Various corals

Introduction to coral growth forms

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Massive coral

Massive or mound shape corals

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Branching coral

Branching, Columnar and other ‘Weird’ Corals

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Encrusting coral

Encrusting and Foliose Corals

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Free living coral

Free Living Corals

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Sea fan

Soft Corals and Seafans

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Under water video transects

Below we have five (5) videos of diving the transects that are laid out on the reef to the south west of Pelorus Island in the Palm Islands group off North Queensland, Australia.

Along with each video are a series of stills extracted from the video that can be used for practice in calculating the relative abundance of corals.

The map shows the position of the transects, click on it to see a larger image.

coral with a tape measure laid over it

Transect 1

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coral reef section with a tape measure laid across it

Transect 2

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section of coral reef with a tape measure laid over it

Transect 3

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coral reef with a tape measure laid across it

Transect 4

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coral reef with a tape measure laid across it

Transect 5

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