Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Issued about 9 years ago
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Belt transects along 2 consecutively-placed, 25m transect lines were surveyed as part of Rapid Ecological Assessments conducted at 6 sites at Maui Island and 3 sites at Molokini Islet in the Main Hawaiian Islands in August, 2005 from the NOAA vessel Hi'ialakai (HII05-05). Raw survey data included species presence and relative abundance, colony counts and size classes, and visual estimaion of percent cover. On each side of the transect lines, 0.5 m was included in the belt (for a total of 50m2 per site).