Dunk Island (North) Dunk Island (South) AIMS King Reef Nth Barnard Island Lady Elliot Reef Orpheus Island (East) Herbert AIMS Pelorus Is & Orpheus Is (West) Burdekin Geoffrey Bay Middle Reef Burdekin AIMS Pandora Reef Havannah Island Pine Island Shute Island Daydream Island Mackay / Proserpine Double Cone Island AIMS Whitsunday Seaforth Island Dent Island Hook Island Peak Island Pelican Island Humpy & Halfway Islands Fitzroy Fitzroy AIMS Middle Island Nth Keppel Island Barren Island 6.2. Distribution of sampling effort Survey Information provided Transect coverage Spatial coverage Method Percentage cover of Approximately 25 cm belt Point the substrate of major along upslope side of transect Full sampling Intercept benthic habitat form which 160 points are design components. sampled. Size structure of coral communities, density 34 cm belt along the upslope Full sampling Demography post settlement side of the transect. design recruitment Incidence of factors Two-metre belt centred on Full sampling Scuba Search causing coral mortality transect design
Dunk Island (North) Dunk Island (South) King Reef Nth Barnard Island AIMS Burdekin Herbert Lady Elliot Reef Orpheus Island (East) Pelorus Is & Orpheus Is (West) AIMS Burdekin Geoffrey Bay Middle Reef Pandora Reef Havannah Island AIMS Mackay / Whitsunday Proserpine Pine Island Shute Island Daydream Island Double Cone Island Seaforth Island Dent Island Hook Island AIMS Fitzroy Fitzroy Peak Island Pelican Island Humpy & Halfway Islands Middle Island Nth Keppel Island Barren Island AIMS 6.2. Distribution of sampling effort Survey Method Information provided Transect coverage Spatial coverage Point Intercept Percentage cover of the substrate of major benthic habitat components. Approximately 25 cm belt along upslope side of transect form which 160 points are sampled. Full sampling design Demography Size structure of coral communities, density post settlement recruitment 34 cm belt along the upslope side of the transect. Full sampling design Scuba Search Incidence of factors causing coral mortality Two-metre belt centred on transect Full sampling design
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