Coral Reef Monitoring: From Cytological Parameters to Community Indices

Table 3

Average values (±standard deviation) of ten indices obtained at the study stations of young coral communities. Stations are (from top to the bottom) Peace Lagoon, southern breakwater (P1); Peace Lagoon, end of southern breakwater (P2); Peace Lagoon, eastern breakwater (P3); Yacht marina, south side of breakwater (Y1); Yacht marina, east side of breakwater (Y2); Naval port (N1); Dekel beach, plain (D1). Dekel beach, slope (D2); Dekel beach, large rocks (D3); Dolphin Reef (E2); Tur-Yam (T1); Lighthouse beach, small size rocks (L1); Lighthouse beach, large size rock (L3); Lighthouse beach, southern slope (L4).

Simpson d	Shannon H	d/dmax	H/Hmax	Coral abundance	Coral live cover %	Branching coral size cm	% small branching	% dead branching	DI
10.3±0.9	2.7±0.1	0.53±0.03	0.87±0.00	17.1±1.2	17.4±3	13.7±2.3	0.6±1.2	62±8.5	39.9±22
10.8±3.6	2.6±0.4	0.57±0.11	0.88±0.03	15.2±10.2	18.2±12.4	18.1±2.2	1.3±1.5	31.5±1.6	29.5±15.6
4.8±2	1.6±0.4	0.79±0.1	0.93±0.02	1.9±1.5	1.3±1.7	7.6±3.6	0	90.3±12.4	Infinite
16.4±2.3	3.1±0.1	0.4±0.05	0.87±0.02	29.3±0.7	15.8±5.8	9.1±0.3	12.3±9	22.2±6	1.2±0.6
3.2±0.7	2.1±0.3	0.1±0.02	0.61±0.006	32.8±3.5	24.5±7.4	6.4±2	87.3±30	12±2	0.2±0.04
7.9±1.3	2.5±0.1	0.3±0.06	0.76±0.05	44.4±2.7	11.9±3	11.6±1.2	2.3±2	13.5±7.6	7.8±12.4
8.7±1.7	2.6±0.1	0.4±0.04	0.82±0.03	17.4±5.1	2±0.3	4.8±0.2	21±3.6	46.7±10	1±0.2
9.7±0.3	2.7±0.1	0.4±0.03	0.82±0.01	20.4±1.8	19.1±4.8	11.3±1.9	17±9.6	42.3±4.6	2.8±1.5
3.7±0.4	2±0.1	0.2±0.02	0.67±0.01	19.2±9.8	8.7±4.3	5.5±2	51.3±19.9	32±13	0.5±0.26
6.6±0.3	2.2±0.1	0.4±0.05	0.79±0.01	20.8±2	15.5±3	8.6±1.2	33±11.5	26.7±15.4	1±0.61
5.2±1.9	2±0.3	0.4±0.13	0.77±0.1	8.1±1.7	6.2±0.6	8.2±1.6	6±2	19.5±6.2	1±0.39
8±0.7	2.5±0.1	0.4±0.04	0.83±0.01	14.8±5.2	5.1±1.4	8.2±0.9	14.3±2.5	49.4±8	1.9±0.66
6.5±1.8	2.3±0.2	0.3±0.06	0.76±0.06	15.1±0.8	11±5.4	7.7±0.4	18.7±6.7	41.9±13	1.1±0.48
5.5±1.2	2.3±0.2	0.3±0.06	0.74±0.05	18.6±3.4	6.6±2.8	6.4±0.1	41±13	39.2±6.5	0.7±0.18