Table 14

Table 14. CARICOMP coral reef measurements, 1993-1995: Percentage cover at 10 metres depth.

COUNTRY	BAHAMAS: percentage cover at 10 metres depth
Reef Site	Fernandez Bay, San Salvador
Date of Survey	Nov 1994		4-8 Feb 1995		19-22 Nov 1995
Number of Transects and Std Dev	T 1-10	SD	T 1-10	SD	T 1-10	SD

ALGAE
Calcareous algae	0.31	0.73	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Encrusting algae	1.48	1.43	1.89	2.53	3.28	3.04
Fleshy algae	10.17	3.45	21.02	7.37	13.34	4.31
Turf algae	5.56	4.04	7.31	6.10	11.12	4.16
TOTAL	17.51	6.26	30.22	7.08	27.74	7.03

HARD CORALS
Branching corals	0.34	0.49	0.14	0.20	0.10	0.14
Massive corals	2.18	1.66	1.36	1.36	2.68	1.90
Encrusting corals	4.97	2.42	6.11	3.50	3.47	1.87
Foliaceous	2.09	2.37	1.11	0.94	0.81	1.17
Milleporine	0.12	0.38	0.01	0.04	0.00	0.00
TOTAL	9.69	4.68	8.74	3.81	7.05	2.95

SOFT CORALS
Gorgonians	0.10	0.13	0.21	0.18	0.04	0.04
Encrusting gorgonians	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Anemones	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Zoanthids	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Coralliomorpharians	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
TOTAL	0.10	0.13	0.21	0.18	0.04	0.04

SPONGES
Erect sponges	1.25	2.15	2.14	2.94	3.06	2.62
Encrusting sponges	3.64	1.33	2.04	1.63	0.51	0.88
Other organisms	0.02	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.02
TOTAL	4.90	3.14	4.18	2.42	3.58	2.59

ABIOTIC
Bare rock	16.71	8.76	5.78	4.93	8.12	6.00
Bare rubble	8.52	8.14	14.01	10.20	8.43	3.77
Bare boulders	7.90	8.52	0.21	0.48	6.21	4.10
Holes, gaps	27.93	6.89	29.35	7.46	36.55	7.29
Sand	2.89	4.70	1.48	2.60	2.29	3.28
Dead coral	3.92	3.46	5.83	8.31	0.00	0.00
TOTAL	67.86	5.19	56.66	7.96	61.61	5.97

Total Chain Links	1219.90	181.20	1226.70	154.10	1349.20	141.20
Rugosity	1.72	0.26	1.73	0.22	1.90	0.20
Percent Hard & Soft Coral in Biotic	30.86	14.78	20.74	7.19	18.73	7.76

COUNTRY	BARBADOS: percentage cover at 10 metres depth
Reef Site	North and South Bellairs
Date of Survey	April 1993		March 1994		September -October 1994
Number of Transects and Std Dev	T 1-10	SD	T 1-10	SD	T 1-9	SD

ALGAE
Calcareous algae	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.04	0.00	0.00
Encrusting algae	2.86	2.89	8.04	5.50	11.94	5.23
Fleshy algae	0.02	0.06	0.11	0.29	0.04	0.12
Turf algae	57.74	17.56	51.40	11.36	40.08	17.59
TOTAL	60.62	16.26	59.57	11.28	52.05	18.16

HARD CORALS
Branching corals	0.60	1.05	1.03	2.07	0.83	1.08
Massive corals	7.31	7.10	7.81	7.99	7.21	5.61
Encrusting corals	8.51	3.30	4.91	3.43	7.89	3.46
Foliaceous	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Milleporine	1.19	1.47	0.94	0.68	1.45	0.85
TOTAL	17.60	6.65	14.69	10.06	17.38	9.10

SOFT CORALS
Gorgonians	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Encrusting gorgonians	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Anemones	0.00	0.00	0.24	0.59	0.00	0.00
Zoanthids	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Coralliomorpharians	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
TOTAL	0.00	0.00	0.24	0.59	0.00	0.00

