Table 2 Settlement cue effectiveness.

From: Larval precompetency and settlement behaviour in 25 Indo-Pacific coral species

Family	Species	Cue ranking
Acroporidae	Acropora austera	CCA = Rubble = Peptide > Disc = Extract > Control
	Acropora glauca	CCA = Rubble = Extract > Peptide > Control
	Acropora hyacinthus	Peptide > Rubble = CCA > Extract > Control
	Acropora intermedia	Rubble > CCA = Peptide > Extract > Control
	Acropora longicyathus	CCA = Extract > Peptide = Rubble > Disc > Control
	Acropora loripes	Extract = CCA = Peptide = Rubble = Disc > Control
	Acropora micropthalma	Disc = Rubble = Peptide = CCA = Extract > Control
	Acropora millepora	Disc = CCA = Peptide > Rubble = Extract > Control
	Acropora muricata	Extract = CCA = Disc = Peptide = Rubble > Control
	Acropora cf. kenti (tenuis)	Peptide > CCA > Disc = Extract = Rubble > Control
	Montipora aequituberculata	Rubble > CCA = Disc = Peptide > Control = Extract
	Montipora digitata	Peptide = Extract = Rubble > CCA > Control
Diploastraeidae	Diploastrea heliopora	Rubble > CCA > Disc = Extract > Peptide > Control
Euphylliidae	Galaxea fascicularis	Rubble > CCA > Extract > Peptide = Control
Lobophyllidae	Lobophyllia corymbosa	Rubble > CCA > Disc = Peptide = Extract = Control
Lobophyllidae	Lobophyllia hemprichii	Rubble > CCA > Extract = Disc = Control = Peptide
Merulinidae	Dipsastraea matthaii	Rubble > Disc = CCA > Peptide = Control = Extract
	Dipsastraea pallida	Rubble > CCA = Disc = Peptide = Control > Extract
	Goniastrea retiformis	Rubble = CCA > Disc > Extract > Peptide > Control
	Mycedium elephantotus	Rubble > CCA = Disc = Peptide = Extract = Control
	Oulophyllia crispa	Rubble > CCA > Peptide = Extract = Control
	Platygyra daedalea	Rubble > CCA > Disc > Extract > Peptide > Control
Pachyseridae	Pachyseris speciosa	Rubble = CCA > Control = Peptide = Disc = Extract
Poritidae	Porites cylindrica	Rubble > CCA > Disc = Peptide = Extract > Control
Poritidae	Porites lobata	Rubble > CCA > Extract > Peptide = Control

Overall ranking of settlement cue effectiveness for each species, from strongest to weakest, based on estimated pairwise differences in the area under the curve between inducer treatments, from a Bayesian generalized additive hierarchical model (Fig. 3). CCA = crustose coralline algae from the Porolithon spp. complex. Note that “disc” was not tested for all species.

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Table 2 Settlement cue effectiveness.

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