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NURC/UNCW Quick look Report: Summer 2001
Table 8. Mean (1 SE) densities (no. colonies with continuous live tissue/100 m 2 ) of elkhorn coral
(Acropora palmata) and staghorn coral (A. cervicornis), based upon surveys of four 100 m 2 plots on fore
reef sites and four 40 m 2 plots on patch reefs. Sites asterisked are within Sanctuary no-take zones.
Site location Area (m 2 ) Acropora palmata Acropora cervicornis
No. colonies Density No. colonies Density
Mid-channel patch reefs
South of Sunshine Key 160 2 1.25 (1.23)
East Washerwoman 160
South of Key Vaca 160
East of Marker 49 160 1 0.63 (0.56)
Turtle Shoal 160
East Turtle Shoal 160
Cheeca Rocks SPA #2* 160
Cheeca Rocks SPA #1* 160
Molasses Channel #2 160 18 11.25 (9.39)
Molasses Channel #1 160 11 6.88 (3.60)
Offshore patch reefs
NW of Davis Reef 160
Diadema control #2 160
Diadema control #1 160
Diadema experimental #2 160
Diadema experimental #1 160
West of Molasses #1 160 1 0.63 (0.56)
West of Molasses #2 160 16 10.00 (4.59)
White Banks/Dry Rocks #2 160
White Banks/Dry Rocks #1 160
East of Mosquito Bank 160
South of Carysfort SPA 160
Carysfort SPA #1* 160
Carysfort SPA #2* 160
High-relief spur and groove
Western Dry Rocks #1 400 4 1.00 (1.00)
Western Dry Rocks #2 400 1 0.25 (0.25)
Sand Key SPA #2* 400 89 22.3 (11.0)
Sand Key SPA #1* 400
Eastern Dry Rocks SPA #1* 400 2 0.50 (0.50)
Eastern Dry Rocks SPA #2* 400 11 2.75 (2.75)
Marker 32 Reef 400
Western Sambo ER #1* 400 28 7.00 (7.00) 12 3.00 (1.29)
Western Sambo ER #2* 400 6 1.50 (0.96)
Middle Sambo Reef #1 400 2 0.50 (0.50)
Middle Sambo Reef #2 400
Eastern Sambo RO #1* 400 1 0.25 (0.25)
Eastern Sambo RO #2* 400
No Name Reef 400 1 0.25 (0.25)
Pelican Shoal 400
East of Pelican Shoal 400
American Shoal 400 5 1.25 (0.48)
Sombrero Key SPA #1* 400
Sombrero Key SPA #2* 400 12 3.00 (1.78) 1 0.25 (0.25)
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