The period between 1993 and 2002 was marked by several
large reclamation projects, by the end of which the area of
intertidal coral reef habitat was just 10.13 km2. The most prominent
changes included: 1) the reclamation and combining of the
Ayer group of islands and their fringing reefs into Jurong Island
for the petrochemical industry; 2) the expansion of Sentosa Island
to create land for a marina and exclusive residences
(Ramcharan, 2002); and 3) the construction of the bund around
Semakau landfill (Chou et al., 2004), covering the fringing reef of
a neighbouring island, the eastern shore of P. Semakau and the
patch reefs in between. The remaining reef along the coast of P.
Semakau was protected during the reclamation process (Chou
and Tun, 2007) and an extensive 1.23 km2 of reef flat was still
present in 2002.
The period between 1993 and 2002 was marked by severallarge reclamation projects, by the end of which the area ofintertidal coral reef habitat was just 10.13 km2. The most prominentchanges included: 1) the reclamation and combining of theAyer group of islands and their fringing reefs into Jurong Islandfor the petrochemical industry; 2) the expansion of Sentosa Islandto create land for a marina and exclusive residences(Ramcharan, 2002); and 3) the construction of the bund aroundSemakau landfill (Chou et al., 2004), covering the fringing reef ofa neighbouring island, the eastern shore of P. Semakau and thepatch reefs in between. The remaining reef along the coast of P.Semakau was protected during the reclamation process (Chouand Tun, 2007) and an extensive 1.23 km2 of reef flat was stillpresent in 2002.
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