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Coral Cover

"Coral Cover" is the percentage (%) of the sea floor covered by live corals floor. Coral Cover can be used as a reference to judge the status of the coral reef. This website uses six coral cover ranks ranging from 0 to 5%, 5 to 10%, 10 to 25%, 25 to 50%, 50 to 75% and 75 to 100%. The table below show the images corresponding to each coral cover rank.


Examples of Coral Cover


Coral Cover Rank
Image 1
Image 2
Image 3
0~5%
Coverage0-5Coverage0-5Coverage0-5
5~10%
Coverage5-10Coverage5-10Coverage5-10
10~25%
Coverage10-25Coverage10-25Coverage10-25
25~50%
Coverage25-50Coverage25-50Coverage25-50
50~75%
Coverage50-75Coverage50-75Coverage50-75
75~100%
Coverage75-100Coverage75-100Coverage75-100