Status of Coral Reef Communities on Two Carbonate Platforms (Tun Sakaran Marine Park, East Sabah, Malaysia)

Table 1

The three surveys.

	Aim of the study	Stations	Method	Period
Survey 1	Sessile fauna: estimation of coverage and species composition of major benthic categories	At each site, LITs are parallel to the reef front	Line-Intercept-Transect = 10 m LIT	2011, May
Survey 2	Sedentary fauna: estimation of densities of echinoderms, Tridacna, and nudibranchs	1 belt-transect, 0.5 m apart the; 50 m LIT	Belt-transect; (50 m by 1 m)	2011, May
Survey 3	Fishes: abundance index for: (1) Damselfish Stegastes(2) Parrotfish; (3) Other fishes	1 belt-transect, 0.5 m apart the; 50 m LIT	Belt-transect; (50 m by 1 m)	2011, May

LIT: Line-Intercept-Transect.