Table 6. Abundance of benthic community on platforms at A area
Variable | Platform |
TK-A | TT-3 | TT-C | TT-D | TT-E | TT-F | TT-G | TT-H | TP-A | TP-B | TQ-A | TV-A | TV-B | TP-A |
Hard coral (%) | 4.19 | 7.14 | 3.80 | 10.05 | 6.23 | 13.86 | 11.20 | 17.88 | 16.86 | 12.21 | 24.97 | 3.32 | 15.04 | 9.22 |
Soft coral (%) | 23.81 | 13.49 | 14.77 | 31.45 | 10.92 | 8.44 | 21.81 | 10.66 | 18.04 | 12.41 | 19.49 | 16.83 | 3.04 | 25.00 |
Sponge (%) | 42.49 | 0.66 | 12.20 | 39.39 | 3.13 | 23.86 | 9.49 | 28.02 | 18.14 | 7.07 | 15.30 | 4.47 | 10.80 | 17.96 |
Algae (%) | 4.74 | 0 | 0.23 | 6.27 | 0 | 16.36 | 0 | 3.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.11 | 10.76 | 0 |
Echinoderm (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mollusk (%) | 0.55 | 30.42 | 55.19 | 9.24 | 40.02 | 13.33 | 25.91 | 28.92 | 14.48 | 28.23 | 20.74 | 48.52 | 36.03 | 25.49 |
Other invert (%) | 0 | 26.60 | 3.29 | 4.35 | 16.37 | 1.36 | 3.22 | 0 | 27.88 | 18.18 | 8.17 | 4.69 | 0.63 | 0 |
GVI ranking | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
GVI, general visual inspection.