Table 3.--Domi nant algal turf genera and abundance as determined by point counts 

 (% mean abundance top and bottom of samples). Data were generated at the 

 species level and are in Adey, et al . (1981), 



We found over 100 species of algae (mostly in turfs) in the course of this 

 study. Of these, only 30-50 species were common throughout the year, and fewer 

 than 10 were common at any site in a given season (table 3). The most 

 consistent elements on (and in) the upper surfaces of dead coral substrata were 

 cyanobacteria, boring algae, and filamentous red and brown algae. A high 



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