Localisation
Two places of Ua Uka ISland have been studied:
- Station 1 : Motu Teuanua at the East
- Station 2 : Motu Papa at theWest
Program
The Polynesia Mana in 1995
| The analysis of the coral cover is done using the Photo-quadrat coral transect | |
| You can access to from the West and to from the East |
The coral community observed in Ua Uka is geographically located in the North of French Polynesia in fresh and turbulent waters. It thus has particularities: there is no reef and the genus richness is low . Despite this, coral cover was pretty high in 1995 (29%). The Millepora genus, which is not a scleractiniaire, is the most prevailing genus.
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