Aukane Reef
Surveyed 25-Feb-2013 as part of the NERP-TE Project 2.3
Aukane Island Reef was surveyed for the first time using manta tow in 2013. Median reef-wide live coral cover was moderate (10-20%) and small numbers of crown-of-thorns starfish were recorded below outbreak levels. Signs of white syndrome were restricted to small numbers of individual colonies on the back and flanks of the reef perimeter during surveys in 2013. No bleaching or signs of black band disease were observed. Aukane Island Reef was classified as No Outbreak.
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