Ecological Archives E083-009-A1

Ronald H. Karlson and Howard V. Cornell. 2002. Species richness of coral assemblages: detecting regional influences at local spatial scales. Ecology 83:452–463.

Appendix A. Mean local richness per quadrat (or area1) for corals sampled across depth and habitat gradients.

 

 

 

Mean local richness

Reference code

Depth range (m)

Quadrat size (m2)

Habitat category

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

A 5.0-20.0 23.1 - - 8(4) 14(15) 14(4)
B 1.0-42.0 25.0 8(16) 12(10) 16(6) 19(8) 15(8)
C 1.0-44.0 1.6 - - 7(11) 11(13) 8(11)
D 0.5-40.0 1.0 4(2) 14(2) 13(3) 16(2) 6(2)
E - 1.0 - 1(4) - - 3(2)
F - 2.0 - - 14(4) 16(4) 15(4)
G 0-0.5 1.0 6(1) - 12(2) - -
H 0.2 53.5 10(6) 11(5) - - -
I 0.5-35.0 9.3 6(27) 13(26) 16(6) 13(7) 14(6)
J 5.0 5.0 8(2) 9(4) - - -
K1 2.0 125420.0 - 23(1) - - -
L - 90.0 - 11(8) - - -
M 0-17.0 1.5 - 6(5) 9(5) 22(5) 23(5)
N 16.0 10.0 - - 19(1) - -
O 0.5-11.0 10.0 - - 8(6) 8(7) 12(5)
P -0.3-2.0 232.6 9(4) 45(4) - 80(1) -
Q - 5.0 - - - - 15(20)
R 1.0 104.5 - 7(1) - - -
S 0-5.3 1.0 2(2) 2(1) - - 5(3)
T 0.5 232.0 10(5) 17(4) - - -
U 0.2 53.5 5(7) 9(7)

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- -
V

-

11000.0 - - - - 34(1)
W 10.0 25.0 - - - 78(1) -
X 10.0 25.0 - - - 46(4) -
Y 0.8-2.5 1.0 - - - - 2(22)
Z 0-11.9 4.0 - 2(1) 7(7) 7(7) 4(10)
AA

1.0-3.0

25.0 - 17(10) - - -

 

2.0 1.0 - 7(1) - - -
BB 1.0-61.0 20.0 - - 16(8) 30(6) 16(9)
CC - 6.7 - 4(6) 6(7) 6(8) 4(1)
DD 2.0-15.0 9.0 - - 8(2) - 10(2)

   Notes: Habitats are ranked by distance from shore (1 = inner flat, 2 = mid- and outer flat, 3 = crest and upper slope, 4 = mid-slope, 5 = lower slope) and numbers of replicate samples are given in parentheses. Richness data for samples lacking habitat information have not been included. Additional information regarding sample locations and corresponding regional richness estimates appears in Karlson and Cornell (1998). Reference codes are as follows: A = Acevedo et al. (1989), B = Bak (1977), C = Barnes et al. (1971), D = Bouchon (1978), E = Chou and Wong (1985), F = Colgan (1987), G = Connell (1973), H = Dahl and Lamberts (1977), I = Davies et al. (1971), J = Dodge et al. (1982), K = Edmondson (1928)1, L = Edmunds et al. (1990), M = Fisk and Done (1985), N = Goldberg (1973), O = Goodwin et al. (1976), P = Hiatt (1957), Q = Jokiel and Maragos (1978), R = Kissling (1965), S = Manton (1935), T = Mayer (1918), U = Mayor (1924), V = Mergner and Scheer (1974), W = Mergner and Schuhmacher (1981), X = Mergner and Schuhmacher (1985), Y = Pillai (1969), Z = Sakai et al. (1986), AA = Scheer (1978), BB = Sheppard (1980), CC = Storr (1964), DD = White and Porter (1985).  

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