SPONGES
Erect sponges	0.50	1.53	0.00	0.00	0.13	0.35
Encrusting sponges	0.15	0.47	0.08	0.21	0.00	0.00
Other organisms	0.71	1.68	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
TOTAL	1.36	2.09	0.08	0.21	0.13	0.35

ABIOTIC
Bare rock	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.11	0.33
Bare rubble	9.24	7.84	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Bare boulders	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Holes, gaps	7.03	7.08	20.57	6.83	21.22	8.89
Sand	4.15	5.18	4.85	4.69	9.11	5.71
Dead coral	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
TOTAL	20.42	13.99	25.43	7.45	30.44	11.03

Total Chain Links	1499.20	220.70	1370.40	97.30	1200.90	126.50
Rugosity	2.11	0.31	1.93	0.14	1.69	0.18
Percent Hard & Soft Coral in Biotic	23.05	9.43	19.95	12.54	24.23	17.78

COUNTRY	BELIZE: percentage cover at 10 metres depth
Reef Site	Carrie Bow Cay I and II
Date of Survey	August 1993		August 1994		December 1994		August 1995		December 1995
Number of Transects and Std Dev	T 1-10	SD	T 1-10	SD	T 1-10	SD	T 1-10	SD	T 1-10	SD

ALGAE
Calcareous algae	14.17	4.04	12.72	3.79	15.92	4.02	18.91	5.85	15.97	3.98
Encrusting algae	6.45	2.46	4.60	1.40	7.53	2.22	6.56	2.20	10.21	3.34
Fleshy algae	13.38	5.29	23.52	7.68	12.54	5.09	16.09	3.57	13.59	4.53
Turf algae	19.02	2.51	17.12	4.92	21.97	4.66	17.67	9.57	18.03	5.39
TOTAL	53.01	5.25	57.95	8.53	57.96	9.01	59.23	8.67	57.81	9.14

HARD CORALS
Branching corals	3.32	2.59	4.46	3.12	3.87	3.48	3.34	3.04	3.92	3.28
Massive corals	2.63	1.49	3.36	2.08	3.56	2.28	4.41	2.89	4.00	2.98
Encrusting corals	2.34	2.08	5.82	3.66	3.66	1.94	2.92	1.79	4.33	2.05
Foliaceous	5.52	5.24	4.95	7.14	6.18	7.03	5.48	6.65	4.83	7.35
Milleporine	0.25	0.40	0.26	0.24	0.29	0.38	0.44	0.47	0.35	0.34
TOTAL	14.06	5.95	18.85	6.94	17.56	7.70	16.59	6.51	17.43	8.05

SOFT CORALS
Gorgonians	1.76	0.86	1.13	0.79	1.15	0.79	1.30	1.04	1.16	0.79
Encrusting gorgonians	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.19	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Anemones	0.08	0.19	0.03	0.08	0.03	0.07	0.02	0.04	0.00	0.00
Zoanthids	0.02	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.18	0.02	0.06	0.01	0.03
Coralliomorpharians	0.12	0.19	0.15	0.32	0.20	0.47	0.27	0.45	0.30	0.56
TOTAL	1.98	0.88	1.31	0.85	1.50	1.04	1.61	1.31	1.58	1.22

SPONGES
Erect sponges	1.29	1.97	1.62	2.17	1.40	2.35	1.63	2.60	2.11	2.94
Encrusting sponges	1.51	0.96	0.91	0.76	0.76	0.64	0.68	0.51	0.89	0.63
Other organisms	0.89	1.12	0.11	0.28	0.16	0.23	0.06	0.13	0.21	0.31
TOTAL	3.69	2.61	2.65	2.02	2.32	2.49	2.37	2.80	3.21	2.93

ABIOTIC
Bare rock	2.69	2.10	4.29	2.49	3.03	1.18	2.33	1.44	3.15	1.20
Bare rubble	6.70	6.12	2.97	2.82	2.77	5.25	2.66	2.14	1.19	0.91
Bare boulders	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Holes, gaps	15.76	4.18	9.99	4.03	13.87	4.31	13.28	3.08	12.86	3.41
Sand	2.21	2.94	1.55	2.62	0.64	0.74	1.61	3.43	2.43	3.77
Dead coral	0.00	0.00	0.44	1.20	0.36	1.13	0.32	0.63	0.37	0.58
TOTAL	27.36	5.83	19.25	6.26	20.66	5.07	20.21	5.57	19.99	3.02

