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Status monitoring and health assessment of Luhuitou fringing reef of Sanya, Hainan, China

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The monitoring survey and health assessment for benthic community were carried out in Luhuitou fringing reef of Sanya, Hainan, China in 2002. Monitoring survey included manta tow, line intercept transect, video transect and digital photograph. The mean live coral cover was 23.40%. Comparison of used monitoring methods showed that video transect can replace line intercept transect, and 50 m transect is better than 20 m transect in uneven coral region. Survey data and comparison with previous research work showed that Luhuitou fringing reef has been damaged severely and has a general declining trend with live coral cover from about 85% in the 1960s down to 20% in 2004, but it still has quite high biodiversity and therefore has special protection value. Main factors of Luhuitou fringing reef declining were human activities including reef rock digging and curios collecting, destructive fishing, sediment and pollutant from coastal land, and recent marine aquaculture. Only strengthening integrated management can reach improvement and restoration of Luhuitou declining coral reef ecosystem.

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  1. South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China

    Zhang Qiaomin, Shi Qi, Huang Hui, Wang Hankui & Zhao Meixia

  2. Kay Laboratory of Marginal Sea Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China

    Zhang Qiaomin, Shi Qi & Zhao Meixia

  3. Department of Marine and Fishery of Hainan Province, Haikou, 570203, China

    Chen Gang

  4. Environmental Resources Management, Hong Kong, China

    Fong T. C. W.

  5. Hong Kong Cetacean Research Project, Hong Kong, China

    Wong D. C. C.

  6. Tropical Marine Biological Research Station in Hainan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, 572000, China

    Wang Hankui

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Zhang, Q., Shi, Q., Chen, G. et al. Status monitoring and health assessment of Luhuitou fringing reef of Sanya, Hainan, China. CHINESE SCI BULL 51 (Suppl 2), 81–88 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-006-9081-3

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