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Abundance, Size Structure and Quality of Silver-lip Pearl Oysters in the Solomon IslandsAppendix 2 continued.Location and GPSdatumSite Transect Date Time:startLat: startminLong: startminTime:endLat: endminLong: endminBottomTime(min)Max depth Depth (m):(m) min/avg/rangeNo.oysterscollectedTransect Bottom typelength (m)Sandfly Passage 1 1 5-May 9:05 59.159 5.895 9:20 59.1 5.908 10 32.6 29 0 112 mud, coral plates8° 59' S, 160° 06' E 1 2 5-May 9:45 58.977 5.508 10:09 58.962 5.608 10 28.7 26 0 185 mud, coral plates1 3 5-May 12:29 58.638 5.796 12:52 58.794 5.784 11 29.8 26 0 290 mud1 4 5-May 2:23 59.143 5.848 2:43 59.252 5.914 10 30 28 0 235 mud, coral plates2 1 5-May 3:38 2.479 6.512 3:58 2.396 6.44 10 29.3 26 0 202 sand, coral heads, coral rubble2 2 7-May 9:11 1.622 7.21 9:33 1.691 7.092 11 36.6 30 0 251 40% plate coral, 60% coral sand2 3 7-May 9:50 1.757 7.244 10:11 1.762 7.147 11 29.7 27 0 178 80% plate coral, 20% sand2 4 7-May 10:37 1.891 7.308 10:55 1.906 7.188 10 30.9 27 0 221 60% coral, 40% sand3 1 6-May 9:11 0.948 8.103 9:31 1.025 8.18 10 29.7 25 0 200 60% sand 40% coral, coral reef at end.3 2 7-May 14:04 1.383 7.56 14:22 1.481 7.652 10 31.7 26 2 248 30%coral 7%fine sand3 3 7-May 14:56 1.714 7.822 15:17 1.603 7.799 10 28 24 0 210 sand, with coral at end only3 4 7-May 16:15 1.558 7.562 16:35 1.46 7.629 10 32.9 29 0 219 30% plate coral, 70% sand with coral shrapnelMbili Passage 1 1 9-May 11:56 40.258 11.069 12:18 40.329 10.89 12:30 29.6 18-30 0 353 all sand08° 41' S 158 12' E 1 2 9-May 12:30 40.317 11.198 12:55 40.416 10.923 17 23.3 17-22 0 536 40% sand +coral rubble; 30%sand;1 3 9-May 13:09 40.258 10.881 13:26 40.092 10.824 10 26.5 24 0 325 all sand1 4 9-May 14:55 39.86 10.694 15:16 40.067 10.837 17 23 20-22 0 464 85% sand; 15% coral2 1 9-May 15:48 37.073 9.948 16:07 36.977 9.897 10 29.9 27 0 201 all mud2 2 9-May 16:21 36.914 9.891 16:39 36.819 9.852 10 28.2 25 0 190 60% mud; 40% reef2 3 9-May 17:01 36.936 9.831 17:18 36.851 9.765 10 28.8 27 0 198 all mud2 4 10-May 9:11 36.797 9.529 9:34 36.638 9.443 10 34 32 0 334 100% fine mud3 1 10-May 10:21 41.238 11.357 10:36 41.235 11.282 4 20.2 11-17.5 0 137 100% fine mud3 2 10-May 12:51 41.31 11.349 13:13 41.376 11.181 15 22.6 21 0 331 100% fine mud3 3 10-May 13:29 41.498 10.937 13:50 41.433 11.082 10 24.6 22 0 291 100% fine mud3 4 10-May 14:24 41.617 11.424 14:43 41.495 11.342 11.5 18.6 15 0 271 80% mud 20% coral reefTelina 1 1 11-May 7:35 31.171 3.712 7:52 31.074 3.623 12 21.2 20 0 243 100% mud I dead shell08° 31'S 158° 04'E 1 2 11-May 8:09 30.939 3.399 8:28 30.855 3.386 10 32.7 30 0 157 100% mud1 3 11-May 8:55 31.06 3.658 9:15 30.968 3.755 11 29 26 0 246 100% mud1 4 11-May 9:40 30.702 3.951 10:03 30.684 12 36.9 33 0 150 100% mud2 1 11-May 10:33 31.105 4.23 10:56 31.256 4.023 10 23.6 19 0 471 100% mud2 2 11-May 11:22 31.037 4.769 11:42 30.924 4.75 10 31.6 31 0 212 10%reef 90% coral sand2 3 11-May 13:22 31.135 4.884 13:40 31.135 4.884 11 31.4 23 0 220 80% mud 20% reef2 4 11-May 13:54 31.327 5.133 14:16 31.273 4.951 17 24.6 23 0 348 80% mud 20% sand3 1 11-May 14:46 31.574 5.492 15:07 31.461 5.767 12 21.8 18 0 545 90% mud 10% reef3 2 11-May 15:37 31.543 5.975 15:59 31.486 5.767 16 21.9 19 0 395 90% mud 10% reef3 3 11-May 16:15 31.532 6.248 16:38 31.43 6.057 17 26.3 23.5 0 398 100% mud3 4 11-May 17:02 31.224 5.771 17:22 31.309 5.869 10 29 26 0 239 90% mud 10% reefcontinued