Total Chain Links	1170.10	76.00	1172.90	70.20	1174.20	76.60	1216.70	58.20	1186.30	65.10
Rugosity	1.65	0.11	1.65	0.10	1.66	0.11	1.72	0.08	1.67	0.09
Percent Hard & Soft Coral in Biotic	21.92	6.22	24.97	7.39	23.99	8.74	22.84	7.00	23.78	9.00

COUNTRY	BERMUDA: percentage cover at 10 metres depth
Reef Site	Hog Breaker West and Twin Breaker
Date of Survey	September 1993		August-October 1994		September 1995
Number of Transects and Std Dev	T 1-10	SD	T 1-10	SD	T 1-10	SD

ALGAE
Calcareous algae	0.50	1.02	0.33	0.65	0.00	0.00
Encrusting algae	0.35	1.01	2.25	3.31	0.00	0.00
Fleshy algae	7.87	6.13	9.61	3.31	4.44	2.78
Turf algae	14.91	10.09	10.56	7.29	6.74	4.12
TOTAL	23.63	14.10	22.75	10.15	11.18	3.71

HARD CORALS
Branching corals	0.38	1.03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Massive corals	19.44	5.86	16.78	4.80	9.63	4.87
Encrusting corals	3.12	4.14	2.42	3.26	10.15	3.78
Foliaceous	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.06
Milleporine	0.32	0.34	0.52	0.68	0.76	0.76
TOTAL	23.25	5.49	19.71	4.51	20.56	5.21

SOFT CORALS
Gorgonians	0.49	0.60	0.53	0.42	0.70	0.66
Encrusting gorgonians	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Anemones	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Zoanthids	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Coralliomorpharians	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
TOTAL	0.49	0.60	0.53	0.42	0.70	0.66

SPONGES
Erect sponges	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.08	0.00	0.00
Encrusting sponges	0.06	0.20	0.10	0.21	0.09	0.14
Other organisms	0.23	0.66	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
TOTAL	0.30	0.86	0.12	0.22	0.09	0.14

ABIOTIC
Bare rock	25.80	17.02	27.00	12.36	39.44	8.29
Bare rubble	0.64	2.02	2.02	2.34	0.22	0.71
Bare boulders	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Holes, gaps	22.84	7.14	24.22	6.65	22.85	7.03
Sand	3.06	5.90	3.66	4.08	5.02	3.63
Dead coral	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
TOTAL	52.34	14.56	56.90	10.19	67.48	4.91

Total Chain Links	1116.00	87.40	1186.20	82.20	1173.80	125.50
Rugosity	1.57	0.12	1.67	0.12	1.66	0.18
Percent Hard & Soft Coral in Biotic	53.06	16.59	48.77	12.14	65.06	11.45

COUNTRY	BONAIRE, Netherlands Antilles: percentage cover at 10 metres depth
Reef Site	Barcadera Reef Sites
Date of Survey	October 1994		March 1995
Number of Transects and Std Dev	T 1-10	SD	T 1-10	SD

ALGAE
Calcareous algae	3.65	2.21	0.00	0.00
Encrusting algae	0.01	0.04	3.90	2.85
Fleshy algae	1.58	1.02	2.04	1.43
Turf algae	27.43	7.91	31.51	5.54
TOTAL	32.67	9.19	37.44	5.70

HARD CORALS
Branching corals	1.10	1.13	0.70	0.95
Massive corals	26.22	8.38	26.30	6.79
Encrusting corals	0.14	0.45	0.70	0.76
Foliaceous	1.12	1.58	1.39	1.82
Milleporine	1.08	1.94	0.84	1.18
TOTAL	29.67	8.94	29.91	8.53

