115