Transect 38-021

Explore Transect Molokai Island
Hawaii
Hawaii
United States
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Transect Details

Images362
Day13
Start2015-08-24 13:20:40
End2015-08-24 13:46:46
Duration26mins
Length0.658km
Max Depthn/a
Visiblityn/a
Temperature28°C
Dive Team6
DiversManuel Gonzalez, Ana Herrera
ObservationsFlat terrace of reef structure with very poor coral devlopment and structural complexity. Pocillopora was the most common coral, althought patches of encrusting Montipora appeared towards the end of the transect, when the visbility was very poor. Large abount of sedimentation and obvious recent coral mortality of Pocillopora species. This transect was right in front of the mouth of a creek and the survey happened after long hours of rain. Hence the visibility was less than 1.5 meters at the end of the dive. THis is the reason why we had to cut the dive short for this transect.