Table 1 Number of colonies of Pocillopora damicornis type α and β (sensu Schmidt-Roach et al. 201427) monitored for their associated exosymbiotic communities at the adult and juvenile stages and from different sites at Reunion Island and New Caledonia.

From: Molecular characterization reveals the complexity of previously overlooked coral-exosymbiont interactions and the implications for coral-guild ecology

Region

Island

Site

Stage

Type

Indian Ocean

Reunion

RI-LI

Adult

β: N = 30

Juvenile

β: N = 31

RI-HI

Adult

β: N = 31

Juvenile

β: N = 25

Pacific

New Caledonia

NC-LI

Adult

α: N = 29, β: N = 1

Juvenile

α: N = 30

NC-HI

Adult

α: N = 19, β: N = 10

Juvenile

α: N = 10, β: N = 18

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