Che Din Mohd SafuanWan Izatul Asma Wan TalaatNazli AzizHafeez JeofryRaveena Kim LaiHusain Khyril-SyahrizanAminudin Muhammad Afiq-FirdausAhmad Mohammad FaizMohd Johari Nur ArbaeenWei Yien LuaXiong-Zhi Xuem Izarenah Md RepinZainudin Bachok2024-05-202024-05-202022Safuan, C. D. M., Talaat, W. I. A. W., Aziz, N., Jeofry, H., Lai, R. K., Khyril-Syahrizan, H., ... & Bachok, Z. (2022). Assessment of coral health status using two-dimensional Coral Health Index (2D-CHI): A preliminary study in Pulau Perhentian Marine Park, Malaysia. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 55, 102543.https://repoemc.ukm.my/handle/123456789/1245Identifying the key threats that influence coral reef ecosystems, one needs accurate information about coral health status to provide information for enhancing coral reef management. In this study, the health status of the coral reefs in the Pulau Perhentian Marine Park (PPMP) is characterized by using two ecological components, benthic (BI) and fish (FI) indexes, which were combined to form a two-dimensional Coral Health Index (2D-CHI). The BI was determined based on data collected using the Coral Video Transect (CVT) method, while the BI using the data collected using Underwater Visual Census (UVC).enCoral health indexCoral reefsFish biomassHard coralMarine spatial planningSouth China SeaJournal