SOFT CORALS
Gorgonians	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Encrusting gorgonians	2.39	2.17	2.67	2.17
Anemones	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.02
Zoanthids	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Coralliomorpharians	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
TOTAL	2.39	2.17	2.68	2.16

SPONGES
Erect sponges	0.16	0.51	0.05	0.16
Encrusting sponges	0.58	0.77	0.58	0.67
Other organisms	0.08	0.19	0.09	0.16
TOTAL	0.81	1.19	0.72	0.67

ABIOTIC
Bare rock	0.29	0.91	0.00	0.00
Bare rubble	1.56	1.17	0.82	1.00
Bare boulders	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Holes, gaps	15.16	7.57	12.11	5.33
Sand	17.44	8.29	16.32	6.79
Dead coral	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
TOTAL	34.45	5.17	29.25	5.32

Total Chain Links	1441.00	163.50	1460.20	161.00
Rugosity	2.03	0.23	2.06	0.23
Percent Hard & Soft Coral in Biotic	49.13	13.28	45.74	9.41

COUNTRY	CAYMAN: percentage cover at 10 metres depth
Reef Site	Andes and Pinnacle
Date of Survey	October 1995
Number of Transects and Std Dev	T 1-10	SD

ALGAE
Calcareous algae	3.60	3.43
Encrusting algae	3.67	6.23
Fleshy algae	10.32	12.87
Turf algae	39.87	11.91
TOTAL	57.45	13.67

HARD CORALS
Branching corals	0.37	0.79
Massive corals	16.04	7.02
Encrusting corals	0.17	0.47
Foliaceous	2.47	0.60
Milleporine	0.04	0.12
TOTAL	19.09	7.54

SOFT CORALS
Gorgonians	2.40	2.30
Encrusting gorgonians	0.07	0.22
Anemones	0.00	0.00
Zoanthids	0.00	0.00
Coralliomorpharians	0.00	0.00
TOTAL	2.47	2.49

SPONGES
Erect sponges	0.10	0.33
Encrusting sponges	2.46	2.14
Other organisms	0.02	0.07
TOTAL	2.59	2.25

ABIOTIC
Bare rock	7.49	7.45
Bare rubble	0.05	0.15
Bare boulders	0.00	0.00
Holes, gaps	6.22	8.05
Sand	3.23	3.90
Dead coral	1.43	3.03
TOTAL	18.41	14.56

Total Chain Links	1212.40	129.40
Rugosity	1.71	0.18
Percent Hard & Soft Coral in Biotic	26.75	9.64

COUNTRY	COLOMBIA: percentage cover at 10 metres depth
Reef Site	Chengue Bay Reef Sites
Date of Survey	April 1993		October 1993		October 1994		November 1995
Number of Transects and Std Dev	T 1-10	SD	T 1-10	SD	T 1-10	SD	T 1-10	SD

ALGAE
Calcareous algae	0.20	0.58	0.39	0.61	0.62	1.02	0.48	0.66
Encrusting algae	8.00	4.06	11.12	5.18	10.57	6.33	14.99	6.97
Fleshy algae	25.64	9.37	11.16	5.95	19.24	11.17	3.14	2.59
Turf algae	22.43	10.49	30.58	8.49	19.81	8.34	25.71	4.28
TOTAL	56.27	13.20	53.25	13.70	50.24	12.31	44.32	7.38

HARD CORALS
Branching corals	0.48	1.43	0.59	1.69	0.21	0.41	0.22	0.38
Massive corals	31.90	12.73	32.59	14.27	26.71	12.02	28.77	12.22
Encrusting corals	0.58	1.25	0.71	0.78	4.88	4.13	4.14	2.79
Foliaceous	0.42	0.63	0.52	0.85	0.38	0.68	0.64	1.10
Milleporine

Bahamas	Colombia	Nicaragua
Barbados	Cuba	Puerto Rico, USA
Belize	Curaçao, NA	Saba, NA
Bermuda	Dominican Republic	Trinidad & Tobago
Bonaire, NA	Jamaica	Venezuela: USB
Cayman	Mexico	Venezuela: EDIMAR