Ecological Archives E090-202-A1

Marilyn E. Brandt and John W. McManus. 2009. Disease incidence is related to bleaching extent in reef-building corals. Ecology 90:2859–2867.

Appendix A. Number of monitored colonies for each primary host species and for all species combined within quadrats at sites.

TABLE A1. Number of monitored colonies for each primary host species and for all species combined within quadrats at sites.

 

 

No. monitored Corals

Site

Quadrat #

C. natans

M. faveolata

S. siderea

All

C. Gardens

216

6

10

21

54

355

4

2

21

69

 

356

2

7

19

55

 

357

5

12

21

56

 

477

4

3

20

53

 

Site Avg. ± SE

4.2 ± 0.7

6.8 ± 1.9

20.4 ± 0.4

57.4 ± 2.9

 

Cheeca

215

0

20

17

40

358

0

18

10

39

 

360

2

11

2

23

 

362

3

7

12

32

 

363

2

6

29

39

 

Site Avg. ± SE

1.4 ± 0.6

12.4 ± 2.8

14 ± 4.5

34.6 ± 3.2

 

 

Total num

28

96

172

460

 

TABLE A2. Size distributions of monitored colonies of each primary host species within quadrats at sites.

 

 

Colony size range (max diameter, cm)

 

 

C. natans

M. faveolata

S. siderea

Site

Quad #

Min

Max

Avg. ± SE

Min

Max

Avg. ± SE

Min

Max

Avg. ± SE

C. Gardens

216

10

200

75.0 ± 18.2

10

125

39.7 ± 4.0

10

45

26.3 ± 3.0

355

30

200

87.1 ± 29.3

30

30

30

3

50

29.2 ± 3.0

 

356

10

45

27.5 ± 17.5

40

110

77.1 ± 9.0

3

90

33.2 ± 6.0

 

357

40

150

85.0 ± 24.0

10

100

42.9 ± 5.0

5

100

34.6 ± 5.0

 

477

40

50

45.0 ± 5.0

30

45

38.3 ± 4.0

10

80

30.8 ± 5.0

 

Site pooled

10

200

73.8 ± 11.6

10

120

43.8 ± 3.2

3

100

31.0 ± 1.9

 

Cheeca

215

5

150

40.8 ± 6.0

2

45

19.6 ± 2.0

358

50

200

125.0 ± 75.0

10

60

32.5 ± 5.0

 

360

60

70

65.0 ± 5.0

10

200

45.3 ± 10.0

 

 

40

 

362

50

100

83.3 ± 16.7

20

150

72.7 ± 11.0

20

60

40.4 ± 3.0

 

363

30

70

50.0 ± 20.0

3

50

17.0 ± 5.0

3

70

23.0 ± 3.0

 

Site pooled

10

100

50.8 ± 6.0

3

200

48.4 ± 3.8

2

70

26.8 ± 1.8

 


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