Biological Monitoring Inventory

Site 1:

*Gorgonian: Sea Rod: Possibly Plexadura homomalla

*Black Coral: Bushy Colonies: Possibly hair net black coral

*Green Algae: Large colony of Large-Leaf Hanging Vine (Halimeda copiosa)

Site 2:

*Gorgonian: Sea Rod: Possibly Plexadura homomalla

*Sponge: Purple Variety (Pseudoceratina crassa)

*Green Algae: Large-Leaf Hanging Vine (Halimeda copiosa)

*Sponge: Orange Encrusting Type (Diplastrella sp.)

*Fire Coral: Young Branching Fire Coral

*Starlet Coral

*Sponge: Brown Variable Sponge, Massive Variety (Anthosigmella varians)

Site 3:

*Gorgonian: Sea Rod: Possibly Plexadura homomalla

*Green Algae: Large-Leaf Hanging Vine (Halimeda copiosa)

*Black Coral: Hair Net Black Coral

*Sponge: Orange Encrusting Type (Diplastrella sp.)

Site 4:

*Sponge: Branching Tube Sponge, Olive Variety (Pseudoceratina crassa)

*Gorgonian: Sea Rod: Possibly Plexadura homomalla

*Stony Coral: Possibly Young Thin Leaf Lettuce Coral

Site 5:

*Green Algae: Large-Leaf Hanging Vine (Halimeda copiosa)

*Sponge: Orange Encrusting Type (Diplastrella sp.)

*Black Coral: Hair net Black Coral

Bow (port hole with chain)

Hard Coral: 2 Soft Coral: 5

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Mid-Section

Hard Coral: 0 Soft Coral: 5

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Stern

Hard Coral: 3 Soft Coral: 5

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Last Updated:4 November 1996
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