Table 1

The average relative abundance of each category of benthos at each survey area in Kavaratti island

Sl. No.	Benthos	Dolphin Dive Centre (NorthWest)	West Entrance	WindMill (South)	Mean
1.	Live coral	52.5	54.5	53.5	53.5
2.	Dead coral	25.0	27.0	30.0	27.3
3	Coralline algae	15.5	10.0	9.0	11.5
4	Macro algae	1.0	1.0	3.5	1.8
5	Turf algae	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.8
6	Algal assemblage	1.0	5.0	1.0	2.3
7	Halimeda	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3
8	Zoanthids	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
9	Others	2.5	1.5	2.0	2.0