The November, 2009 data is the latest in what has been an ongoing downward trend the last 10 years. A glance at a line graph of the data shows even Taiwan's four most developed coral regions, with the notable exception of Kending, to be in a state of decline.
而翻開 2009 年 11 月出爐的覆蓋率和過去 10 年數據畫出的曲線圖，台灣 4 個珊瑚礁發育較好的區域，除墾丁外，都呈現下滑趨勢。