SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENTS AND ECOtOGY 



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Soft Substrate Coverage 



O >50% O >90% 

 Algal Flat Algal Film 



C >2S% 3 >25% 

 Algal Flat with Algal Film 



• >25% each 

 Button Corals 



O>50-100 m-2 



to o 9 "^ 



^N^W^TA^ ATOLC 





r\j| iM 



IM (M Ml 



Fig. 4 Distribution of soft substratum communities at benthic photographic station in the deep lagoon (<30 m depth), Enewetak 

 Atoll (Colin, 1986). 



