Chagos Feasibility Study: Phase 2b

APPENDIX F

ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL DATA

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50
40
30
20
10
0

LIT data

TA

SA

M
A

C
/T
A

/A
C

D
C

C
E

C
B
C
C
A

PIT data

AC

Percent cover

a) Ile du Coin - station1

Benthic categories

b) Ile Boddam - station 1

LIT data
Percent cover

50

PI data

40
30
20
10

TA

SA

R
B

M
A

C
M

C
B
C
C
A

AC

Benthic categories

50

12

40

10
8

30

20
10

Coral cover

No. Genus

Cumulative No. of
genera

Percent cover

c) Ile Boddam station 1

0
5

10

20

30

Transect length (m)

Figure 5.1. Comparison of percent cover of major benthic categories using the LIT and
PI methodologies within station one at: a) Ile du Coin and b) Ile Boddam. C)
Percent cover of corals and cumulative number of coral genera present as
a function of transect length. (sample size=1).

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ID

ID

C
1
C
2
ID
C
3
ID
C
4
ID
C
5
ID
C
6
ID
1
ID
2
PI
1
PI
2
PO
1
PO
2
IA
1
IA
2

Percent coral cover

a) Peros Banhos atoll

Sites

Percent coral cover

b) Salomon atoll
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
IB1

IB2

IB3

IB4

IB5

IB6 IPA1 IPA2 TA1

TA2

Sites

Figure 5.2. Percent Live Coral Cover For Individual Stations in A) Peros Banhos Atoll
And B) Salomon Atoll.

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