Benthic and Reef Fish Monitoring at
Blue Field Range Belize
Table 1.
Average Percentage Live Coral (LC), Dead Coral (DC) & Macro Algae (MA) cover for Blue Field Range (BFR) Sites compared to MBRS Regional and Belizean National Averages.
| |
% LC |
% LC
fore reef |
% LC
back reef |
% DC |
% DC
fore reef |
% DC
back reef |
% MA |
% MA
fore reef |
% MA
back reef |
BFR (2007) |
26 |
20 |
33 |
8 |
7 |
9 |
24*10 |
40 |
9 |
MBRS
Region (‘04/’05) |
23 |
25 |
25 |
40 |
35 |
45 |
35 |
35 |
28 |
MBRS Belize
(‘04/’05) |
26 |
n/a |
n/a |
45 |
n/a |
n/a |
35 |
n/a |
n/a |
AGRRA
Belize (‘06) |
11 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
*12 |
n/a |
n/a |
AGRRA
Caribbean (‘03)
|
26 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
*AGRRA uses only fleshy algae
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